Example sentences of "i say to the [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I said to the builder I 've got more up there than I 've got downstairs ! |
| 2 | She did , I 'd never forget it as long as I live , I thought to myself well you stupid cow , all she could think of was a fifty pence key , so I , I said to them , I said to the girls I 'm glad to be out but of course when they all went cos there was Lynda and all the girls from customer service that were kicked out and all of us that were there and they all said oh we 've got ta go back to work and we said oh ai n't that a shame you know , and we all went |
| 3 | I said to the bloke I said how do you get out that junction ? |
| 4 | I said to the bloke I 'll not bloody pay . |
| 5 | I said to the farmers we s you should cut grass and you get nitrates into the water and I said to the farmers er er about their slurry throwing erm a muck across the land , we know the problems that causes , I said if we came out with fertilisers which were would you buy them if it costed a bit more . |
| 6 | I I said to the chap he said did you have a good day , this little guy sitting next to me he answered yeah , good day yes did you see us ? |
| 7 | So he said erm I said to the woman I went to the court this morning so he said when you explain to me he said I 've got money in my pockets cos I borrowed it from dad tha he said I owed sixty two pound so he said I said to the woman in the court how can I pay this the sixty two pounds when you 've frozen my account ? |