Example sentences of "[pers pn] i say [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Karen came and asked me I says alright . |
| 2 | Ay , I I 've I 've said that to them I said well you might have , if I take to work you 'll certainly hear some they said tha well if that 's common usage words that 's what it has to be and words that we never use at all that are in dictionaries and nobody ever uses them , they want to know common ordinary speech words that we use . |
| 3 | His father then asked William what he should say to his school-fellows , to which the boy replied , ‘ Tell them to prepare to meet their God ; and tell them I said so ’ ’ |
| 4 | You did right chopping the Governor down and setting fire to the forum — but do n't tell them I said so . |
| 5 | I I said well I suppose it 's I do and he said but you work hard June , I said I know but I said kno I said what I do , I can only have hour out there and an hour inside . |
| 6 | I I I say probably quite definitely that there is not a great linkage between the Greater York area in numeric terms and and all of Humberside , compared to that linkage erm with with with West Yorkshire . |
| 7 | So then he said to me how would you I said so he went yes , I said and and he said and how would you put it back , I said |
| 8 | alright he 's met you for five minutes but he 's come here I said this gang of children , I said the poor bugger 's not going to know what hit him I said alright if it 's just for Sally 's three I said he 's gon na be , he 's not gon na be relaxed I said I know that for a fact I said I know what it was like when I used to go and visit your people when I was |
| 9 | Cos I said to him I said well look , he likes his shirts baggy he said yeah but you ca n't have a shirt too baggy with a suit . |
| 10 | know what I mean ? do n't tell him I said so . |
| 11 | A fair man and a bloody good admiral — but do n't tell him I said so . |
| 12 | Well I says to him I says well make sure , well it 's five past eight he 'd get in instead of five past seven |
| 13 | cos it was all fresh cos he was gon na get meat tomorrow and the following day , so I says to him I says well why did n't you use your cheque book ? , he says oh I never thought of that he says , cos it takes a few days to get it , he do n't know with a cheque book |
| 14 | And like well I said to her I said well then Sandy would have put it down to the fact she did that bad in her ballet . |
| 15 | Now our Dawn told me cos I did say to her I said here I said er Bet did say that . |
| 16 | " Jesus , Mary and Joseph , pity her simplicity , she 'll only turn them jewels green — tell her I said so , tell her that 's what I said — and say Mr Twomey and myself have a fancy for the Aga Khan 's in the 3 o'clock . " |
| 17 | Well that 's it I said well it just shows you that they do watch what y for you do n't they ? |