Example sentences of "said [pers pn] [was/were] just " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He said I was just to keep her warm in bed , and feed her on soft broth . |
| 2 | I said I was just … |
| 3 | He said I was just covering up for the fact that I had n't the faintest idea of what was wrong . ’ |
| 4 | That 's it , I said I was just telling the children well what happens if anything happened to Brian . |
| 5 | What he said I was just joking ? |
| 6 | He said , said you were just standing there and all of a sudden he said you looked at me looked back at the wall just went pee he said it 's all come out , it 's all splattered all over the wall he said , you did your fly up , wiped your mouth , washed your hands and went out again as if nothing had happened . |
| 7 | Kathryn , who is married with an 18-month-old daughter , said she was just curious to know whether these experiences could be connected with reincarnation and says that at times : ‘ I feel restless , a sort of sad yearning for what could have been a past life . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ She said she was just popping out for a minute , ’ she replied . |
| 9 | In court she said she was just being sarcastic . |
| 10 | She said she was just having just the usual drinking gear and er |
| 11 | What if I said they were just playing at being drop-outs ? |
| 12 | Said they were just checking on their contacts . ’ |
| 13 | He said they were just kids . |
| 14 | So we basically done to what that is although they said they were just gon na dri , drill a one point nine five |
| 15 | ‘ And they said they was just farmers , like us , ’ mused Jonadab , as they rode at a walk through the high arched entrance and into the stable-yard . |
| 16 | Two or three carcasses of animals in , in a plastic bag and it said they was just literally matted together . |
| 17 | Mr Healey here went on about Labour 's success in the Euro-elections ; I said it was just mid-term and all that ; and he said , With respect , no . |
| 18 | He said it was just a phase he was going through . |
| 19 | They said it was just a racing accident . |
| 20 | They said it was just a 15-minute nightmare . ’ |
| 21 | He says : ‘ No , I thought you said it was just a hot flush . ’ |
| 22 | They thought it was broken , then they said it was just a bad sprain , but apparently they want to do another X-ray , so I simply do n't know what 's happening . |
| 23 | ‘ Hepzibah said it was just like putting a light out at the end of a day . ’ |
| 24 | I 'm getting paranoid about that , determined not to sign anything , worried that maybe I already have when they first brought me here and said it was just a receipt for personal effects or a legal-aid application or whatever , and I worry about them getting me to sign something when I 'm tired and they 've been interviewing me in shifts and all I want to do is go to bed and sleep and they say oh do us all a favour and sign this and you can sleep , come on now ; it 's just a formality you can always deny it later , change your mind , but you ca n't you ca n't of course , they 're lying and you ca n't ; I even worry about signing something in my sleep , or them hypnotising me and getting me to do it that way ; hell , I do n't know what they get up to . |
| 25 | I said it was just a fling . |
| 26 | The doctor said it was just a cyst and would go away ; two other doctors said the same . |
| 27 | He said it was just fun . |
| 28 | That 's right , she said it was just like a big house , and there was only one midwife on duty , and there was another girl in labour . |
| 29 | B&I 's UK passenger manager , Victor Williams , said it was just the start of the company getting into the ‘ super-phase mould . ’ |
| 30 | B&I 's UK passenger manager Victor Williams said it was just the start of the company getting into the ‘ super phase mould . ’ |