Example sentences of "said the [adj] thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | When her mother answered , she said the stupid thing she always said to those who were supposed to be close to her , ‘ It 's me . ’ |
| 2 | I finally said the only thing I damn well wanted was for them to leave so I could get to the hospital . |
| 3 | The constant references to … to what you believe of me — ’ Maria halted fleetingly , abandoning the pointless once more , and then said the only thing he really needed to hear , simply and directly , without attempting to clothe it in sophistication . |
| 4 | ’ One of them once said the only thing that came close to giving her the same thrill she got from shoplifting was having sex in a public place — you know it 's wrong and you might be caught , but it feels great , ’ adds Liz . |
| 5 | So I said the only thing he would believe . |
| 6 | Stammering a little , she said the only thing she could think of . |
| 7 | Mr Benjamin Gumpert for the prosecution said the only thing Miss Deeley could think to do was to stop the car driving off — she went to the back of the vehicle . |
| 8 | They said the only thing we 've been talking about at R F S is his er wheel effects . |
| 9 | I mentioned to her about renting , she said that she had n't , you know , took that idea out the window but she said the only thing is your at the beck and call of the landlord . |
| 10 | The housing aid said the only thing they could offer me is bed and breakfast . |
| 11 | so he was gon na do the same for me , do a bit of shopping well I said you 'll get it like give you the money , so he says well I was gon na do the same but I said the only thing is when we go to the cash desk er , I said I 'm gon na leave you , I said I 'm not standing there |
| 12 | and I said the other thing to cut down on , I know it 's a beautiful around the tree to have all these fantastic wrapping papers and |
| 13 | When I spoke to him , Hall said the great thing about his show was that he let black artists speak for themselves , in their own voices . |
| 14 | Everyone laughs and I think I said the wrong thing , but Peter smiles at me and stands up . |
| 15 | She thought that if he said the wrong thing now everything would be over for her and him . |
| 16 | Close behind him followed Alain Lemarchand , looking more suspicious than intrigued , and Glyn said the very thing she had been praying for . |
| 17 | ‘ He said the whole thing was simple . |
| 18 | But he said the whole thing |
| 19 | Mr Durr said the important thing was that it would be able to behave as a private company . |
| 20 | at some of these things , preferably at Felixstowe an example a local newspaper was used to advertise the actual hearing , I think the , I said the important thing is that people do appear , do turn up , do voice their opinion , do make sure who their County Councillor is , a local member and other County Councillors in all their process actually know what local people feel excess through their local positions , any other comments ? |