Example sentences of "[pers pn] says [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No , but it was a loan to me and I said to my dad he was loaning it me and I said to him erm I pay you back and then when I went to pick the cheque up er he says er well me mum says he giving you that you know he says what we 're gon na do is when , when they write the will out you 'll get that much less than the others , I says well as long as it ai n't gon na cause any problems |
| 2 | I says well if you do n't smoke them I says me and Maggie 'll get them for you |
| 3 | one of the lads at work come up says there 's a disco on March twenty eight and before I said I 'm already booked , I said yeah , he says er how much do you charge , I told him and I says well if you let me have confirmation as soon as you can and a deposit of ten or fifteen pounds as soon as you can |
| 4 | because he could n't get to there you see so I said well it 'll have to go now , well we 've got it shifted and it 's thrown away and , and that 's the end of that , so I says now when she does decide to come and she wants to be in here , well I said she 'll just have to carry a mattress in , and that 'll be alright just for her to sleep on |
| 5 | amazed I actually did erm what happened erm I was happened to be upstairs and my wife shouted quick quick there 's a zither , so I zoomed down here and the lady was still talking to you and a dialled well consequently I did n't get through for quite some time but I did eventually , erm your lady on the reception said well it 's gone now she said but I will give the lady 's telephone number and I spoke to the lady and told her the position and she says well if it 's not collected by so time I 'll g ring you back and I said well I 've been after one for a long long time she said well I ca n't understand it cos I 've been advertising it . |
| 6 | She says even if they look angelic , they could still be thieves . |
| 7 | She says today because I 've got the little boy with me I 've got to come by car unfortunately , but it 's far quicker on a bicycle and I do do it yes ! |
| 8 | And er she says like when I think of me keeping her child overnight and all before it 's in hospital and running down to hospital three or four times when he was in the hospital , and taking him sweets and all , and she says she 's treating me like shit . |
| 9 | I do n't know why , yeah and I think he feels as though you , he says well if you decorate it right you can blend it in with the wallpaper |
| 10 | He says well if you want to pack it in love |
| 11 | I says I know , you have n't been to see your team here , he says right once you 've been to Wembley the second time 's never as good it 's just that |
| 12 | He says even though his company as been operating in Spain for the past 10 years , it has found it difficult to establish a market there . |
| 13 | He is polite and very careful about what he says so as not to offend anyone . |
| 14 | Erm it says here whereas I 'll read from eleven shall I ? |
| 15 | It says more than 80% of Unix workstations shipped last year went to sectors where they are most commonly used for technical applications . |