Example sentences of "he said [subord] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | He said since the incident new instructions insisted that loads must never be left unsupported , supports must be put in place to stop the tube falling and a wider slot in the pipe was now used making the operation easier , quicker and safer . |
| 2 | They sent him home from school or something , send him straight home from school and er , do n't know I suppose take him to hospital today and then , I assume they 've got to bring him home and he said oh no he said you have n't got to take me home he said cos the boy 's got to be from school , come round tomorrow and pick you up |
| 3 | ‘ Then you can send the photo with your letter when you write , ’ he said as the doorbell rang . |
| 4 | ‘ It looks as if it 's just starting up , ’ he said as the sound of pop music drifted towards them . |
| 5 | " Mr Herriot , " he said as the smoke rose around his ears , " do you ever feel when sammat happens that it was meant to happen and that it was for t'best ? " |
| 6 | ‘ I have n't even seen the original series — I must be about the only guy in the western hemisphere who has n't , ’ he said as the cast walked up the plank in Irvine , Ayrshire , to inspect the Vital Spark for the first time . |
| 7 | BR management was ‘ incompetent and unimaginative , ’ he said If the chairman , Sir Robert Reid , were not due to retire in April , he should be sacked . |
| 8 | ‘ You should just see your face , ’ he said when the paroxysm had passed . |
| 9 | ‘ I have n't discovered yet what brought out all the troops , ’ he said when the laughing stopped . |
| 10 | ‘ I told you not to ask , ’ he said when the line was grudgingly given over for another fifty seconds . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'll see you in , ’ he said when the car 's engine died on a last throaty purr in the Hamiltons ' driveway . |
| 12 | ‘ Perhaps I should tell you a little about myself , Mrs Wilson , ’ he said when the maid had gone , ‘ … a little about my family and Elsie 's place in it and how I come to be looking for her after such a long time . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ All right , ’ he said when the sergeant had finished . |