Example sentences of "say i [verb] [vb pp] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | So erm I 'm you kn I do n't propose to do that again because I would n't er I would n't arrange a speaker if we had a full table show but it 's nice to know that it did work out because we were , I was forced into a corner a little bit erm and I think it was worth it because we as I say I 've waited a long time for Danny and he was well worth listening to , I can listen to Danny for hours because he he just speaks and , and tells you about his fish , I 'm , I 'm very very fond of listening to Danny cos I think he gives a good talk . |
| 2 | ‘ It took quite a while to stitch me up , but everything 's all right now , although they say I 've lost a lot of blood from the placental bleed . ’ |
| 3 | If anyone takes the mickey I turn round and say I 've got a daughter . " |
| 4 | When you say I 've got a pet , whatever . |
| 5 | You say I 've got a tape recorder here . |
| 6 | I say I 've got a wa well I I do n't I , but er I did n't er , I will get washed . |
| 7 | Say I 've got a . |
| 8 | well but the important thing is she 's engaged to be married I would reckon by the time she 's about twenty-six she 'll be looking for time out to have a family but by that time hopefully she 's and when she 's thirty-two or thirty-three can come back into the business and say I 've got a and the door opens that much more easily |
| 9 | well I , as I say I 've got a , see I 'm , you have this |
| 10 | Ah not too bad he says the doctor says I 've got a festered back passage Dessie says and there he is scrubbing the fuck imagine |
| 11 | Martin 's always said I 've got a too active brain many 's the time . |
| 12 | Saying I 've got a hairy chest . |
| 13 | Somewhere there , but off the would n't it be but erm it was an event erm when I had a rise in wages my mother being a dressmaker she used to have a machine under the little front window and when I got a , I had a , they 'd put my wages up to ten shillings , and when I got in mum came over and said what 's the matter with you she said you seem as if you 're walking on air I said I 'd had a rise in wages and it was up from eight and four pence up to ten shillings I do n't know what that seems but still . |
| 14 | Supposing , when Rozanov and I visited the porno bookshop , I said I 'd bought a couple of hardcore videos , hired a video recorder at the hotel , and spent two afternoons watching porn in my room . |
| 15 | And he went on just across the road to Road Co-op and he bought a small loaf of bread which at that time would be about tuppence , and gave the old lady this small loaf about ten days afterwards he called again , he said , he said I 've come to see you again , now are you alright and so on , he said I 've done a foolish thing this morning , he said I 'm responsible for the flowers , altar flowers , he said and I 've left my wallet at my lodgings , and my landlady has gone down to for the day . |
| 16 | Well she said I 've done a bit . |
| 17 | he said ah , ooh he said yes he said I 've heard a lot about it he said , there 's a lot of unhappy people , I said bloody place |
| 18 | And I said I 've bought a box of matches for him to go down and light this fire thinking you know he might need two or three matches at a time . |
| 19 | I phoned me friend up you know and erm on Friday and asked and she said you do n't sound very well , I said I 've got a headache I said I 've had a headache every , cos I 've been on a diet and she turned round and said , she said you know she says it 's funny she says erm , you know what 's with us , what 's it with ? |
| 20 | done it , she said I was reading it here and I meant to ask you for the , she said , anyway when he come back I said have you found them out , alright , he said I 've had a go he said |
| 21 | He said I 've got a frog . |
| 22 | When I said I 've got a wedding to pay for , they said to me , well can you think about cancelling it because it 's nonessential spending , and I said |
| 23 | said I 've got a guy that 's been stood here for an hour , do n't know what to do with him . . |
| 24 | I phoned me friend up you know and erm on Friday and asked and she said you do n't sound very well , I said I 've got a headache I said I 've had a headache every , cos I 've been on a diet and she turned round and said , she said you know she says it 's funny she says erm , you know what 's with us , what 's it with ? |
| 25 | I said I 've got a tape here . |
| 26 | I phoned Jill , I said I 've got a bed for you . |
| 27 | they are , she got the forms er but it did n't go and you 'd got to fill them in and then it happened with , but then suddenly she came home one day and she said oh she said I 've got a job |
| 28 | He said I 've got a new system now I 'm going and what is that then ? |
| 29 | and I said I 've got a little boy who can do building work , he mixes cement in the cement mixer |
| 30 | Your daughter just said I 've got a , I think it 's because I 'm hungry ! |