Example sentences of "i say to [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | I always find I say to Kim you know I mean you have all these you know it 's like Shaun 's giving up he 's giving up his karate and his football and I said well you know I 'm sorry but she should n't have let him . |
2 | And do you know what I say to friend greybeard ? |
3 | ‘ Thank you , ’ I say to Mrs Tamm . |
4 | I say to ministers : put this particular bottle of ineffective medicine in the cupboard and forget about it . |
5 | ‘ I 'm glad we did this , ’ I say to Crilly . |
6 | ‘ She 's so glamorous , ’ I say to Crilly . |
7 | I mean Friday night we do n't do much anyway you know , I mean it 's like everything else if I do n't , if I say to mum , mum we 've got nothing to do , I mean it 's like everything else you ca n't afford to go out and do what , things that you would like to do , but you know like bingo and things , so we al , we get a game of cards going just to stop the rot and the boredom |
8 | I say to Lee , ‘ Make a five . |
9 | I say to Lee did n't you , you take on having her |
10 | No , all I say to Richard , is I 'm sorry I 'm tied up . |
11 | Daytime or evening or morning or afternoon , whatever you , your preference is , I say to Richard , will a daytime or an evening appointment be more convenient , and he says well , daytime 's better for me . |
12 | Oh you will be then that 's what I say to Kev bloody well ask ! |
13 | I say to God , ‘ Here 's my pay cheque , Lord , you want the whole thing ? ’ |
14 | you know , even I say to Evelyn when I was watering I said |
15 | ‘ I say to kids , go down to the high street bank , see the bank manager and find out whether he 'll lend you the fifty grand you need to make this record . |
16 | ‘ When I say to people that Edward Wood [ Irwin 's name before his ennoblement on appointment to the viceroyalty ] seems to me the highest kind of Englishman now in politics , many of them ’ , Begbie admitted , ‘ look surprised and perplexed . ’ |
17 | ‘ No more questions , ’ I say to people who ask them . |
18 | but I have actually worked for organizations where they do see it in terms of those centimetre arr erm measurements and that 's a you know I mean it 's funny when I 've been giving talks on communications erm one of the things I say to people is erm where your stuff appears is crucial do n't worry about one and page three . |
19 | ‘ I say to people to come and see Ireland for themselves because if they come they 'll never want to leave — like others who have been here from the North-East of England . |
20 | ‘ She needs some space , ’ I say to John . |
21 | I say to John Smith , Neil Kinnock , Gordon Brown and the rest , the ones who put signature to paper on one member , one vote , remember all the elections in the past , remember Sheffield . |
22 | I say to daddy , when I got the money mate and I 've now I 'm now putting ten pound a week for fat Harry . |
23 | Adrian , well erm the bosses men see , they wear the knee pads every day , I say to Jack I say you got a game called Sex Maniac , he says yeah , I 'll say well you 're fucking in there , knee pads associates |
24 | In morning dawnlight I say to doctor sorry . |
25 | I ca n't , our Margaret 's drying it on radiators , and I says to Albert , what me mum doing with the dryer . |
26 | I says to Tommy , why do n't they buy one of them big caravans , I said , because every time they get |
27 | Anyway , I says to Di , I 'm not doing any in this ! |
28 | Well I says to Lindsey , said if you ever want me out of that hospital Lindsey you 'd better start and be good . |
29 | Mm , that 's what I says to Bill |
30 | So I says to Maggie , we 'll phone insurance , I put her on t' phone , and she said he were , he were right clever with her ! |