Example sentences of "[noun sg] i say [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | anyway he went to the toilet , went a wee and I put him back in bed and he was laid there and anyway and , and he eventually dropped off , anyway I was telling my mum about it yesterday , and I did n't sort of think no more of it the next day , right , and mum I said well if ever he gets that again she said you should from the doctor she said , because , one of our boys had it she said and it was a blockage |
| 2 | He said he gets brain damage I said well that sounds good then . |
| 3 | I did it all on me own , of course Alan sat here like a bloody idiot , I said you sit there do n't get , he said I thought you were getting a cloth , I burnt all me arm trying to , jumping out , hacking me hair out there so I had to say to this bloke I said well there 's erm justice for you , he said what ? |
| 4 | to do these at home I said well it had been twenty hours or nothing cos me and my old man do n't speak ! |
| 5 | Er another picture I say really just erm closer up , erm and giving perhaps better detail . |
| 6 | Tell your proprietor I said so . ’ |
| 7 | But , erm all that time I was running the young wives ' and we used to hold a stall in the garden , at the garden party at the church , and w when you took your takings in , you know th the treasurer would say you know , who are you , you know and I used to say young wives ' and then one day I said well , you know we 're no longer young wives , you know we were getting old and I decided there and then I 'd had enough of young wives ' , you know and er , er because I , I said , I , I was secretary and I 'll close it down it , it erm the young wives ' closed down and er er it , it had actually closed down and this lady was marvellous this secretary of the Guild , who would kno known mother and she was a councillor , she come dashing down , you know you , you , th the young wives ' has closed and you know you 've got excuse . |
| 8 | ‘ Last night I said altogether too much ! ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Yes , ’ said Constance , ‘ and you can tell your therapist I said so . ’ |
| 10 | You had no reason to think that was er sleeping with the man 's wife I say again |
| 11 | I said if yo if you think you know that you might be able to build a relationship I said then er you know , tell her so I said and do n't try and run the both of them at the same time I said |
| 12 | So my said , Ooh you know what if it does n't you you know you 'd have none for next term sort of thing I said well I 've got quite a few for next term still . |
| 13 | a daughter , what 's er , what 's her number the daughter , oh I do n't know her number I said well what 's her name it 'll be in the book , she said it 's Jane |
| 14 | I said well you just have to give him the deaf ear I said otherwise you 'll become , I said and he 'll get caught out eventually |
| 15 | We were told not to do this , told not to come here , told to sledge and throw snowballs and make snowmen all we wanted , but not even to come near the loch and the river , in case we fell through the ice ; and yet Andy came here after we 'd sledged for a while on the slope near the farm , walked down here through the woods despite my protests , and then when we got here to the river bank I said well , as long as we only looked , but then Andy just whooped and jumped down onto the boulder-lumped white slope of shore and sprinted out across the pure flat snow towards the far bank . |
| 16 | No er well well if he 's got any sense I I always tell the advertiser I said now the adv I said you as the advertiser have got to keep worrying you may have to chivvy them up . |
| 17 | we had some carbonated drinks factory I said well they they asked me if I 'd go over there and I said I ca n't work in there I 'm allergic to oranges and he said oh bloody or I 've never seen an orange , do n't worry , you know it 's all chemicals ! |
| 18 | As I say , nowadays I get the information from you over the phone , and then when we 've got somebody who said Oh no , it 's only a small flat , I 've got this this and this and that 's the big pieces of furniture , er if it 's somebody that 's done it on spec I say Well look give me a ring back in an hour if er when you 've come off the phone you er there 's something you 've forgotten . |
| 19 | I said oh I hope she has n't got another bus so Sharan said I think there is two buses cos whenever I meet mum it 's always a little blue bus and this was a big orange I said well we 'll call at the shop I said and if erm not we 'll have to go home . |
| 20 | no , and he was n't er he said see they say it all the time I said well of course they do , it 's the phraseology you 're using |
| 21 | But I , as soon I said to Joe dinner time I said well |
| 22 | And then this , this time I say well I 'm going to take away some money and I took away a negative amount and you 've finished up with more . |
| 23 | After fastening all the buttons up the front I said meekly , ‘ You can turn round now . ’ |