Example sentences of "[pron] say [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Eleven o'clock , there were n't restrictions then on , they could keep open as long as they liked , no restrictions on , on time , and er as I say their own place you know it really it was picturesque , I thought in since erm I contacted you I 've been thinking how , what I could help with and er what I could still think about , and er it was really a sight because to walk and it always used to be crowded , well it was one of the best markets round here and er people used to go off and from Bloxwich and er although there 's a good market at Walsall there was n't a Bloxwich market then sadly for years and years , but erm and then if you went to Wolverhampton you got to walk through Windsfield you got to er walk everywhere you went then and except on a Saturday night when the wagonettes used to run on a Saturday but it was amazing to see the girl behind the range now controlling |
2 | I mean sometimes you expect him to laugh and he does n't laugh like he says something funny and I say something funny back to him , but he does n't laugh . |
3 | Oh , I say you poor thing . |
4 | I said to him this morning I said what sick joke 's this ? |
5 | if I said his upper lip trembled like the lip |
6 | I said you dizzy swine ! |
7 | And I knew I know this bloke eh , when he was a sergeant I think , anyway he was an officer , and eh , said we go to Sheppeards , I said you silly devil I ca n't get into Sheppeards Hotel I 'm a signal man I had to laugh he said , shame , he said cor , you 're about my size , get stuck into one of my uniforms we had a couple of weekends at Sheppeards Hotel , we had a great time . |
8 | I said it three times , ’ she said . |
9 | And er there r there are no real er gentry in Orkney you see , and you 'll always find that if anybody gets a a a Well as I said to one boy here , I said to him look here I said your old grandfather worked in that shop till his backside was hanging out his brigs . |
10 | I said your fucking fault . |
11 | That morning my wife and I said our usual goodbyes . |
12 | ‘ Any company which says its prime goal is to create shareholder value should report its performance in those terms , ’ C&L 's Richard Barfield told a recent conference on corporate governance . |
13 | She says her ultimate ambition is to get that published too . |
14 | As her prize Trudie receives three thousand five hundred pounds but she says her real reward has been the satisfaction of knowing her efforts have helped others . |
15 | She says her only daughter was killed . |
16 | She says her first question when the baby is born will be : ‘ Is everything okay ? |
17 | Liz will provide the voice-over for baby Little Maggie when she says her first word — ‘ Daddy ! ’ |
18 | She says my first reaction is one of horror , then sympathy for the individual concerned but not surprise . |
19 | HOUSING officers have stepped in to help a mum who says her three children are virtual prisoners in their new home . |
20 | The second point is on correspondence , I 'm absolutely certain that when a member of public writes in to any department , not necessarily highway , he expects and needs an immediate response , now I know you have , you have started the acknowledgement of our system , but I think it 's , it does n't go far enough , an acknowledgement card that simply says the thing is received and is receiving attention , needs to then indicate the individual to whom that matter has been passed for attention and that leads me to the third point and I think the general complaint on the public is that local government is seen as faceless people and I think we have to get in our mind to name people within our department , there 's not one mention about it in our promise , I think we need , unless I 've not read it , but I think , I think we , yes , but I think we need to mention people by name , senior people within the department who will respond to particular things and certainly where public comes into contact within the offices we must get around to wearing a name badge who says who that person is , people want to relate to a person and I think we can do that if we try . |
21 | Who said their glassy strands should be wholly of what was called silk ? |
22 | Its recommendation was accepted by Nicholas Ridley , the Trade and Industry Secretary , who said his prime concern was to ensure ‘ effective competition ’ . |
23 | The scheme was officially launched by Earl Spencer who said his own car had twice been broken into in Northampton . |
24 | In the first days she said her one hope was that her children , isolated though they were , could feel ‘ held ’ in the same safe way . |
25 | Yeah she said her next door neighbour |
26 | Aminah Husain Sumpton , a freelance trainer and guardian ad litem , welcomed the Children Act but she said its full potential had not been achieved . |
27 | Oh she said I 'm ever so sorry I was miles away , I said yeah we 've just said that , I said you never even heard us , so I said what you , you ca n't understand why you pay too much tax , she said no I know why I pay too much tax she said but more she said I used to be in business she said and I 'm on basic rate of tax , so I said yeah I 've had some of that , so she said what basic rate of tax , I said yeah where I 've come so , it 's a funny thing she said , I was saying to Carol the other day , she said erm , she said what a difference them blokes you work with , so I said yeah , I said I 'm always saying that about these so she said oh she said er |
28 | A MURDER trial was adjourned last night after one of the accused broke down in the witness box as she said her fellow defendant had suggested using shovels to bury a woman alive . |
29 | She said her other sons Philip , five and Liam , three , also suffered health problems . |
30 | She said her only hope of having the boys returned was if her husband had difficulty in looking after them . |