Example sentences of "said [pers pn] should [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You said I should go , sir . ’ |
| 2 | You know , there 's no point in wasting your time you know , logging everybody else , and you go to the boss , and you say , boss you know that personal management skills course that I , you said I should go on , so you proving what , you know , what a good person you are , because you 've remembered a month later what the course was called , erm , I , I was told on that course to keep an interruptions log , so you 're proving , you know , that you are a good person when you 've done this , and i see from this that a great deal of your valuable time is being eroded by my humble concerns , you know , something like that . |
| 3 | Everybody knew and said I should leave , but it 's not so easy to leave your home and all the furniture I 'd bought when I was on the railway . |
| 4 | So he said I should forget it . |
| 5 | We were in the kitchen together when Caroline said I should meet Colin . ’ |
| 6 | Liz , who does n't know him too well , said I should stop him ! |
| 7 | a blood test he said I should think what 's happened , that guy who 's seen you , has , I , cos I said it was his understudy , yeah , cos he said Wendy had seen Mr Hudson so obviously the notes were n't in there were they ? |
| 8 | I said that 's none of my business , nothing to do with me but I said I should think it 's a tragic waste for you and I say , it wastes your money but that 's entirely down to you . |
| 9 | own place I said I should think you really , you know |
| 10 | ‘ Me mum said I should do a show concentrating on Paul 's work , ’ says Paul ( left ) . |
| 11 | ‘ It 's just that you said I should speak to you — give you warning — if ever I was thinking of leaving . |
| 12 | ‘ At about 6am they said I should eat something and if nothing had happened by 8am they 'd ask a doctor to break my waters . |
| 13 | She said I should pay her more attention , I was always round at the Club with my drinking mates . |
| 14 | The social worker said I should get out of the house , so I got enticed down to Age Concern and passed the afternoon there . |
| 15 | Most people said I should get probation , but I was looking on the black side and thought I would get a sentence of three to five years . |
| 16 | Yeah he said I should get my husband to divorce it and chuck it |
| 17 | Vivienne said I should hang out with you for a while and then we can meet up with Malcolm later . |
| 18 | The lads said I should have stayed at home . |
| 19 | ‘ They said I should have been killed in a crash ’ |
| 20 | ‘ A fan behind the dug-out snarled at me and said I should have been killed along with my mate Brian Tiler and three others in a car smash , ’ he said . |
| 21 | He said I should have more adequate protection than a burglar alarm . |
| 22 | One roadie said I should have thought about it before I accepted in the first place . ’ |
| 23 | she said I should have waited until Val had worked had worked |
| 24 | Yeah well , sh when she went on Thursday she said I should have gone . |
| 25 | Dad said I should wait until it stopped snowing so hard , so I watched from the window , and before very long it did ease and I was sent down the cellar for the fuel . |
| 26 | He said I should remove my raincoat and my jacket and hang them on the hangers provided . |
| 27 | Jasper said I should ask you . " |
| 28 | He said I should call if I needed help on anything . |
| 29 | He said I should say ‘ Brazil , 1967 ’ and you 'd understand . ’ |
| 30 | Well dad said I should say something |