Example sentences of "said to [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | lesson he said to me just look at Christmas in that house ! |
| 2 | ‘ They 'll all be gone soon , ’ he said to their humorous questioning . |
| 3 | ‘ Best fetch more furniture , Alan , ’ she said to her bleary husband . |
| 4 | And she has a good pair of lungs to her , has n't she , Rose said to her three-year-old son Baptiste : she can scream good and proper that one can . |
| 5 | So erm anyway goes in , I said to him other day , I asked him other week , he says our turn to give me a ring |
| 6 | So I said to him well mammy wants a freezer he said oh shut your mouth I 'm not getting you one . |
| 7 | He just was in there doing something the children went out and he said I said to him good morning , he said good morning . |
| 8 | We began by studying the Bible and trying to relate what it said to our daily lives and the problems of the community . |
| 9 | One Sunday when our relatives were visiting , the whole family was sitting around the table enjoying a lovely roast dinner when my mum said to my elderly gran : ‘ Mum , is your dinner all right ? ’ |
| 10 | They realise that their route to the Community can be opened only if their countries are practising real democracy in respect of human rights , and multi-party Parliaments — although I said to my Polish friends , ’ You can go a bit too far . ’ |
| 11 | I do not have any comment to make on that ship at the moment , but the hon. Gentleman will have heard what I said to my hon. Friend the Member for Tynemouth ( Mr. Trotter ) about the aviation support ship , for which Swan 's is obviously one of the real contenders . |
| 12 | Heather Joy , ’ I said to my little girl . |
| 13 | One morning a husband said to his newly-wed wife , ‘ Goodbye , darling . |
| 14 | ‘ It was Father 's , ’ she said to his unspoken question . |
| 15 | Afterwards , Lexandro — still thinking fitfully of the bodies of women and of Brother Yeremi 's ambivalent attitude towards him — said to his fellow Scout , ‘ Shall we see how part of a person thrives ? ’ |
| 16 | Towards dawn , she said to his sleeping back that he loved his employers more than he loved her and if he had been half the man he thought himself , he would have left them rather than abandon her . |
| 17 | ‘ Tell Bella that Sam 's all right , ’ he said to his old friend , in the old friendly tone , because there was no other to be found . |