Example sentences of "he would say " in BNC.
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| 1 | An' 'e 'd say : ‘ Them books is n't for the likes o' you , Jack . |
| 2 | And looking back on it , when you think about his own experience — he 'd been Home Secretary , Chancellor of the Exchequer and Foreign Secretary — I think most of his Cabinet colleagues who served under him would say he was a better prime minister than he was a secretary of state in either of these three roles . |
| 3 | Fucking hell , he 'd say , you do n't really like The Faces , do you ? |
| 4 | Well then , he 'd say , what do n't you like about them ? |
| 5 | Ar , boy , he 'd say , nothing 's happening yet . |
| 6 | ‘ When we were in restaurants , he 'd say , ‘ You do n't want any pudding , do you ? ’ |
| 7 | ’ Put it away , Maurice , ’ he 'd say . |
| 8 | ‘ Plenty more where that came from , ’ he 'd say . |
| 9 | He 'd say , ‘ Do n't worry , do n't worry about that . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'd seen him like that so many times before , but at least after a couple of days he 'd say , ‘ Vicky , I got to clean up . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ He 'd say , ‘ Listen , Joey , if you want to write a Homeboy , you 'd better stay in school . ’ ’ |
| 12 | He did n't know what he 'd say . |
| 13 | If any of them hinted afterwards that his wife might not be thrilled at seeing them again , he 'd say , ‘ You can tell her to bugger off any time . ’ |
| 14 | He 'd say that he 'd suddenly remembered he had to go to the theatre with his family , or to a friend 's engagement party . |
| 15 | ‘ I suppose you 've got to catch a train back to Brighton now ? ’ he 'd say hopefully . |
| 16 | He 'd say I 'm snooping and interfering . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ If you asked my Dad that , he 'd say : ‘ She does what she 's told ! ’ ’ |
| 18 | At least they did so until the local priest warned them that if they did not stop , he 'd say a prayer that would make the dead rise from their graves and walk the length and breadth of the islands . |
| 19 | ‘ Long straw or short straw ? ’ he 'd say . |
| 20 | ‘ I know what yer after , ’ he 'd say , ‘ you want my job . |
| 21 | Gary would sometimes see me staring up at them , and he 'd say , you know , it 's no good trying to read the stars up there … the only real stars here tonight are those two making out on the dance floor . |
| 22 | ‘ I ca n't walk slowly , ’ he 'd say , ‘ I 'll fall over . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Thank you nursie … you old cow , ’ he 'd say , desperately pretending not to be naked in the bath . |
| 24 | That reminds me : I asked whether he 'd heard anything within a few minutes of seeing young Hamnett , hoping he 'd say a shot , of course , which really would have been too good to be true . |
| 25 | He 'd say to you ‘ Move ’ . |
| 26 | I thought he 'd say ‘ Crap ’ but he did n't . |
| 27 | I wish he 'd say something . |
| 28 | I wonder what he 'd say about this game ? |
| 29 | ‘ This one is very extra-special , ’ he 'd say , tossing aside yet another Spillane or James Hadley Chase or Harold Robbins . |
| 30 | When I asked him a question he 'd say , ‘ The answer to that is — in fact the several answers to that are … |