Example sentences of "i have [adv] say " in BNC.
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1 | See I 've just said something er , they 'd be quite happy with that I should think , yeah it 's running now |
2 | Yeah , but thing is I mean , you know , there 's a lot of kids out there , I mean I 've know with , sort of , Lee 's friend you know , okay , with us I mean with Lee o okay we do n't I 've often said to him , why do n't you get a Saturday job ? |
3 | And er very straight-faced in fact , and she was sitting at the back of the room , and I , I 'd just said to everybody , I said nobody here 's got a life purchased annuity , have they ? |
4 | , ’ Eric rambled on in the earpiece , apparently oblivious to what I 'd just said . |
5 | Wish I 'd just said seven now ! |
6 | ‘ I 'd best say goodbye now , then , had n't I ? ’ |
7 | ‘ It 's a great shame because every year the prize-wining pumpkin is used in the seeds contest by a local pub and I 'd already said they could have it . ’ |
8 | So I did n't do any appropriate sociability there but I think what threw me off is cos I 'd already said Helen to Stephen , I know you and everything and it was as if it was part of the same thing |
9 | and then he asked me then and erm , he did n't know whether to ask me or not , well he knew , he knew more or less I 'd say yes anyway , cos I more , I 'd already said yes , but not to his face , so but he did n't know whether to because Henry fancied me |
10 | Now I 'd always said to myself , ‘ I 'll never join the Masonic Lodge , ’ and therefore I would n't join the Bobby Burns Club . |
11 | We 'd often talked about it and I 'd always said , No , I would never do anything like that until I got married . |
12 | Erm cos I 'd always said ooh I would n't ever have a sunbed and all that , but I did in the end , cos we were n't gon na go anywhere so |
13 | Perhaps I 'd better say no for today , thank you all the same . ’ |
14 | I was n't actually gon na say anything but I 'd better say a little bit . |
15 | Before you start to get excited about the prospect of having a brand new machine I 'd better say right now that not all machines are suitable . |
16 | ‘ Perhaps I 'd better say something to Jed . ’ |
17 | ‘ Well , I 'd better say goodnight , ’ she said , when at last they called a halt . |
18 | ‘ I think I 'd better say that the Steering Committee did n't seem to believe I saw an inspector . |
19 | Erm if , if it means well , basically I 'd better say how many erm proposals are there for . |
20 | If only I was this , if I 'd only said that , done the other — why always ME ? |
21 | ‘ Listen ter what I 'ave ter say . |
22 | They threw us out at four o'clock and in all that time I had n't said a word , just listened . |
23 | If only I had n't said this , that or the other . |
24 | I 'm going to wish I had n't said that . |
25 | She smiled : ‘ I had n't said sorry yet , had I ? ’ |
26 | If you get all serious , I 'll begin to wish I had n't said anything at all . ’ |
27 | I wish I had n't said that , thought Melissa , seeing Iris flinch . |
28 | I 'd said " a bit beyond the village " , but I had n't said which side . |
29 | ( Looking back , I wish I had n't said that . |
30 | I wished I had n't said ‘ England ’ since I was carrying the Irish passport , but Signe gave no sign of noticing the error . |