Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] said that " in BNC.
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| 1 | I only said that about Ralf because he 's a man , and for some strange reason fitzAlan seemed to think … |
| 2 | I only said that to annoy her as Fenella was leaning over the staircase banister to fix some tinsel with double-sided tape and one more inch and she need n't have bothered wearing a skirt at all . |
| 3 | I just said that to Charlie to needle him . |
| 4 | ‘ I just said that I was having a drink with her to ask her what she would really like as a wedding present from the firm , because men are no good at that sort of thing . ’ |
| 5 | I just said that I did n't know . ’ |
| 6 | Well I 'm just saying I just said that we 're not likely to get it here . |
| 7 | I never said he was , I just said that he 's called Paddy . |
| 8 | But I just said that it was for the Welsh Office cos I thought if er they knew it was for a Authority you know ? |
| 9 | I just said that I 'm going |
| 10 | ‘ Well , I once said that the reason we went to America was to make money , but over the last six weeks I 've really changed my mind totally . |
| 11 | I , I do n't think I ever said that we could n't go ahead with it this year , I merely pointed out , I merely |
| 12 | ‘ I always said that if I could not break 80 then I would not play . |
| 13 | ‘ I always said that I had to put my medical career before my rugby , but the new job will not force me to retire because my colleagues are so supportive and helpful . ’ |
| 14 | When it disappeared from the catalogue and by chance I was offered a knighthood , I always said that the Queen , coming as she does from an angling family , was compensating me for having had my name taken out of Hardy 's catalogue . |
| 15 | I always said that Halliwell was too timid by half . |
| 16 | I distinctly said that it was I who required the tuition . |
| 17 | I also said that if someone were asked , ‘ But what do you mean by ‘ It 's afternoon on the Sun ’ ? ’ he might say ‘ I mean just the same as I mean by ‘ It 's afternoon ’ on the Earth' . |
| 18 | But I also said that provided we put the effort in and ensure that all aspects of our business are in good order , we will see the benefits shine through . |
| 19 | I also said that as we are increasing UKIAS 's funding and its ability to represent and advise , if it was unwilling to advise those seeking advice on asylum , it called into question whether the funding for advice , not representation , should go to UKIAS . |
| 20 | And I also said that Dr Kemp had n't turned up at the railway station when they 'd arranged for a taxi to pick him up and take him — ’ |
| 21 | I also said that banks were not sufficiently up-front about their charges and made some suggestions for changes , such as displaying a poster in each branch and printing details on statements . |
| 22 | I also said that erm my I expressed that the fears that I expressed at this meeting last time about er the fact that Paul and I now supervise civilian staff , er which I 've never been sat down and told what the civilians term of contract are and what I can or can not say or whatever , so erm I feel it will be quite valuable , and brought it for me to see if anybody think it 's worthwhile pursuing . |
| 23 | Now I also said that the states which make up the United States were , for a brief period , independent entities themselves in the gap between the ending of revolutionary war and the framing of the constitution and so when their representatives assembled in Philadelphia in the summer of seventeen eighty seven , they were mindful of their independence and they were jealous of that independence , they wished to protect it against encroachment , they did n't wish to exchange one form of dominance for another . |
| 24 | Well I nearly said that to him , but I thought ooh no ! |
| 25 | So like I even said that to the coppers today I said he 's been handling seventeen hundred pounds near enough near as damn it |
| 26 | I simply said that if I had the money and was able to pay my fare and support myself in America , I would accompany him . |
| 27 | I then said that I had always looked forward to going to the Board of Education . |
| 28 | I there said that it is ‘ every fact which it would be necessary for the plaintiff to prove , if traversed , in order to support his right to the judgment of the court . ’ |
| 29 | I actually said that there were relatively few anomalies and that if they had been addressed the tax would have found favour . |
| 30 | Well I 'm , as a matter of fact before that I actually said that er this , all this that I am doing on your behalf is completely free of charge |