Example sentences of "[noun] said to [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Superintendent said to me one day , ‘ You do n't like this fellow very well . ’ |
| 2 | Well I heard what that bloke said to you last time when I went before , do n't worry , once you 've paid for it once you 've paid it they 'll sort it out from there . |
| 3 | Mick said to me last night , he said to me you can never fit not used to it , but |
| 4 | If it 's alright then I 'll come home cos Mr said to me last night , oh you want to stay here the night . |
| 5 | One morning a husband said to his newly-wed wife , ‘ Goodbye , darling . |
| 6 | And she has a good pair of lungs to her , has n't she , Rose said to her three-year-old son Baptiste : she can scream good and proper that one can . |
| 7 | ‘ Yes , find out what Blackbeard said to 'im last night . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ You really should be riding a horse , ’ Artemis 's stepmother said to her one morning as they waited for the hounds to move off . |
| 9 | ‘ Good pony you 've got there , young lady , ’ Artemis 's father said to her some time later , as they walked quietly on . |
| 10 | Just after the First World War , my father said to my oldest brother and me : ‘ Would you like to see a large grain ship on the river ? ’ |
| 11 | One Sunday when our relatives were visiting , the whole family was sitting around the table enjoying a lovely roast dinner when my mum said to my elderly gran : ‘ Mum , is your dinner all right ? ’ |
| 12 | Jim said to me last night is er Jimmy h is he not working ? |
| 13 | Susanna , Will 's older daughter , was now eighteen , and Will said to her one day : |
| 14 | ‘ It all too big for politics , ’ as a former Cabinet Minister said to us last week . |
| 15 | By the way , the last thing Carolyn said to me last night was that her party was open-house and we could go any time . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Could n't you discourage the poor chap , ’ Eleanor Fuller said to her one day , ‘ instead of sitting back and letting him moon around hoping your tyres need pumping up . |
| 17 | ‘ Your husband , ’ the nurses said to her next morning , ‘ must have bought the florist 's shop . ’ |
| 18 | My long-suffering owl chauffeur said to me one day while he was yet again driving me to some venue I was going to give a talk at , ‘ You and that bird are costing me a bloody fortune ! ’ |
| 19 | And I mean Dee said to me this morning cos she heard us one morning |
| 20 | ‘ If you want to do something useful , ’ my mother said to me one day , ‘ you can help me propagate the cactuses . ’ |
| 21 | Jackie said to me last week she said , well it 's the first of December . |
| 22 | Des said to me this morning did Bev get a phone call yesterday and I said no . |