Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] said [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said as he stepped on the ‘ plane : ‘ I would love to come back for another season at Portadown — but no-one has said anything to me . |
| 2 | It should be made clear that if anyone does not understand what someone has said they should always ask , and that this is meeting time well spent . |
| 3 | Jamie Spence shot a last round 60 to win the Canon European Masters , then heard that someone has said he could have smashed the course record with a 58 — and had blown it ! |
| 4 | Someone has said I 'm a well-known gangland figure , and I probably ran into an ambush when I tried to return home . |
| 5 | The leader nodded as if I 'd said something deeply wise , confirming his faith in me . |
| 6 | What if I 'd said we killed them all ? |
| 7 | ‘ Cretin ’ , he glared at me as if I 'd said it . |
| 8 | And as soon as I 'd said it I realised how odd it was , Kelly without a cigarette , without fiddling with the packet and dropping matches on the floor . |
| 9 | They seemed delighted that I 'd said it , and to know just what I meant . |
| 10 | I was glad I 'd said it so I just kept my head down and played on . |
| 11 | Yes I re I said that and I realized that I 'd said it and I should n't have done . |
| 12 | But I realized I 'd said it so I tried to dig myself out the hole |
| 13 | And when I walked away I thought , oh fancy saying that but I 'd said it , it was too bloody late . |
| 14 | It was too late , I 'd said it . |
| 15 | but when it come out me mouth , as soon as I said it I thought you should n't speak to people to people like that but I 'd said it had n't I ? |
| 16 | It had come out and I 'd said it 's what I felt at the minute . |
| 17 | Well cos that morning I 'd said she 's in there , and we thought you 'd been in . |
| 18 | It seemed he had become confused over the time I 'd said I 'd pick him up , although it was always the same , and Miss Prescott thought he was a little agitated and so brought him round herself . |
| 19 | I 'd said I wanted him back , but I was frightened and I felt I could n't face telling the social workers . |
| 20 | It was she who told me that Doogie was a commis chef at one of the better Park Lane hotels ( and I 'd said I had n't realized his politics were important and she 'd just looked at me ) and she was a journalist with one of the North London suburban weeklies . |
| 21 | Whereas if I 'd said I was coming with Kevin it would n't have been . |
| 22 | I would if I 'd said I was going to sleep , stay with Hannah |
| 23 | If I 'd said your parents had asked me to come , do you think I 'd have got you to tell me about Ryan ? ’ |
| 24 | I was like thinking , lying in bed thinking well should I have said it 's over |
| 25 | I wished I had said nothing about Jordi . |
| 26 | Even when , halfway through the morning he broke out with , ‘ Well , there 's no need for you to keep on and on about the table , ’ I did not point out that I had said nothing , that it was he who was ‘ going on and on about it ’ inside himself . |
| 27 | She asked why I had said nothing about that accident on the bypass , or seeing Old Red and General Francis on my holiday . |
| 28 | I had said nothing and he had assumed that we were engaged , telling his mother that night and mine the following morning . |
| 29 | Fortunately , and by pure chance , I had said nothing that could lead her to assume that we thought that she was travelling with them — as arranged . ’ |
| 30 | Like everyone else , including Oscar Wilde , I sometimes wish I had said what someone else has said . |