Example sentences of "i said to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is the reason why I said to the managers of the Berlin Philharmonic in 1955 , I will have the orchestra for my lifetime , otherwise I will not sign the contract . |
| 2 | As I pointed to it , I said to the Queen Mother , ’ You see , Ma'am , how badly they treat parliamentarians in this constituency , ’ to which she swiftly replied , ’ Ah , yes , Mr. Walker , but they are very good to royalists . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Hello , ’ I said to the Puerto Rican child who was sitting on the lap of the woman beside me . |
| 4 | I said to the builder I 've got more up there than I 've got downstairs ! |
| 5 | ‘ I do n't remember what I said to the girls , but it was certainly not ‘ Catch a butterfly ’ . |
| 6 | She did , I 'd never forget it as long as I live , I thought to myself well you stupid cow , all she could think of was a fifty pence key , so I , I said to them , I said to the girls I 'm glad to be out but of course when they all went cos there was Lynda and all the girls from customer service that were kicked out and all of us that were there and they all said oh we 've got ta go back to work and we said oh ai n't that a shame you know , and we all went |
| 7 | So in the end I said to the chairman oh I 'll , we 'll leave the , we 'll forget the video . |
| 8 | I said to the booties , you ought to open at eight-thirty , but oh no , we are always open , he said . |
| 9 | We always march in the parade on Armistice Sunday and this year erm I picked my poppy wreath up from the vic from vicarage and I said to the Vicar , you do n't mind if I wind some white poppies in this one do you , because it was the Earl Hague poppy you know . |
| 10 | So I said to the bloke in the shop have you got some shoes he can put , so they had to do it with his trainers on , but he 's made them extra long cos he 's trainer 's is that much bulkier , so er , I said to , he ca n't do it . |
| 11 | I said to the bloke I said how do you get out that junction ? |
| 12 | I would n't of minded , like I said to the bloke er if he , if I 'd been er a hundred pounds overdrawn or fifty quid overdrawn or something like that , I would n't of minded so much because I knew |
| 13 | I said to the bloke I 'll not bloody pay . |
| 14 | I said to the farmers we s you should cut grass and you get nitrates into the water and I said to the farmers er er about their slurry throwing erm a muck across the land , we know the problems that causes , I said if we came out with fertilisers which were would you buy them if it costed a bit more . |
| 15 | I said to the farmers we s you should cut grass and you get nitrates into the water and I said to the farmers er er about their slurry throwing erm a muck across the land , we know the problems that causes , I said if we came out with fertilisers which were would you buy them if it costed a bit more . |
| 16 | And when he went for his injections I said to the vet can you snip that funny little growth and he said oh we 'll wait until he 's under , complete anaesthetic and then , it 's only a little wart he said . |
| 17 | Just turn everything up , ’ and I said to the drummer , ‘ Get out there and start drumming the intro to Hot For Teacher and I 'll come in at the appropriate moment . ’ |
| 18 | I said to the NFU and in my press statement that I reserved the right to take emergency action if , for instance , people in this country started to use coloured lenses for chickens , which would be outrageous — I would stop it before it started . |
| 19 | Then I said to the boy , ‘ Xury , if you help me , I 'll be a good friend to you . |
| 20 | ‘ The hell with you , ’ I said to the phone , but after the third or fourth ring I answered it . |
| 21 | There was a reception desk behind a window , and I said to the girl — she had a sun-dress on , not even a uniform — ‘ That boy — where did he go ? ’ |
| 22 | " Do n't bother , " I said to the girl . |
| 23 | I said to the girl give us two meat pies wrapped up . |
| 24 | The first thing I said to the commissioning editors when I met them is that I would not commission one programme . |
| 25 | ‘ Thank you for coming so quickly , ’ I said to the man as I wrote a cheque . |
| 26 | She was singing on stage when we arrived and by the time I had reached my seat I said to the man who was with me , this is the Salome I have been looking for . |
| 27 | I said to the man |
| 28 | Our King repeated his great prayer ‘ I said to the man at the gate of the Year … give me a light … . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Something smells awful in here , ’ I said to the man behind the fish bar . |
| 30 | I SAID to the man who stood at the gate of the year , ‘ Give me a light that I may tread safely into the unknown ’ . |