Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] say " in BNC.
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| 1 | I want to stay here , where everyone says hello , where one day Feargal might , or might not , believe me . |
| 2 | I said , Oh do n't bother I always I always get people ringing up saying so and so 's mother or father says or someone says you 've been teaching them and can you take me or can you take my son or daughter and it always works like that . |
| 3 | And then they want someone else 's help or whatever else and er I can see that they 're concerned that you know they have a concern or want something from me then and I pass on I some action to take place you know for you know I 've on to somebody or someone said to him , I always give my name . |
| 4 | Before I had really recovered , I found myself at the railway station , where I said goodbye to Dulcie and we went our separate ways , promising to keep in touch , as one does . |
| 5 | ‘ I once gave a speech where I said that most of recorded music was like stuffed birds in a cage , that do n't sing . |
| 6 | My flower — the one that I remember best out of many — was gathered where I said it had been . |
| 7 | Because I know when I feel happy I feel quite well ’ , while a 74-year-old farmer 's widow stated ‘ I 've reached the stage now where I say is n't it lovely and good to be alive , seeing all the lovely leaves on the trees , it 's wonderful to be alive and to able to stand and stare ! ’ . |
| 8 | So you 'll do as I say , when and where I say . |
| 9 | bit here and I thought god that so I thought right I 'm gon na change places in that seat but your father 's sitting on , alright , I said go in that back seat , just behind us there were there or I said or I 'm just coming to sit where you are , I said I ca n't do four hours sitting like this , I mean I 'd have been boss eyed before I got , well I was I , I , all say look at that cloud |
| 10 | Or I said the money you do n't spend . |
| 11 | Or I say , yes , Chief Inspector- ’ His voice took on a mincing mimicking tone . |
| 12 | Wilkinson , who has cajoled and bullied to knock Cantona into shape , joked that the language barrier is still there because ‘ If I 'm saying nice things about him he seems to understand — if I suggest he works harder or I say nasty things , he finds that harder to comprehend . ’ |
| 13 | or I say chicken alright ? |
| 14 | Or somebody said . |
| 15 | Of course to go back to something I think Kirsty or somebody said , erm this could also happen un unconsciously could n't it ? |
| 16 | or somebody said do you want so and so , no thanks |
| 17 | Mm , that 's right and they 've got all the hassle of the airport , mind you they ought to be able to get a local airport I do n't know who they 're going , going with , who the erm Gavin said , I think Gavin said or somebody said something the , the original company have gone bankrupt |
| 18 | Or somebody saying , yeah , I took , I want them to do it because , they 're actually underlying , and er , if either of these cases , where there is lying , if you drop into line , er what we do in case studies , or working through it , I shall say stop , start again , okay . |
| 19 | ‘ Well Else read out this bit from a book by Billy Graham , The Secret of 'Appiness it 's called , where 'e says that a man told 'im 'e only took a bath once a week , and Billy Graham told 'im there was something wrong with 'is purity of heart . ’ |
| 20 | Oh , she had a pretty good idea : she only needed to go back to Felix Road or even Nelson Close , where she said she lived , to find out . |
| 21 | He knew that he 'd been close , but then somehow it had all slipped away from him ; when Alina had n't come out and the three of them had finally gone into the building , it was to find incomprehension from the woman who lived alone and an empty flat where she said she 'd gone for help . |
| 22 | I Call 'd at the House , where you said I shou 'd dine , |
| 23 | Have a look at those areas where you said ‘ No ’ . |
| 24 | where you said . |
| 25 | Where you , where you said . |
| 26 | But I did n't come out where you said . |
| 27 | So you got two choices : either you send someone to look for these clowns , or you say , ‘ Oh well , I do n't know , something must have happened , and I 'll forget all about it . |
| 28 | Erm but one , one one , I mean cl clearly the policy which was pursued was one of inequality and there was a rich peasant economy and either you say well yes there is , there is an economic imperative for that and that 's the explanation or you say well there might have been a political factor involved in this that there was a recognition that progress was going to come through class conflict and therefore if you are actually promoting the kind of you might realize it was happening and you might be more prepared |
| 29 | How many times have you read an interview with a musician where he or she says , ‘ Yeah , that was my favourite guitar , but it got stolen , and I never found another like it ’ ? |
| 30 | What does he or she mean by what he or she says ? |