Example sentences of "said [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | And I went berserk about two nights later and said for god 's sake you 're driving me bonkers , go away and sleep on the sofa . |
| 2 | In our forefathers ' time … few books were read in our tongue , saving certain books of chivalry , as they said for pastime and pleasure … |
| 3 | Yes in fact , to be perfectly honest with you the relationship is a bit more than she wants Ron is a bit of a pain I told him over and over again not to push his luck , I said for goodness sake , Ron , be grateful for what you 've got apparently she does n't like to make love with the lights on I said well if that 's what she does n't like that 's what she does n't like , you 're not going to change a woman of sixty eight ! |
| 4 | It was what we said for convenience ; there was no concept in Egypt of unmarried couples . |
| 5 | Someone said for President , no , Jimmy Stewart for President , but Ronnie Regan as best friend . |
| 6 | I said for heaven sake girls , not only trying to cut down on the expensive just because obviously trying to start up on their own . |
| 7 | The adverts come on , I kept turning over I said for christ sake stop it How 's your mum ? |
| 8 | yeah , they 'll be , and she 's always moaning driving Sue up the wall , why should I keep him blah , blah , blah , blah , doing nothing , we sit and look at each other and Sue said for Christ sake she said you 're twenty years old , not forty , she 'd been bad on and off again , throat , well she had the shoulder , throat er she thought she had , oh the diabetes was one were n't it , diabetes one , they thought she had , thought that she had glandular fever but she has n't and er , so Sue said to her well are you looking after yourself and she said yes I am , Sue said well I du n no she never seems to be , cos she 's never been well has she really ? |
| 9 | Oh she said it 's silly making him do that I said er very quickly I said , I said do n't get me wrong I said for kids who enjoy going to that sort of thing it 's great and fine if it 's alright |
| 10 | The skilled negotiator , on the other hand , asks questions not only to gain more information and understanding but also as an alternative to disagreeing bluntly and as a means of putting forward suggestions ( ie possible courses of action said as questions . |
| 11 | I said as Bet said they ought to have a one way over there that 's what they ought to have . |
| 12 | She did n't like what he said about shades of grey , nor the suggestion that villains and heroes were artificial categories . |
| 13 | Everything people said about Kelly was supposition , nothing against him had ever been proved and in this country you were innocent until proven guilty . |
| 14 | He was n't prepared to be carried along with the wave and the various things that he said about Europe were completely right for what he said . |
| 15 | Oh yes , I 'd like to erm er concur on what Linda just said about options , I do n't think we should give erm raffle tickets away as has been suggested . |
| 16 | You were there when she said about P C . |
| 17 | I do n't know what the programmers were on when they made up this game , but as Boy 's Own once said about liquid E , if it comes in pints , I 'll have two ! |
| 18 | The hon. Gentleman will know that I can not comment on what he said about taxation . |
| 19 | You heard what Giles said about vets being available all day and night . ’ |
| 20 | You t you said about morale being , but why , and the , having met quite a few tenants from the flats , who in terms of individuals that have come in here , you know , to , to seek advice . |
| 21 | ‘ Caro , when I said about helping — I did n't mean- ’ Carolyn ignored her . |
| 22 | It was true what they said about Ibn Fayoud . |
| 23 | And I 'll remember what you said about love . ’ |
| 24 | For all he said about poetry being a ‘ mug 's game ’ , he must have felt an interior exultation at knowing that he possessed outstanding gifts . |
| 25 | erm I go along with what erm Simon said about Paul , I 'm I thought at one time that they would go for Cox and him , to be perfectly honest , he 's absolutely right on what he said , and I 'm sure they 're relying on the fact that I believe Paul is going to be a home track and they 're going to pick a lot points up at home . |
| 26 | With regard to what he said about Stratford school , if he had taken rather more interest in the school when it was in the control of Newham and insisted on the school keeping up to reasonable standards and if he now put pressure on Newham LEA to ensure that it raised standards in schools , he would be doing more for his constituents than he is by his performance today . |
| 27 | I do not dissent from much of what the hon. Member for Wakefield said about members of the Prison Officers Association . |
| 28 | To consider whether Freud overestimated the importance of sex in human psychology it is necessary to consider exactly what Freud said about sex in human psychology . |
| 29 | That was the last thing she ever said about blokes . |
| 30 | On ballots , the hon. Gentleman quoted what one of the employers ' organisations said about workplace ballots and its proviso that they should be properly conducted . |