Example sentences of "[pron] [pron] said [adv] " in BNC.

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1 Ay , I I 've I 've said that to them I said well you might have , if I take to work you 'll certainly hear some they said tha well if that 's common usage words that 's what it has to be and words that we never use at all that are in dictionaries and nobody ever uses them , they want to know common ordinary speech words that we use .
2 His father then asked William what he should say to his school-fellows , to which the boy replied , ‘ Tell them to prepare to meet their God ; and tell them I said so ’ ’
3 You did right chopping the Governor down and setting fire to the forum — but do n't tell them I said so .
4 I I said well I suppose it 's I do and he said but you work hard June , I said I know but I said kno I said what I do , I can only have hour out there and an hour inside .
5 yeah , well yeah I mean one of the blokes I he said just over a pair of
6 Then the last number , which someone said earlier , is the number of the layer in the ground .
7 Somebody somebody said yesterday
8 De Klerk was now able to claim that there was no longer any justification for violent protest , in view of his invitation " to all leaders who seek peace " , along with the lifting of restrictions on political groups , which he said now placed everybody in a position to pursue politics freely .
9 In contrast , Ellis showed great form until the dismissal which he said afterwards amazed him .
10 Michael , indicating the stairs and implying that he had to go straight on , then directed him to the left , upon which he said quietly , if a trifle reproachfully : ‘ You said straight on ’ .
11 and I said and I was hesitating and I said I 'm sorry I said I feel a bit embarrassed he said for what reason and old Rose was with me well at door she said she knows me she said well she said if it will interest you what if I never .
12 So then he said to me how would you I said so he went yes , I said and and he said and how would you put it back , I said
13 And invite you she said well that 's you 're not going so they would n't get in anyway now and
14 Thank you he said absent-mindedly and went through to the Natural History .
15 He took everything I said very seriously . ’
16 Was it something I said already ?
17 I want to connect this up with something I said earlier : ‘ We are not foreigners in our own language ; we are at home in it . ’
18 The 1993 Booksellers Association was an inward-looking event , poorly attended by independent booksellers , and one which said surprisingly little about the importance of the consumer for the modern retail market .
19 There was an edge to his comment that left her in no doubt that everything she said only confirmed the opinion he already had of her .
20 In that case , can we go back to something you said just now ? ’
21 An and so we we said right , that 's it !
22 If Anwar now perhaps had reason for entertaining minor reservations about Changez ( though Changez seemed delighted by Anwar , and laughed at everything he said even when it was serious ) , this could be nothing compared to Jamila 's antipathy .
23 He has allowed The Art Newspaper to republish what he said in the Dalmatian ( therefore Croatian ) periodical Nedjeljna Dalmacija last 5 September , because , he says , everything he said then remains true today .
24 So he says to the oldest one he said just do ah , he said three four kick or something
25 Just higher your chariot blades on a level with his neck and drive past when he 's not looking ? but do n't tell anybody I said so .
26 alright he 's met you for five minutes but he 's come here I said this gang of children , I said the poor bugger 's not going to know what hit him I said alright if it 's just for Sally 's three I said he 's gon na be , he 's not gon na be relaxed I said I know that for a fact I said I know what it was like when I used to go and visit your people when I was
27 Cos I said to him I said well look , he likes his shirts baggy he said yeah but you ca n't have a shirt too baggy with a suit .
28 know what I mean ? do n't tell him I said so .
29 A fair man and a bloody good admiral — but do n't tell him I said so .
30 And like well I said to her I said well then Sandy would have put it down to the fact she did that bad in her ballet .
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