Example sentences of "[pron] said [pos pn] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | if I said his upper lip trembled like the lip |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | I said your fucking fault . |
| 4 | That morning my wife and I said our usual goodbyes . |
| 5 | Who said their glassy strands should be wholly of what was called silk ? |
| 6 | Its recommendation was accepted by Nicholas Ridley , the Trade and Industry Secretary , who said his prime concern was to ensure ‘ effective competition ’ . |
| 7 | The scheme was officially launched by Earl Spencer who said his own car had twice been broken into in Northampton . |
| 8 | Aminah Husain Sumpton , a freelance trainer and guardian ad litem , welcomed the Children Act but she said its full potential had not been achieved . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | She said her other sons Philip , five and Liam , three , also suffered health problems . |
| 11 | She said her only hope of having the boys returned was if her husband had difficulty in looking after them . |
| 12 | Perhaps she knew he wanted a son , perhaps she said her first marriage broke up because her first husband found out he was n't the father . ’ |
| 13 | She said her own worries had been put into perspective by a visit shortly before his death of Lord Cheshire . |
| 14 | The hand had the warmth of personal feeling , whereas the theatrical sigh with which she said her last words was nothing but an actressy trick from a bad radio play . |
| 15 | and one woman said that the year , nineteen twenty one she was a bride of eighteen years old and she took Good Housekeeping and she 's got the whole lot although she 's now a very old lady , and she said my first lot of housekeeping was done in a house in Wales where we had water from the well we had to build the fires up by hand we could get Welsh coal cheaply but they had to you know use paper and kindle and we swept with brooms and my life has never been easier she said I had three children in four years and my life has never been easier she said and all these modern things came in life has got more and more complicated and difficult ! |
| 16 | The following morning , under the guidance of Margo , Nigel was sprinkled onto the compost heap and we said our final goodbyes . |
| 17 | We said our good nights . |
| 18 | This time when they said their good byes they arranged to meet the following morning and so things continued . |
| 19 | They said their last guy got slung in jail last night . ’ |
| 20 | Well he said your fucking daughter you sort her out . |
| 21 | Yeah , but my old man he 's a , he 's driving he was driving the one of the that 's , that erm , Lieutenant Colonel was in at the time of the , and he , he was in there and he said my old man knows for certain that at that time they were under fire , cos they drove in and picked up two bodies and put them in the back of the jeep all under fire |
| 22 | And he got the p he I think he said his first years pay was five shillings . |
| 23 | He said his financial problems arose from bankruptcy last year . |
| 24 | Judge Tumim went to inspect the jail next day , and he said his overwhelming impression was of the powerlessness of Wymott staff in the face of organized criminal activity . |
| 25 | He said his hectic work schedule led him into a downward spiral where he needed a drink to relax and help him sleep . |
| 26 | A month later , he said his final goodbye to another dear friend — Joseph Haydn . |
| 27 | He said his Labour counterparts had earlier ignored similar advice from officers when they approved a development consisting of hundreds of houses on a green field site . |
| 28 | Colin Parry , 37 , a personnel officer , wept as he said his 12-year-old son would never be the way he was but they wanted him to live and they would make a life for him . |
| 29 | He said his original inspection had found a world of drugs , drug dealing and bullying . |
| 30 | He said his last prayers there , thought only of Katya and wished her well . |