Example sentences of "[pron] said i [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said he was a collector of antiques so I said I 'd better keep out of the way . |
| 2 | So I said I 'd better make sure she 's in , so Sharan knocks on the door , no answer . |
| 3 | I said I thought he was a right in fact I 've never seen Sally like it before I said I felt quite really |
| 4 | And then , er , I said I 've just come to see if you want any cigs . |
| 5 | I said I 've just tuned Tyne Tees in to mine |
| 6 | I said I 've just gone back |
| 7 | I said I 've fucking done the ga and like I normally , soon as our dinner 's finished I do n't even take a cigarette , I wash all the dishes and dry them , wash the cooker |
| 8 | Cos Irene says give me a ring I says no , I says that 's it , I said I 've already made the arrangement once and it backfired I says so I 'm not doing it no more . |
| 9 | anyway the girl said well I 'll ring first to see where you get your application form she , and the , Sue phoned and was on the other end and I said oh you should apparently you 've got have erm , er , application form and Mrs going to send you one , I said is that Mrs on the line she said is that Mrs speaking , she said yeah , I said will you tell it 's Mrs she said oh , well , tell Mrs she 's no need to apply I 've got all her details and she is being looked at , you know , we are looking into it anyway erm , as I say I had this letter just after Christmas to say that there was a job coming up at the Mencap at Wellingborough Road , Rushden , and I was being selected and erm would I go up for the informal interview on the Monday and the formal interview at the hospital the next morning , so I went up got the first person there and er she , she , it 's a new , it 's an old house but they 've done it all up and there all papers on the floor and then she said oh I think I 'll pick these up Ir Irene , I said oh call me Joy everybody does and she said alright , OK , I said oh I 'll help you so of course I said , I went straight down with her on the floor picking all these papers up and she , and when the next person come she said poor old Joy ai n't even got in the door and that 's it , she 's already working and she said I can see you 're like me Joy you 'll do a job when you see it 's got ta be done , I said I 've always been the same , I ca n't , I ca n't see a spoon or a bit of paper laying on the floor |
| 10 | So this is the same idea and if there 's a star Something that I did see a wee while ago , I saw a f a light very close down to the horizon and I said I 've never seen a star so bright way down there . |
| 11 | So I come there at this morning with cramp in my leg and I said I 've hardly had that , |
| 12 | My posting came through and I was posted to Swordstone this side of Norwich , so I was still quids in , I could get home once a week , twenty four hour pass and then erm after a while erm , having served at Regiment , I was posted up to , as the Sergeant Artillery Clerk with the Brigade , an ack-ack brigade up at Coventry , just outside Coventry and then of course the A T S were coming in , were coming in in quite large numbers then and they were replacing male personnel and then I was posted abroad and I went to Egypt where I was there again , fortunate enough , I suppose , to go into the echelon , the second echelon which was the Records Office of all the forces or the armoured personnel in the Middle East and I worked there until I was actually demobbed from there but I was out in Egypt there for two , just over two years , came back to Northampton where I was finally demobbed and allowed to come home and as I said I came home one week and I was back at work the next . |
| 13 | ‘ I said I thought so , ’ Burun responded . |
| 14 | and , like I said I mean anyway if you 've got a tan |
| 15 | I said I mean all right I mean everybody 's in the same bus . |
| 16 | Anyway I said to I said I left today , I . |
| 17 | I said I said well now someone can buy him the other one for christmas . |
| 18 | Yeah I got the coat on this morning I said I said hopefully |
| 19 | And I said I said so I told her the registration and she gave me the room number but she said . |
| 20 | She said : ‘ He asked about the bureau and I said I had nowhere to put the things from it so he went into the wardrobe and cleared a shelf and said put it in there . |
| 21 | Everyone said what they thought and I said I had always believed in God and Jesus Christ due to my upbringing , personal feelings and experiences but I found commitment difficult . |
| 22 | oh but they really get up my nose ! just wan na do is phone me up , you know I I sa oh had a row with , do n't say anything like about quarter to four time and I said to her , well I 'll be quite honest I said er there 's sixty pound a week or seventy pound a week I get more than you I said I have never heard a load of moaning pratts in all my life ! |
| 23 | I said you , she said yes , I 'm afraid so and I said I do sometimes begrudge it to those men in there . |
| 24 | Well like I said I think probably they 're really kicking themselves I mean I would be in their situation . |
| 25 | I saw the doctor who said I 'd better go on the hospital wing , which seemed ludicrous simply because I needed to use eye drops and an asthma inhalant and asthma pills . |
| 26 | She said the Samaritans she said Joy I were gon na commit suicide , and she said I thought well I 'll just talk to the Samaritans and she said that 's where I were , I said you wo n't commit suicide will you ? |
| 27 | She wants this doll , well Julie got it yesterday and said I phoned up , she said you 've got ta listen to this she said I 've just put a battery in when you want to hear it cry . |
| 28 | Aye , she says what they 're getting Sheila , she said I 've just cut me hours down they , they were working thirty nine and they 've cut me down to thirty two , just like part-time thing , like you know |
| 29 | And then while I was there she was eating a bit of chocolate cake , I mean she 's right in the kitchen , she come back in and said oh my god , I said what , she said I 've never seen anybody pinch a bit of chocolate cake , on a plate as fast in all my life , Ben did n't want it so she whipped his an' all like . |
| 30 | No one said I sat there and wrote nothing . |