Example sentences of "and [pers pn] say [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | otherwise he 'll get the sack , and I says John I says it 's all . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm gonny cut thon Kyle and dae the rest o' thaim and aw' , and I says nixt Seturday at Adelphi , thon wey at the back to the auld bridge at the green . ’ |
| 3 | He was like just being an adviser , he was n't like trying to design it , and I looked at it all for a long time and I said Bembo , which I had never heard of . |
| 4 | ‘ And I said Mark Robins is a local lad who cost nothing and should have been given more of a chance . |
| 5 | And I said Mark 's here so that he can switch it switch it off at nights . |
| 6 | And I said Brownies were nuisances , did I ? |
| 7 | I mean my dear , I said to Paul , Paul yesterday was was babbling on about if Karen would take him back and I said Paul I shall be extremely displeased if you ever leave this house to go back to Karen , you know o after only being with me for something like three or four weeks , I said you 'll never come back again I said I 'm not going to be messed about like that ! |
| 8 | And I said excuse . |
| 9 | Certainly give them , yeah and I said Joan will tell you not only does her but the table that he sits on and the wall around it , |
| 10 | When I said she was n't here , he asked where she was and I said Maidstone and he said she 'd moved and I said then I did n't know but he could leave the flowers here for Frank but he would n't . |
| 11 | Brian and I said farewell downstairs . |
| 12 | show them the garden , by Saturday night I felt shattered for it and I 'd come home and I looked in the cupboard and I said Ton well what do you want for your dinner then ? |
| 13 | So I went to you and I said June . |
| 14 | ‘ Calthorpe Arms , Grays Inn Road , ’ she said , and I said thanks and hung up . |
| 15 | I said just do it and I said thing is if she just ignores you I said you know not to bother next year . |
| 16 | I 'll see you , phone you one day in the week , I saw the post lady coming up the drive and I said to Henry who 's that , he threw himself against the top window so there was indeed someone coming up the drive , tore into the dinning room , picked up his tennis ball , raced back to the window and wow , wow , wow , with his ball in his mouth , and I said Henry you 're really going to frightened off intruders with a ball in your mouth , I said . |
| 17 | and I said grandma how many , how many hankies did they have for you ? |
| 18 | grandmother and I think there was an aunt , and I said Ken were living in a three bedroomed semi , oh they wo n't mind for Christmas . |
| 19 | I need it under a microscope , it 's so , and I said John you ca n't write that small , but she said write small and I said but , that is ridiculous |
| 20 | So we go down Jenny 's and er the door knocked and I said Christ it 's Lynn . |
| 21 | and erm you know , and I said Carla needs it for work anyway so Dave said I 'm gon na while I 'm on holiday I 'm gon na do all the stupid jobs , so I can take that computer in |
| 22 | I said , Phil , answers , and I said Phil and I started to laugh , cos I just thought , I was n't going to get upset about it , so I just started to giggle . |
| 23 | Went past the pub you see , just about to reach the archway and I said Roy ! |
| 24 | My social worker who gave me advice asked if I wanted adoption or fostering , and I said fostering ( it was a white family ) . |
| 25 | Well , to tell you the truth , your boys asked me when had I last seen my father alive and I said Friday instinctively , and then by the time I 'd realized my mistake , it was all written down , and , you know , I thought if I changed it , that 'd only create trouble . ’ |
| 26 | The play is written for a Hertfordshire accent or similar and then you know I enclose and I say return if you do n't like it . |
| 27 | and I say potAHtoes . |
| 28 | The Virgin was n't in silver and beads , but gold , with real diamonds ; and I say Madame , in her dress , was just as splendid . |
| 29 | and I say tomAHtoes |
| 30 | And I asked why would n't you break a window and you said noise . |