Example sentences of "i said [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 As I said on the second reading , I do believe that some areas will need to have larger authorities because of their size , or indeed their particular problems , geographical and otherwise .
2 I said on the 14th that the equivalent of 25 million tonnes of coal gas contracts had been given , with a further equivalent of 10 million tonnes lying on the table for the Secretary of State to sanction .
3 " There you go , girl , " I said at the other end , when I brought in the final batch .
4 What I said at the last committee was I merely advised the committee that if they went ahead in this current financial year that the grant would not be available .
5 I said at the last meeting in Bungay in January that Bungay will cease to function within five years if something was n't done about it .
6 In short , as I said at the very beginning of this series of lectures , you must n't treat what as I say as gospel erm I am perfectly capable of being a little bit eccentric , possibly even a little bit erm original erm in my interpretations .
7 As I said at the Conservative party conference , I want to make it clear that our policy is colour blind .
8 Yeah , like I said with the actual water heater there , it 's been , there 's been water heaters in caravans like that for years !
9 ‘ One night on that , my son , and you are in danger of electrocution , ’ I said to the young Sheikh as the unctuous Asian salesman waited .
10 ‘ Look , ’ I said to the arresting officer , whom I will call Mr Pilcher , because that was his name .
11 I said to the Prime Minister : Make certain — and surely , in face of all this trouble it is worthwhile making certain — that you have the will of the country behind you , and , so far as the Unionist party are concerned , we will absolutely cease all unconstitutional opposition to the carrying of your measure .
12 What I said to the Prime Minister was that he should answer that part of the question to him that was in order .
13 I said to the other one , are you Mary too ?
14 What I said to the other group , partly because they had a , an hour before the lecture is that I 'll use next week with them , as , as an introduction to the poetry of this period .
15 As I said to the hon. Member for Falkirk , West ( Mr. Canavan ) , we shall consult widely all the various interests and , no doubt , other European countries will receive representations from manufacturers , from users and from suppliers .
16 As I said to the hon. Member for Sheffield , Central , when he was here , I would welcome a five-hour debate on the distribution of grant , which is one of the hardest tasks facing any Government .
17 As I said to the hon. Member for Clydebank and Milngavie ( Mr. Worthington ) , I propose that guidance will be given to the boards on the exercise of that power .
18 I said to the grave digger , in conversation with him , ‘ Look , are you in the right plot ? ’ and his answer was the priest told him to dig the grave opposite Patrick 's but when he came along he 'd seen there was already a burial there , who was the sister Annie , but had seen this vacant plot next door , so he had dug the vacant one .
19 ‘ The Temple of Turhan Bey , ’ I said to the pretty girl in the front seat , a blonde under her cap .
20 I said to the local authorities in September that from now on I will be looking for schemes which encourage cycling — they 're more likely to attract grants from central government than authorities which concentrate exclusively on roads .
21 And I said to the old man I says , er well that 's it now .
22 Chatterton continued to ignore Rickie , as did I. ‘ My name 's Breakspear , ’ I said to the huge man , ‘ and welcome aboard . ’
23 As I said to the Foreign Secretary in an intervention , I was never one to support the idea of the cold war — the idea that there was an imminent threat of a Soviet invasion of western Europe .
24 No other than the er er er the currencies pretty much the same er as I said of the important changes i is a much heavier emphasis on variable rates .
25 Did you hear what I said about the tall fair man , dear ? "
26 junior Colts , sorry junior Colts , and he said erm ah had a bit of a roll at the beginning and then towards the end now we 've sort of lost loads in a row so I said , he said alright I said about the same with us then I was , so I said it 's cold and he said mm yes it is rather .
27 Jennings was right , and bright , to highlight one thing I said about the artistic choices behind the show .
28 As I said in the nineteenth century government did very little .
29 I said in the preceding section that the market process is essentially entrepreneurial .
30 Notts in this first half are going to be as they like to be , attacking the Kop end , a Kop end which is utterly deserted because Pisa have n't brought any fans with them but they 've brought a very large following of journalists , and as I said in the initial two-way with Martin , there has been a language barrier between them and me , but when they pointed to the weather and all shivered together , I knew precisely what they meant .
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