Example sentences of "said [pron] [modal v] [verb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | I said I would make them a hundred butterfly cakes , and they either they 'll eat them or they 'll sell them , and I 'll hav I 'll try and have them ready for when rings up at half past one and if they sell them and she brings me any I would n't mind knocking a few more up for tomorrow , but I 'm not gon na give them all |
2 | So I told my proposer to let my name stand , and said I would accept whatever the ballot box decided , but would not play there again if the vote went against me . |
3 | He said I ought to get myself a lawyer . ’ |
4 | Oh he said I 'll bring you a leaflet . |
5 | They take you there for twenty P if you reg he said I 'll bring you the papers . |
6 | I said I 'll give you a tenner to build it all for me . |
7 | I said I 'll give you a bed bath . |
8 | somewhere like that she said , but I 've er decided not to , she said I 'll give you the money on Saturday if that 's alright ? |
9 | He said I 'll give you the recipe . |
10 | When they saw Ruth , both men looked slightly abashed , like a pair of overgrown schoolboys , and Connor explained : ‘ This young man wants to learn the rudiments of sparring , so I said I 'd give him a few pointers . |
11 | 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 . |
12 | and then I said I 'd give her a ring . |
13 | At the end of my little phone session , I 've one last in the bag , hi Mick , Peter , as I said I 'd give you a bell in January , do you think it 's a good time for us to get together now , yes , Oh great , O K , I 've got . |
14 | I 've been asked to write about it and I said I 'd give it a think . ’ |
15 | I always said I 'd make you a better partner , did n't I ? |
16 | I said I 'd read you a couple of stories . |
17 | They said they would , but they said you ought to give us the surname . |
18 | And someone said you ought to get yourself a pair . |
19 | ‘ Sorry , I mean I 'm pregnant and , er , you said you could help me the day after tomorrow and I wanted to know if … ’ |
20 | No , but she said like , she said it could come today cos she says they deliver I says is there no way I said you can give me a number I said that I could get in contact , she said no , she said were 're not allowed to do that |
21 | She said she 'll send me a letter , but I reckon it 's too early to go and have a look . |
22 | She said she 'll tell you a bit more about the Sunday about the the production we 're gon na put on . |
23 | Yeah i well he 's just distressed cos I think Gill 's phoning him in the morning and she said she 'd give him a lift to the hospital . |
24 | Mrs Wright came in and she said she 'd give me a lift home . |
25 | Oh she said she 'd give you a token did n't she ? |
26 | She took a purse from her coat pocket , found two silver florins and handed them to the landlady , who said she 'd get her a rent book . |
27 | If I was outside , she said she could telephone me every day for nothing , if I gave her the number of a phone box and arranged to be there for a certain time … |
28 | We ought to really , although I said we 'll leave them a lot of behind than the dinosaurs . |
29 | Why should n't Fanshawe just have said to his wife , ‘ This young lady has missed her last train and since she lives in London I said we 'd give her a lift ’ ? |
30 | They , they said well we can redo it for you , they said we can give you a reduction in it , and he sort of bartered with them , and I think he got , you know , a good couple of hundred pound off just for this little chip in the unit . |