Example sentences of "she said [pers pn] was [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ In her last letter she said she was not sure if she could settle , ’ said Mrs Over . |
| 2 | When Carrie was told she said she was not surprised . |
| 3 | Do you know she said she was n't coming to our wedding right up to the last moment , and when she did consent to come she behaved as if all the guests on my side were mud beneath her feet , though our family 's always been very well thought of around here , as I 'm sure you know , and my father could have bought her up a hundred times and not noticed the difference , and what was her father in New Zealand I wonder , some sheep dipper or other I would n't mind betting — you know the type that went to the colonies then — or perhaps he was a convict ! ’ |
| 4 | She said she was n't expecting to go out , out all day ! |
| 5 | ‘ She said she was just popping out for a minute , ’ she replied . |
| 6 | In court she said she was just being sarcastic . |
| 7 | She said she was just having just the usual drinking gear and er |
| 8 | Course she said she was there . |
| 9 | So erm er she said she was quite rude she said and I rang back she said , I was gon na tell her and she stamped the phone down . |
| 10 | She said she was terribly sorry to disturb him . |
| 11 | Greg offered to see Margaret Seymour-Strachey home , but she said she was much better now , and it was such a relief to get things off her chest like that . |
| 12 | She said she was far more concerned with the growing injection of benzodiazepines tranquilisers such as temezepan and diazepan . |
| 13 | She had n't last time I , cos we were talking about er when I say talking I do n't mean nastily but the last time I saw Janet I asked after Wendy and she said she was still working and enjoying her job and the children were growing up and she did n't mention any other children so cos her husband works away a lot of the year does n't he ? |
| 14 | She said she was too busy . |
| 15 | She said she was too terrified to visit her brother again . |
| 16 | But yesterday as she prepared to jet off with contest organiser Julia Morley for the three-day visit she said she was very excited . |
| 17 | She said she was very impressed by staffing levels at the hospital and that even a local surgery had computer equipment . |
| 18 | Daniel she says , Danny were n't there I said well Jean said , she said well Jean would n't know him if he come and sat on her lap so she said no he were n't there , said erm I used to go down there , she said she was very good . |
| 19 | Well she said she was very nice . |
| 20 | But like in the statement she said he was erm a , original statement she said he was approximately thirty years of age . |
| 21 | She said he was n't ugly enough did n't she ? |
| 22 | Yeah , she said he was n't well |
| 23 | But she said he was n't there when she started to reverse . |
| 24 | She said he was very sorry for the inconvenience that had been caused . |
| 25 | She said it was not right that councillors should offer chief officials pay rises of 27 per cent while handing out 1.5 per cent to low-paid staff . |
| 26 | Well , she said it was n't quite ready for inspection , but I have seen some work that is in progress that is now very much in her own style : some night forest scenes that are very striking , one very calm , two very anguished . |
| 27 | There was a sister watching us all the time , and when we went to walk out into the garden she said it was n't allowed . |
| 28 | Er a alright I think Fred , I did n't go position it was in but erm well Margaret said she enjoyed it but she said it was n't the music was too loud . |
| 29 | I was talking to her and I said do you work ? and she said no I do n't and she said my children are I V F children In vitro fertilization , so I said how come ? , how fascinating , she said it was n't very fascinating I can assure you , she said it took five years to have them , well she put plainly they pioneered it down there did n't they ? |
| 30 | She said it was n't cos she has a low voice . |