Example sentences of "and [pers pn] say i [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I says you 're picking holes , you 're picking holes and I says I 'll tell you what , that declaration of intent is last year 's declaration of intent . |
| 2 | Yes she come yesterday afternoon I sat and I says I 'll have a go , I says then I had flu did n't I ? |
| 3 | I , I says , I 'll let you know sometime today or tomorrow and er anyway , he was expecting me to say at least two or three or four weeks you know er because I 'd put the situation I had no tools , no nothing and erm I er had a look at it and I thought what I could do , and I says I can let you have them in a week . |
| 4 | scraped it all in and I said I 'll leave it in dish cos it 's a dog doggy dish went back in house and , oh what did I come back for ? |
| 5 | And I said I 'll bring it round personally and er you know , get it switched on for her . |
| 6 | And er oh it , it were about seven o'clock and I said I 'll go and play with Len ti till half past , he says well be a , be back by half past eight . |
| 7 | and he wanted to speak to Mike and I said I 'll go and check it |
| 8 | Anyway so it 's the P T A tomorrow and I said I 'll go |
| 9 | It was er international company sommat like that Ching and er they asked me about it and I said I 'll see what I can do . |
| 10 | got myself ready I got my coat on and I said I 'll see you later |
| 11 | In two days ' time we reached Pakoku where many of the Anglo-Burmans begged me to disembark and try to walk out of Burma with them , but Rachel was still very sick and I said I would go on to Mandalay and hope to find a doctor there . |
| 12 | ‘ We were talking about ransoms too and I said I would pay to save the life — ’ |
| 13 | I had developed an extreme closeness with two of the doctors , and I called them , and they both agreed to go in and evaluate Ron 's condition and get back to me , and I said I would abide by their decision . |
| 14 | Herman gave me some pretty match-boxes , and I said I would put one in Joanna 's Christmas stocking . |
| 15 | And I said I 'd tell Simon but I would n't . |
| 16 | But he seemed to be about to ring off , and I said I 'd go round the next day . |
| 17 | I 've been asked to write about it and I said I 'd give it a think . ’ |
| 18 | But I mean , Gill would go out and I said I 'd give her a if if we did it e er turn and turn about you only have to find one about once every eight weeks like . |
| 19 | And I said I 'd try and put some evidence together of exactly what we 've got . |
| 20 | She started telling us how she had a bell which she rang if she needed help and I said I 'd listen out for it . |
| 21 | I said , why not , and she said because there was no point , no one to see , and I said I 'd like to see them . |
| 22 | I mean I think it 's the class thing as well really , because I can remember when I was erm leaving school erm and I went to the careers erm teacher for my interview and I said I 'd like to be a journalist and she looked at me and I came from a very poor working class background in Tottenham , and she said ‘ I 'm sure you could be a secretary or a shorthand typist if you really tried ’ . |
| 23 | And I said I 'd put sweetpeas ? |
| 24 | She was willing to give everything up , but we talked it through and I said I could manage on my own . |
| 25 | and I said I could imagine , you know , the boys are there with the boat , they 've got it ready and he steps off the other one and they say oh I 'm sorry missed your footing did you ? |
| 26 | Well of course she came running to me , you see , and we immediately phoned for the doctor , you see but , however , and I said , look , phone for the doctor , I said , and then I said go across to the railway police just across the yard and I asked one of them to come to me and I said I will go up with her and be with her until the doctor arrived , er he was with her the police sergeant when she died . |
| 27 | Anyway you its funny he wanted to insist that my husband should be there and I said I can decide do n't worry . |
| 28 | I said I 'll go round the back and I said I can get in through that window for ya , I said well I 'll have to force it , what d' ya mean force it ? |
| 29 | Erm the the railway track , erm once it was extended through to and I say I 'll give you the details on that in a minute , erm went over the er Road , and then the track that was nearest to er the town , was curved in and joined that other line erm and er went off to . |
| 30 | but I think that , that with what it is you know , but then I say she 's got that anyway , she 's not as , as tough as what she makes out , but er it would be worth having a look you never know what 's in there , and I say I must pick up a couple of paper towels |