Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] say [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Oh she said I 'm ever so sorry I was miles away , I said yeah we 've just said that , I said you never even heard us , so I said what you , you ca n't understand why you pay too much tax , she said no I know why I pay too much tax she said but more she said I used to be in business she said and I 'm on basic rate of tax , so I said yeah I 've had some of that , so she said what basic rate of tax , I said yeah where I 've come so , it 's a funny thing she said , I was saying to Carol the other day , she said erm , she said what a difference them blokes you work with , so I said yeah , I said I 'm always saying that about these so she said oh she said er |
2 | if I said his upper lip trembled like the lip |
3 | Cos we said them young kids that had the trumpets for that thing , I bet she had a go at them and all not to knacker them . |
4 | Eleven o'clock , there were n't restrictions then on , they could keep open as long as they liked , no restrictions on , on time , and er as I say their own place you know it really it was picturesque , I thought in since erm I contacted you I 've been thinking how , what I could help with and er what I could still think about , and er it was really a sight because to walk and it always used to be crowded , well it was one of the best markets round here and er people used to go off and from Bloxwich and er although there 's a good market at Walsall there was n't a Bloxwich market then sadly for years and years , but erm and then if you went to Wolverhampton you got to walk through Windsfield you got to er walk everywhere you went then and except on a Saturday night when the wagonettes used to run on a Saturday but it was amazing to see the girl behind the range now controlling |
5 | ‘ As you said yourself last night , people often do silly things . |
6 | A MURDER trial was adjourned last night after one of the accused broke down in the witness box as she said her fellow defendant had suggested using shovels to bury a woman alive . |
7 | Colin Parry , 37 , a personnel officer , wept as he said his 12-year-old son would never be the way he was but they wanted him to live and they would make a life for him . |