Example sentences of "[pers pn] said [pron] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I asked her , " Would you mind if I have a boyfriend ? " and she said " It depends " and I said " What if I said somebody wanted to take me to the pictures ? " and it was , " If a boy wants to take you to the pictures , he 's only alter one thing . |
| 2 | Now , did you notice how I said everyone followed by their ? |
| 3 | I said everyone wanted ground coffee today . |
| 4 | I said we enjoyed admiring |
| 5 | ‘ I said we lived together and that is true , not as lovers , though . |
| 6 | And then it was oh we did n't , you know , you had a free sample at Cadburys , oh , I said we got a free sample from Jaguar , we got some walnut veneer which is , I suppose , half Cadburys |
| 7 | I said we had to fight for improvements , such as a proper building for the market and a nursery for their children . |
| 8 | point of personal explanation , that 's exactly what I did n't say , I said we had to ensure that walkers were able to use the places they can walk where horses can are , are also using that er , er , er route as well . |
| 9 | I just fucking told them straight , I said we had an argument and I never done it |
| 10 | I said we 'd better take two days over the trip and make a stop-over on the way . |
| 11 | Somebody wanted to buy it as a non-worker but I said well I said we 'd ordered a part for it so |
| 12 | I said we 'd better go home and check and so we drove down to and as I got there , so the bus comes up , so it looked pretty but I thought well I 'd better check so I followed it back up and nobody got off it and |
| 13 | I said we needed a weekend , real time , for both of us , and you said give it time . |
| 14 | ‘ I said we needed a playroom for the kids and a bit more garden — not a damn great manse at the arse-end of the Northern line with its own private wilderness … ’ |
| 15 | And I said , yes , I said , and I said we bought we bought a pack of each . |
| 16 | I said we did n't need a strong fence as the one tree that could fall on it already had . |
| 17 | But w as I said we did because we did n't have a pig . |
| 18 | I said we did n't do too bad . |
| 19 | So , then , then we got into it he said I 'm sorry I thought you made yourselves homeless , cos you just wanted to come home , I said no , way , I said we did n't even want to come home , I said we were very professional people |
| 20 | for you , I said we worked you know , we 've not been given anything , everything |
| 21 | I managed to keep afloat then till , as I said we found this half a lifeboat and there was couple of fellows and er I managed to swim over to that and pull myself up on it and for there the inflatable off the standby boat came alongside , picked us up and put us on then standby boat . |
| 22 | But well Evelyn was asking me about reading and writing but first of all she asked did we still go to you see and I said no I sa we s I said we decided it did n't suit him . |
| 23 | He says ; He was a dream to woek with anything I said we wanted to do he said yes lets do it . |
| 24 | When we first talked about our star signs I said they made us — ’ |
| 25 | Turbin lights and they were for use of coastal command of the RAF first searchlighting for submarines , looking for submarines , the er the Harvards were very much trained as some of them came in from the Navy they were used for training landing of pilots on aircraft carriers , and they had hooks underneath you know the er they were a very good trainer they were still used today , but when we used to go and see films at the pictures they used to use them a lot as Japanese aircraft because they looked alike , and they used to use them as zeros in the American films these Harvard trainers , er and but like as I said they had a experimental department at Helliwells and they used to try out various things to see if they could improve on the structure or the instrumentation things like that |
| 26 | Mostly she quizzed me about the burglars and I said they 'd tried to get in through the bathroom window and one of them had put a foot through it , probably coming from the roof next door , and I generally made out that there was a whole gang of footpads up there lying in wait for Santa Claus . |
| 27 | And erm and I made the point that I tipped all your lot out of I said what and I had n't let them go in the classroom and I said it 's a new thing but I said they got their coats on they 're too macho to wear them that 's their problem , you know ! |
| 28 | I said they got ta say she come to us now mate |
| 29 | She said that , I said they said , you had to be |
| 30 | I said they did and offered to leave the door on the latch so he could sneak in for a bit of a warm . |