Example sentences of "say [adv] [verb] [adv] [pers pn] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have consistently said why do n't they allow er , councils to spend the receipts from council houses on building new houses , and I 've never been impressed with the replies nor the reasons . |
| 2 | She says why do n't I go out there on a visit . |
| 3 | Well I says to him , I says if you were that interested I says while I 'm watching I says why do n't you come and see , I says , give us a shake |
| 4 | Anyway , it did win , and the wife was saying why did n't you bet it , why did n't you back it to win ! |
| 5 | I heard Brad having a conversation again today about Ooh I do n't feel ye I heard him saying why do n't we feel very happy about this and not and not happy with the subjects and I do n't feel very happy about running the session so go up this way he 's never done the work you see so he 's trying to learn it from i instructions and things and a lot of the time you need to have actually done it to be able to talk about it |
| 6 | Well I 'm , I 'm the same , I was talking to Rob the other day and er , I forget how I mentioned it , but I said something about , oh I think it 's because I was saying why do n't you come up like this week because he 's off this week , and er , he was making some excuse or other , oh I 've got three weeks off in the summer , oh I 'd sooner come up when I 've got this longest spell off , you know , and I want to get this chimney done and blah , blah |
| 7 | Well when you all went , as you all left , when the last lot of redundancies were made , I said I 'm not paying no more union , Judith come over about the union meeting , I said I 'm not going to the meeting Judith and I said I want to come out of the union I 'm not paying any more , I said I ca n't afford ten pound a month for crap , well me and Jan had a big barney over it cos I never got on with her anyway and we had a big fucking row about it , she said the union this , the union that , I said where were the unions with my mates , they were n't in damn site , they were never there , we never saw one union representative from the day Audrey got done and we never ever saw erm till the last one got done , I said so do n't you tell me about the union I said they did fuck all , they were n't even here , so I said I do n't want to pay the union , and I said do n't tell me what to do Jane , I said what I do with me money is up to me I said get me out the union and get me out now , and then they all started , they all wanted to come out of it then , oh Maureen I think I might but what would Debbie say , I said Maureen do you ask her for a shit ? |
| 8 | Then John , , said well did n't you ask her this morning then ! |
| 9 | I said well do n't you live in Stortford , did n't you have it delivered ? |
| 10 | He said well do n't you claim off us any more ! |
| 11 | Well that 's what I said why did n't they surround it a mile away . |
| 12 | I said why did n't we have one big camp , for Christ 's sake . |
| 13 | When I said why did n't 'e go an' get it back 'isself , 'e said do n't ask questions . |
| 14 | However , she had met a very nice lady from Pinner who said why did n't she come along with the Lionisers ' visit to Fort House that afternoon . |
| 15 | Said why did n't you knock him back . |
| 16 | So so when he 'd done it he said well two hundred and fifty quid I heard him and he said but I suppose you know the of it oh I do n't know and he said why did n't you do it ? |
| 17 | She was annoyed , she said why did n't you get here earlier ? |
| 18 | Well talk about you think you 're but that 's what Gemma said , Gemma said why do n't we go out and have a spending spree |
| 19 | so she said I , I went in and I said to Geraldine I 'm going I owe you any bloody money take the bugger out me wages , she says I ai n't having people that I like being stabbed like that by people like that , she said she ai n't worth the salt of the earth , she 's the salt of the earth she said with people like that pointing to Jenny and Jane , no way , she said and I 'm going with my mates , I turned round and the next thing Janet and Janet and Barbara in there , when we got up the pub at twelve o'clock , course we were all having sandwiches me and Pam got the , me and er Barb got there , then Pam come in then a few more come and erm then the plumber and all that come in with them and I said oh girls we never clocked out , so I said oh well I 'm gon na have to take my key back to Steve , burst out laughing , so I said oh no I said why do n't we have a key cracking competition so of course that 's what we did we all took our keys out of our bag and we went ready for she 's a jolly good ready , steady , fellow , for she 's go and we cracked these ruddy keys and shoved them up in the air |
| 20 | " I said why do n't you leave him alone . " |
| 21 | The Lord spoke to me right there in the church and said why do n't you go ? |
| 22 | I said why do n't you go and sit down there . |
| 23 | and like Helen , well Helen said why do n't you wait until you move , and I said well that might not be all that , you know |
| 24 | but I saw him on the television last week , breakfast T V , not last week , week before , just before I got into work , and this woman on the television asking this stupid question , she said why do n't you put any opposition up in Parliament , and he hit the roof , but what the television did , they did n't switch off when he played bloody hell with 'em , excuse my French er President , but this is how it went , he could n't give a damn about you bloody lot , he kept the television on , it just showed his frustration . |
| 25 | And Martin keep fucking on and on , and one day she come in here , and she said why do n't you clean ? |
| 26 | So Tom 's , she going to Tom she said why do n't you come Tom ? |
| 27 | And she said why do n't you come swimming with us Rick ? |
| 28 | He told me that he 'd got a good home , or he 'd had a good home , and he just I said why do n't you live there ? |
| 29 | So erm and here 's another thing as well , she says erm I said why do n't you pack this job in like ? |
| 30 | Oh w oh w er have to , up the top , you know those two she said why do n't you take your gates off like us , I said why should I ? |