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Example sentences of "say i " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	Say I was dealing with one of our gougers , I come down to [ his ] level .
2	The reunion is held every two years and although this year 's was intended to be the last , organiser John Gray of Plymouth , said : ‘ Every time I say I 'm not going to do it again , they twist my arm to plan another . ’
3	As Colonel Parker said ‘ I 'm Elvis 's manager because I say I am , and Elvis says I am ’ .
4	I have been there three times , but each time they say I must go back to the Home Office and try to get my daughter a visa for longer than a six months ' stay in Britain ; otherwise she can not be admitted to school .
5	Like yourselves , you see us lot playing for Heriots and see fellers going in hard , and say I can be just as hard . ’
6	I say I 'm sorry for treading on her , but she just looks at me like she do n't understand .
7	‘ Say I 'm from the Ministry of Justice . ’
8	I would prefer not to have my guy stand up and say I may have been involved in an assassination . ’
9	They say I must come and see them on their new organic farm — more land , less house , says Johnson .
10	I heard her say I ai n't worth the air I breathe . ’
11	Too too shaming … can we stop shouting like this and may I come across to your flat and say I 'm sorry in person ?
12	You say I 'd have to revert to the ranks .
13	‘ So take the box back with you , ’ she said gently , ‘ and say I would not dream of accepting anything , because of course they are family things .
14	In a way , it 's ended up being a good test to measure potentially good relationships against bad ones , because say I went out with someone and at a party they said , ‘ Sit on me lap , darling ’ , and then they said , ‘ Oh God , you 've only got one leg ’ — well , I 'd know they would n't be worth going out with !
15	‘ Well , say I then took Fiona off him and maybe I told him to go find himself another filly and the next thing was he got a pincer-hold on my ear and was bopping me one on the nose and there I was bleeding fit to fill the Frenchy furrows so naturally I gave him one back . ’
16	When they say I must be mad , I ask them , ‘ What do you do in your life ? ’
17	You say I shut you out of my work , but you shut me out …
18	And the papers this morning — I say I do n't care , but I suppose I do .
19	I 'll not have any man say I was ever afraid of a sharp edge in my life ! ’
20	Some people say I was a fool and could have made a fortune .
21	Others say I was a good judge by staying home .
22	Although , like Asterix , he attributed his phenomenal prowess partly to a magic potion , ‘ Superjuice ’ , concocted by his druidical sponsors , Body Ammo , he did n't really need it : ‘ They say I have three balls — I need an outlet for that extra energy . ’
23	You say I look like Red Riding Hood .
24	‘ Because of that , the superstitious say I met the fairies and went to live with them for nine years .
25	Now I am a pensioner , rising sixty-three , and some people say I have changed very little .
26	Judson Swiahart 's book How Do You Say I Love You ? lists many different ‘ languages ’ of love that people speak and understand .
27	I do n't know , I want to find out if I do really believe what I say I do and if I want the kind of life I say I do , and the only way to do that seems to be to get right away and try a straight career for a bit , just to see how I react . ’
28	I do n't know , I want to find out if I do really believe what I say I do and if I want the kind of life I say I do , and the only way to do that seems to be to get right away and try a straight career for a bit , just to see how I react . ’
29	And you ca n't say that a woman on her own , going out to work , with no kids , just doing for herself , is a housewife like say I 'm a housewife .
30	‘ Every year I say I am optimistic , ’ he added , ‘ but there is the political will in the council to agree with the new scheme and they would like to get Liss ' problem out of the way and a new school built . ’