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Example sentences of "said [pron] [vb past] [noun] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	She said I said Mum Christmas is a month away .
2	John 's told me to tell you to go and get it , right I said I said Richard coming , for four hundred pound I you 're not coming for it so that 's it oh you think it was pub machine or
3	So I I , I , I went in today I said , this morning , I said to John I said I said thanks for erm now you see Steven had arranged to video erm Laura 's birthday party today you see John this morning I said and thanks for lending the bikes John and that , he said that 's alright pal .
4	Certainly , nobody else wanted me , but he said I had character . ’
5	He said well he said I had Kentucky dinner time he said .
6	He said I had chips for my dinner .
7	Besides , I said I had Bertie 's diary now , so it would n't do him no good . ’
8	She was most attentive , introduced me to another lady straight away , as Elsie , and said I had family in the Diplomatic Service .
9	I said I had power of attorney to deal with Gran 's affairs , ’ answered Meredith defensively .
10	He looked at my work and said I had talent , but that I needed " earnest practice in drawing " , to which I wholly agree : He also said he would be glad to take me as his " chela " but that my name and work must go before the council of professors of the Academy , which meets next Thursday , 17th inst. and that if they accepted me I could start work on the following Monday , 21st inst .
11	People said I resembled Gerry Ford , though of course I 'm a lot more handsome than that now .
12	I sa I said I got number one .
13	But to my dismay he said he 'd got a local caddie for Birkdale , and that he 'd misunderstood me when I said I 'd caddie for him anywhere .
14	Well she said I 'd sort of thought of going , are you going , I says yeah okay I said , if you wo n't go I 'll , we 'll go together , I said but I do n't particularly want to get , you know , roped into it at the moment .
15	He said I neglected things , it did n't matter what I did it was never good enough . "
16	Because we went b I think I was n't er a very well child and the doct when I left school the doctor said I left school at fourteen and he said I had to erm find a job out of doors .
17	If I said I saw sex organs when I looked at your rotten ink blots that would really get you going , would n't it ?
18	I said no Julie I said I have n't I said I would tell you cos I said I , she said to me do ring me and let me know , and I said I said I would and I will , I said no cos I did n't tell her when it were you see , so I said it 's this week coming and I 'll ring you this on Monday , so she said oh it was only , cos she said I saw Deb and Deb wondered , I thought yeah I bet she did she would
19	Oh , you know I said I saw Sharon today ?
20	She said I saw Julie cos when I left Julie said to me ,
21	I said I thought Surkov felt resentful because the novels had n't made more money .
22	I was turned down by all the universities on my UCCA application form , because I had received a bad report from my headmaster at Downside School who said I took drugs , which was true , but was also an admission made to him in confidence .
23	Says Chubby : ‘ One reporter said I made Bernard Manning look like Andy Pandy .
24	I said I wanted time .
25	I said I liked war films — old English ones . ’
26	" They said I stole money . "
27	I said I supported democracy and free-market economics in Russia , ’ Mr Clinton told reporters later outside the governor 's office in Little Rock , Arkansas .
28	Of his talk with Mr Yeltsin , Mr Clinton said : ‘ We just talked about what he was doing and I said I supported democracy and free-market economics in Russia . ’
29	I said I supported democracy and free-market economics in Russia . ’
30	Her racially prejudiced views did n't help the matter , but it was what she was thinking rather than what she said which added flame to the fire of her anger .