Example sentences of "and [pers pn] said i [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | scraped it all in and I said I 'll leave it in dish cos it 's a dog doggy dish went back in house and , oh what did I come back for ? |
| 2 | And I said I 'll bring it round personally and er you know , get it switched on for her . |
| 3 | And er oh it , it were about seven o'clock and I said I 'll go and play with Len ti till half past , he says well be a , be back by half past eight . |
| 4 | and he wanted to speak to Mike and I said I 'll go and check it |
| 5 | Anyway so it 's the P T A tomorrow and I said I 'll go |
| 6 | It was er international company sommat like that Ching and er they asked me about it and I said I 'll see what I can do . |
| 7 | got myself ready I got my coat on and I said I 'll see you later |
| 8 | In two days ' time we reached Pakoku where many of the Anglo-Burmans begged me to disembark and try to walk out of Burma with them , but Rachel was still very sick and I said I would go on to Mandalay and hope to find a doctor there . |
| 9 | ‘ We were talking about ransoms too and I said I would pay to save the life — ’ |
| 10 | I had developed an extreme closeness with two of the doctors , and I called them , and they both agreed to go in and evaluate Ron 's condition and get back to me , and I said I would abide by their decision . |
| 11 | Herman gave me some pretty match-boxes , and I said I would put one in Joanna 's Christmas stocking . |
| 12 | And I said I 'd tell Simon but I would n't . |
| 13 | But he seemed to be about to ring off , and I said I 'd go round the next day . |
| 14 | I 've been asked to write about it and I said I 'd give it a think . ’ |
| 15 | But I mean , Gill would go out and I said I 'd give her a if if we did it e er turn and turn about you only have to find one about once every eight weeks like . |
| 16 | And I said I 'd try and put some evidence together of exactly what we 've got . |
| 17 | She started telling us how she had a bell which she rang if she needed help and I said I 'd listen out for it . |
| 18 | I said , why not , and she said because there was no point , no one to see , and I said I 'd like to see them . |
| 19 | I mean I think it 's the class thing as well really , because I can remember when I was erm leaving school erm and I went to the careers erm teacher for my interview and I said I 'd like to be a journalist and she looked at me and I came from a very poor working class background in Tottenham , and she said ‘ I 'm sure you could be a secretary or a shorthand typist if you really tried ’ . |
| 20 | And I said I 'd put sweetpeas ? |
| 21 | She was willing to give everything up , but we talked it through and I said I could manage on my own . |
| 22 | and I said I could imagine , you know , the boys are there with the boat , they 've got it ready and he steps off the other one and they say oh I 'm sorry missed your footing did you ? |
| 23 | Well of course she came running to me , you see , and we immediately phoned for the doctor , you see but , however , and I said , look , phone for the doctor , I said , and then I said go across to the railway police just across the yard and I asked one of them to come to me and I said I will go up with her and be with her until the doctor arrived , er he was with her the police sergeant when she died . |
| 24 | Anyway you its funny he wanted to insist that my husband should be there and I said I can decide do n't worry . |
| 25 | I said I 'll go round the back and I said I can get in through that window for ya , I said well I 'll have to force it , what d' ya mean force it ? |
| 26 | No , cos I was gon na pay the butchers which I would have had to have changed a note and you said I 'll pay . |
| 27 | Er and she said I 'll ring you ag I said oh dear someone now coming to the door , she said , never mind I 'll ring you on Saturday , so I said alright and er and she lives at Wyndham , Norfolk , my husband 's niece and erm , you see , and then there 's the other one and she said , auntie you 're always so cheerful , I said , well I try to be cheerful because like everybody else I get a little depressed sometimes because , you see , I have no sisters and brothers , I have three elderly cousins who live away and who I , who I see , one was here a fortnight ago er er er my cousin and his wife er , you see , it will be on a Wednesday , a fortnight today , no Thursday , yes , you see , a fortnight ago and they said , we 'll come again an we 've always bought you a bunch of daffodils so we shall come again when the daffodils are and er and they bring me over bits and pieces because er she was a cook and they bring me something nice to eat |
| 28 | And erm she said all right and I said what do I do with them and she said I 'll put them down in the base at the back and I said all right so I went back on the shop floor just before I was coming out come out . |
| 29 | She points to the newcomer and explains , " I met this woman at the council housing department and she said I could stay with her . " |
| 30 | We have this French woman come in she comes quite often Mrs and she said I 'd like to make an appointme appointment on the she said the eleventh , and I thought I said pardon ? |