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 .
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