Example sentences of "[pers pn] said the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No , I said the officers will produce figures which we will then very , very closely examine . |
| 2 | Tell them I said the water will be fixed , soon . |
| 3 | ‘ I said the Ash Grove , Mom , not the Hash Grove , for God 's sake . |
| 4 | ‘ So I said the Albert Hall . ’ |
| 5 | two inch long with a yellow crayon , my mate Dick in , er a Zeppelin , there were some cottages and a Zeppelin , and er , we , we coming over some blue and he said er , he said what 's the blue and I said the sea , well then , it , it behind land , well I said you have to cross the sea , you know down |
| 6 | ‘ I said the money would not change me as a person and it has n't , ’ she said . |
| 7 | Or I said the money you do n't spend . |
| 8 | I said the mike was on , he said |
| 9 | No , I said the mike . |
| 10 | and er , I said what you mean Charlie , cor all dog 's mess all over the place , I said it is n't , I , I said have you ever been and he said no I , I said well there you are , I said if you have n't been I said you do n't know what it 's like , I said you 're talking about some old girl that lives on , in Little Sandhurst , who 's got a thing about dogs and I said kicking up a lot of fuss about it , but I said the women 's a dam liar |
| 11 | Ooh no no no I said the success of the revolution which swept away |
| 12 | The last time I phoned up I said the bicycle that was hidden in the bushes . |
| 13 | So I phoned them up in the afternoon and I said the bicycle that my friend Mr reported yesterday afternoon is still in the bushes . |
| 14 | Er , as I said the government has already accepted when we introduced the legislation last year in the criminal justice act on money laundering , that there are far wider er interests and fidrer fi far wider implications than there have been ever before and I think the government needs to do a little bit more to show that it is aware of international implications and the sheer scale of what we 're dealing with and er I touched earlier on the question of indemnity , er perhaps the minister could specifically address that point . |
| 15 | And and as I said the work is at risk and and do n't kid yourself it ai n't . |
| 16 | I said the back of the shed . |
| 17 | ‘ I said the girl is pregnant , ’ he replied . |
| 18 | I said the girl at the cards would |
| 19 | I said the collar and the lead , match so he bought the collar out of his pocket and goes |
| 20 | Well I sort of said to him as well about , I said and it 's ridiculous , just because I said the bedding had been lo in the loft |
| 21 | Well they just er they just forked them they they brought up the side what I said the boss , you see . |
| 22 | and just turned nine , knock on the door , opened the door , gee and I said the umbrella with the rain and the wind blowing , she says there 's more of this , it 's not like that |
| 23 | I said the prayers as best I could . |
| 24 | He says no , he says we 've thought about it , I says well you really ought to have it I says if you 're dial dialling a lot of erm , cos they dial a lot of these insurance companies and er mortgage lenders , the head offices , they 're always out in Ottingham , I said the Mercury pin number only cost you seven pound fifty a year , I says you think you can save that in a week so er ha so erm he was on about it , he says who 's the cheapest for that ? |
| 25 | So the gradient gives you a mea If I gave you the gradient , if I said the gradient is one , what would the angle be ? |
| 26 | So I said the rings are in the top drawer of the bureau in the garage . |
| 27 | ‘ I would be a liar if I said the thought of being shot at did n't cross my mind . |
| 28 | now I said the others , they 've got to be lace-ups though look , it 's got ta be lace-ups |
| 29 | Well one would have thought so , but I said to er Mrs you see , about the minibus , no not the minibus , the M S bus being available and , I said the problem was or maybe that we 'd have to have drivers who have had a P S V licence , or what they call it ? |
| 30 | Well that 's what I 've been saying to dad as well , I said the times I said we 've had cheques come back ! |