Example sentences of "[pron] said [adv] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ When my husband was made redundant , I said blithely , ‘ Do n't worry , darling , I 'll get a job . ’ |
| 32 | ‘ Oh , use mine , ’ I said blithely — which , of course , he did , and put the property in his own name so that when he sold it out from under me there would be no legal come-back ! |
| 33 | ‘ But I 'm only going to kill him , ’ I said reasonably . |
| 34 | I said reasonably . |
| 35 | ‘ Well , ’ I said reasonably , ‘ in that storm , and if he thought the house was empty- ’ |
| 36 | I said anyway I want I want to get home to June in the morning I said cos me and June are going shopping . |
| 37 | Put some cheese on and we set it I said to Paul I said anyway your dinner 's ready when you are . |
| 38 | I said anyway this is |
| 39 | ‘ I 'm glad Father is feeling so much better , ’ I said again eventually . |
| 40 | ‘ I 'm so glad you 're feeling better now , ’ I said again and took my leave . |
| 41 | ‘ I know , ’ I said again , and I was too , but not for the reasons the proctologist believed . |
| 42 | ‘ Clean it up , ’ I said again . |
| 43 | " Thank you , " I said again , inadequately . |
| 44 | I said again I did n't love him , but he did n't believe me . |
| 45 | I said again , my voice a little higher , ‘ There are no malais here , just us servants . |
| 46 | I said again . |
| 47 | I said again . |
| 48 | I said again , not trying to look at him . |
| 49 | It really is something that I would like to see us achieve in the future and if this can be brought forward by meeting the developer down there , then I would be , certainly be in favour of that and I would certainly like , and this is what we said at this meeting , to find out a little more detail of exactly what they were offering but we have to be minded all the time , as I said again , is how we 're going to acquire permission to go over one or two different land owners ' lands . |
| 50 | so he said I said I do n't have to tell you where I were last night David , I were out , so I said even if I were in it 's none of your concern I said what I do in my private time is up to me , he said well why was n't you there ? |
| 51 | I said even it 's not till the last . |
| 52 | I said downwards , I says normally it 's the last channel backwards . |
| 53 | ‘ Perfect , ’ I said fervently . |
| 54 | " I 'm crazy about it , " I said fervently . |
| 55 | But I said chronologically . |
| 56 | I said suspiciously . |
| 57 | ‘ Mm , ’ I said calmingly . |
| 58 | I said well you 're in the oh he said I 'll tell you what I want , a little black and white house I said it 's just there look I said nearly you 're nearly on top ! |
| 59 | ‘ Possible , but unlikely , ’ I said lamely . |
| 60 | ‘ Well , maybe he 'd seen the error of his ways , ’ I said lamely . |