Example sentences of "said [pers pn] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | She was nice , you know , she said I had a nice bum , ’ said Derek . |
2 | They said I had a white voice . |
3 | Yeah , he said I got a thousand pound well I 'll ring around , he said I got a thousand o off my , I saved a thousand pounds on my roof he said I thought bloody hell , how much cost costing him ! |
4 | Yeah , he said I got a thousand pound well I 'll ring around , he said I got a thousand o off my , I saved a thousand pounds on my roof he said I thought bloody hell , how much cost costing him ! |
5 | I said I got a good joke for you here , started to laugh and he said I ai n't said it yet ! |
6 | I said I thought a great deal of time was taken up with Committees . |
7 | So she said I 've a good mind to write to the manager so Bobby said you wan na leave well alone , forget he said . |
8 | Michael Jackson he said I really regret , he said I look a right mess |
9 | No , what she said was that we spent er no he said I gave a fat cheque for the caravan . |
10 | And I thought he would say something like , you know something really silly , about fifty , sixty thousand , but he said I think a hundred and fifty thousand 's enough . |
11 | You said you had a part-time job with the local baker can you tell me about that ? |
12 | ‘ I always said you had a vivid imagination , ’ she side-stepped . |
13 | Moving on , erm in te you know obviously you must have had a fair amount of c you said you had a fair amount of contact with erm tenants in the flats . |
14 | ‘ Remember you said you wanted a better distribution system for KITS ? ’ |
15 | She said she felt a different woman . |
16 | I had a letter from her this morning in which she said she had a bronchial chill and hoped that I fared better . |
17 | ‘ What are you staring at ? ’ she said She had a pathetic , ruined , smoky kind of voice that used to go right through me . |
18 | At the end of one term , one of them said she had a new friend called Lisa . |
19 | While he bent over the cot , she watched him with a mischievous look ; after a little , she said she had a curious pain in her chest . |
20 | She said she had a few hair-raising experiences , mainly from people who have had too much to drink . |
21 | Yeah , and that was his brother who lives in London and they 've invited him up , but she said she had a bad cold last night and was n't feeling too good , she said I 'm fine today , but she said we put them off . |
22 | There was no card but Dawn said she had a fair idea who they were from . |
23 | And she said she had a lovely time . |
24 | And Sophia said she had a grey squirrel fur coat too . |
25 | Despite her doubts about the Government 's policy over the last 13 years Ms Rorstad said she remains a floating voter . |
26 | Woman just ‘ phoned in , said she saw a nude vicar , would you believe it , wearing a dog-collar and an early edition of the Standard . |
27 | At the beginning of this season Wilko said we had a better side this year than when we won the championship . |
28 | they came and they said we had a free booking . |
29 | And then it was oh we did n't , you know , you had a free sample at Cadburys , oh , I said we got a free sample from Jaguar , we got some walnut veneer which is , I suppose , half Cadburys |
30 | Yeah but they said we ca n't charge you for it he said we sell a new tube or sell you a new tyre he said we can charge you but we ca n't charge you labour . |