Example sentences of "[noun] she said [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | she was one of the first anyway , so er , but it took a long time before she had them , five years ' wait , and she said , that , at the last attempt she said to her husband that 's it now , if it does n't work this time , that 's it , I 'm not having any more attempts , that 's it definitely , and they had that successfully and that 's how they had the twins , so they 're her children , they are their children , it 's just they were fertilized outside the womb , in a glass dish it 's fascinating i n't it ? she said it 's really fascinating I can assure you I said oh I can see |
| 2 | The briefest of smiles took flight from her lips to her eyes , and away , leaving her portentously grave again ; and with careful , frowning concentration she said in English , her bright , light , child 's voice forming the words as gingerly as a novice using an untried weapon : ‘ Oh , no — I am only Catherine . ’ |
| 3 | Most of them had never been before and was scared , she got just a little bit of water in her mouth and she thought she was drowning but instead of saying drowning she said to me , ‘ I drownded ’ . |
| 4 | As Mrs Burrows took him from the hall she said to Eva " You 'd better finish the service " . |
| 5 | And she said erm where they have their big discos in the universities er you know , about two thousand five hundred of them come round of course they 've got fire alarm systems there , then she said you get the underground so called Mafia , whatever you like to call them she said , they are chaps she said in their thirties , and forties , arrive in shiny big white and red Porsches this that and the other and deliberately , cos they 're club owners |
| 6 | Then the mesh , she told Sally the next time she saw her , I 'm sorry I made that mistake about you having a sister she said to Sally , I 've written to tell mother you 've said you have n't one she must of been mistaken what your mother said . |
| 7 | She said she 's great being my teacher she said for my little ones . |
| 8 | Yes , well Bev was asking , I mean I was doing housework , oh , I was doing bits and pieces you know , and er getting me coat and all that and er she was asking questions and all that and Liz said I 'll pick you up at twenty past eleven , so Bev said alright then , so she come off the phone said she 'd go and have a look and apparently erm , it must of been yesterday if , if Liz is telling the truth she said to whoever are you going to do anything about this ? |
| 9 | When a car engine sounded in the distance she said with evident relief : ‘ That will be uncle , I expect . ’ |
| 10 | These things were symptoms of intimacy , like the way she talked of Julian or the things she said about her father . |
| 11 | She found herself self-conscious under Carolyn 's exhaustive scrutiny , and caught herself trying to measure and examine the things she said from the girl 's point of view . |
| 12 | Go on with your maps for a minute she said to the second form who were glancing at one another in astonishment as they heard the noise from the first form room . |
| 13 | And she said how do you know Mrs she said to me . |
| 14 | One day she said to me , ‘ Does Joe touch you too ? ’ |
| 15 | So one day she said to her Mrs , you have n't got a car have you ? |
| 16 | That night she said to her husband , ‘ Perhaps I should have found out how the gentleman really feels about her . ’ |
| 17 | well anyway er , you see and well anyway er so when , that night and we were by coach of course bus , went there by bus and so that night she said to me , what are you doing when , in the bus , she said , what are you doing this evening ? |
| 18 | In the it 's only just till the rep comes he said , when I saw her last week she said like you know , he had n't been if he |
| 19 | In between patients she said to Victoria , ‘ There was nothing , that day , between Dr Rafaelo and me , you know . ’ |
| 20 | When Marie saw Modigliani she said to him : ‘ For heaven 's sake do n't come tomorrow . |
| 21 | This woman the door she said to me would you like to try some crisps ? yes . |
| 22 | Thkarni she said with a straight face . |
| 23 | Mr Frederick Garnet , 81 , said : ‘ The last thing she said to us before she left was that she would have some very good news for the family when she came home . |
| 24 | Mr Christie , in an exclusive interview with TODAY , said at the time : ‘ When I saw Sue in prison , almost the first thing she said to me was that the sentence was wrong . ’ |
| 25 | When Dottie came again the next day , bearing chocolates and , of all things , a pomegranate , the first thing she said to me was : " You know it 's Christmas in a week , God forbid ? |
| 26 | and I had n't seen the flat before , and the first thing she said to me wherever you look in here it 's blue . |
| 27 | ‘ It 's too wet and cold , ’ was the first thing she said on arrival at Saalbach in Austria . |
| 28 | At length she said with a devious manner to match his own , ‘ And I 'm astonished that the thought had not occurred to you . |
| 29 | Milk and food she said to the waiter and please do n't cook . |
| 30 | ‘ I was driving Kelly to Great Ormond Street Hospital in London , ’ Sandra says , ‘ and out of the blue she said to me : ‘ Mum , what happens when you die ? |