Example sentences of "i said [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " There you go , girl , " I said at the other end , when I brought in the final batch . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | As I said at the Conservative party conference , I want to make it clear that our policy is colour blind . |
| 4 | ‘ Called to see a friend , ’ I said with a dry mouth . |
| 5 | " Right , Mr Bailes , " I said with a twisted smile . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's an easy enough error to have made , ’ I said with a small smile . |
| 7 | " Ah well , " I said with a light laugh . |
| 8 | But , oh , Doctor , ’ I said with a happy smile . |
| 9 | Preferably the something , ’ I said with a hopeful smile . |
| 10 | ‘ That 's what I was hoping , ’ I said with a deliberate leer . |
| 11 | Yeah , like I said with the actual water heater there , it 's been , there 's been water heaters in caravans like that for years ! |
| 12 | ‘ 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 . |
| 13 | ‘ Look , ’ I said to the arresting officer , whom I will call Mr Pilcher , because that was his name . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | What I said to the Prime Minister was that he should answer that part of the question to him that was in order . |
| 16 | I said to the other one , are you Mary too ? |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | ‘ 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 . |
| 22 | ‘ The Temple of Turhan Bey , ’ I said to the pretty girl in the front seat , a blonde under her cap . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | And I said to the old man I says , er well that 's it now . |
| 25 | Chatterton continued to ignore Rickie , as did I. ‘ My name 's Breakspear , ’ I said to the huge man , ‘ and welcome aboard . ’ |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | ‘ Excuse me , , I said to an elderly gentleman coming towards us , ‘ can you direct us to the Gypsy Queen 's caravan ? ’ |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Did you hear what I said about the tall fair man , dear ? " |
| 30 | Jennings was right , and bright , to highlight one thing I said about the artistic choices behind the show . |