Example sentences of "he say [pers pn] [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | I was amazed to hear him say he did two hours ‘ warming-up ’ exercises before he did his muscle-building stuff . |
2 | He says they caused considerable damage to property , hedgerows were burned out , buildings affected , farmers ' own equipment set on fire and their own crops . |
3 | He says they got some men in a van and tried to burn them . |
4 | He says he saw one person fall but he was n't hrut and it seems safe . |
5 | He says he saw one job but that 's already gone and that was last week . |
6 | He says he spent two weeks in hospital when he was helpless and that brought it all home to him . |
7 | He says he bought another Amiga . |
8 | He said she wrote better letters than any woman he knew — ‘ only it is a different letter each time you read it . ’ |
9 | Yeah , he said I got a thousand pound well I 'll ring around , he said I got a thousand o off my , I saved a thousand pounds on my roof he said I thought bloody hell , how much cost costing him ! |
10 | Oh yes , they 're very , very clever so Doug was saying to me one day in work , walking dogs together in Wellington , he said I had this fellow yesterday , he just convinced a board that he did n't need any more treatment , he was cured erm , he would n't do any more |
11 | He said I said one thing he 's more rebellious . |
12 | He says er , yeah he said I did some onion , and then , I got some of them , you know |
13 | He said I remembered last night he said if I was in bed I was gon na get wet . |
14 | He said you gave marvellous picnics — and you look as if you would ! ’ |
15 | He said he had two sisters but that he was the only and beloved son . |
16 | He said he had environmental credentials as he was a life member of the British Butterfly Conservation Society and was also a member of the Kent branch of the Council for the Preservation of Rural England . |
17 | We reached his office where he said he had some paperwork to complete before we stopped fairly soon for ten minutes at Kenora . |
18 | He said he had some news , but it was only for my ears and I must keep it confidential . |
19 | He said he witnessed repeated instances of police brutality in August and early September , when activists held almost daily demonstrations in townships outside Cape Town . |
20 | He said he adored hard-bitten policemen . |
21 | In his famous book Eastern Approaches , Maclean includes an account of his capture of the general , in whose home he said he found many photographs of his women friend . |
22 | This will amuse you , he said he liked older women . ’ |
23 | on saving education , he said that I supposed to get the six teachers , he said I 'm gon na get rid of five he said and if I possible can I 'm going to make it four , that got ta remember those of you who are on protected salaries erm you again the pay and a half other members of staff and he said he wanted voluntary redundancies and early retirements where possible , you know , and also he had n't supposed to tell for a month so this will come out later in the year |
24 | He said he wanted some company because he was lonely and worried . |
25 | To Salmon he said he admired tribal sculptures because he found them ‘ raisonnables ’ . |
26 | He said it offered high quality accommodation , was being marketed internationally and was strategically located . |
27 | Sometimes he said it contained eighty-one Communists , sometimes fifty-seven , sometimes ‘ a lot ’ . |