Example sentences of "and said [indef pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he got out of the car and said something to me . |
| 2 | He turned slightly and said something to her . |
| 3 | The seneschal looked briefly at the quivering attendant being looked after by the others , then he shrugged and said something to the under-cook , who quickly got back down off the stool and turned to the others . |
| 4 | This time the old Princess smiled and said something to her daughter . |
| 5 | He turned to the dog and said something to it . |
| 6 | Sure enough , Jo leaned over to the driver 's window and said something to someone before she ran up the steps to the house . |
| 7 | This time , though , Chinless Wonder stuck his head out of the van and said something to the rider before he went . |
| 8 | Offering the meagre purse of local gossip , news from Buttermere , Nicholson spoke about Mr Skelton 's plans for building a large stone manor house in the area ; dwelt longingly on the prospect of Miss Skelton and said something about the wrestling which included a mention of Mary of Buttermere and a young man from the north of the county walking thirty or forty miles just to see her and make his feelings known to her . |
| 9 | There are three issues that we wish to be discussed , they were about erm the recycling of compostable garden waste , waste building materials and dry packages and in the report we 've addressed each of those in turn and said something about er |
| 10 | Well Val was telling me Caroline got the kids all in a row and said something about erm you know , more or less to say well I want to leave your father she said |
| 11 | As I reached the door the woman smiled and said something in French which I did not understand . |
| 12 | Turning to me suddenly , he pointed through the windscreen and said something in a tongue I did n't understand . |
| 13 | The Eyas Securities administration manager stood beaming before her , and said something in Sir Willie 's accent . |
| 14 | He held the screen aside , and said something in his language , and she understood he was inquiring about Sycorax . |
| 15 | The magician turned , stared at the cat and said something in a strange language . |
| 16 | Delgado laughed and said something in Spanish . |
| 17 | Mr Gorbachev reportedly offered to resign at Saturday 's meeting after Kemerevo party chief Alexander Melnikov ‘ really let himself get carried away and said something like this : ‘ Is it proper to go bowing to the capitalists ? to go asking a blessing from the Pope ? ’ ' according to a conservative Central Committee member . |
| 18 | He sank it and turned to me with a real glint in his eye and said something like , ‘ Now let's go . ’ |
| 19 | Some are based on a wrong premise : I remember a Labour one in 1979 which pre-supposed that the world would think Mrs Thatcher was a bogeywoman and said something like : ‘ The day you forgot to vote , Mrs Thatcher became the next prime minister . ’ |
| 20 | Leaning on the bar with one arm , he wrapped the other round my shoulder and said something like , ‘ Hi , babe . |
| 21 | Anyway , after about half an hour — the whole lesson — I just dried up and said something like , ‘ Well , that 's it . ’ |
| 22 | She loved it when we got to the caravan , she jumped on the bed and said something like : ‘ Come on then , who is going to satisfy me tonight ? ’ |
| 23 | My mother sat my daughter down and said something like , ‘ Look , I know your mother 's up to something , she 's sick , she needs help , we 've got to help her . |
| 24 | He just looked at me and said something like , ‘ How 's my friend Mr Hattersley , then ? ’ sort of thing . |
| 25 | She was utterly incredulous and said something like : ‘ The King dead ? |
| 26 | Kay said I know , I said Kay you could n't begin to imagine what he does , and of course she said , and she had been doing that erm painting , Father came in and said something like oh you , you 've done a good job there , but she said he never said oh go over to the kitchen and get a cup of tea |
| 27 | The book had worthy intentions , and the text made some good points , but the illustrations were weak and said nothing about the real conditions of the poor . |
| 28 | ‘ Coming back to Sara : she went to post a letter , took a little walk in the rain , heard nothing , saw nothing and said nothing about it because she felt silly — is that it , sir ? ’ |
| 29 | ‘ He may have done it before , and said nothing to me because he knew I would n't approve . |
| 30 | Jules paced beside her and said nothing at all , imagining no doubt that she was a poor little orphan . |