Example sentences of "said i [modal v] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My mother argued for a while that the dry heat was known to be bracing , but Lili went on to speak of rumours of a cholera epidemic in the rural districts and disaffection among the fellahin and I said I would rather go to Bournemouth , which was a black lie but efficacious since we had gone there for our holidays and my mother seemed gratified that I should wish to return . |
| 2 | Yeah , I said I would probably get you some . |
| 3 | I said I would fast unless he let me come upstairs . |
| 4 | When I asked him if I could borrow his copy he said I would n't understand it , which is true , I suppose . |
| 5 | I never said I would n't . |
| 6 | He said I would n't be up against an angry mob at my age . |
| 7 | The tourist office said I would n't have any trouble finding somewhere . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I said I would n't interfere with your privacy , ’ she called back to him , ‘ and I meant it . |
| 9 | I said I would n't ask . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Garvin said I would n't get anywhere doing that . |
| 11 | Said I would n't have to stay in . |
| 12 | ‘ Charity , I said I would n't let this happen again . |
| 13 | I said I would n't be calling again and I meant what I said . ’ |
| 14 | said I would n't like to be in a room with homosexuals |
| 15 | As Darren Anderton said , I said I would n't swap the future of Tottenham Hotspur for any other club and that still stands true . ’ |
| 16 | I rang him up before I went down and said I would n't be going in , I said I 'll just drop it off for you I says , cos er there 's me and June full of cold , it 's no good letting Ben get it is it ? |
| 17 | I said I would n't give him . |
| 18 | I said to Sally I said I would n't be surprised if they two get married . |
| 19 | No he said I would n't be late . |
| 20 | I said I would n't leave it till the morning . |
| 21 | And I said well look I said , I 've got to come because I said there 's no way anybody I said I would n't do it myself , I would n't put anybody in those beds . |
| 22 | and he just said oh I 'm so sorry he said I would n't have come if I had known , but there was a massive wreath in the garden where that girl was knocked over |
| 23 | She said , no , no she said I would n't come on my own and she said there 's , it 's too desolate ! |
| 24 | So she said and I felt very proud of my son , ah I said I would n't want a son of mine who said that to his father ! |
| 25 | That 's what he said , if I 'd known what I know now , he said I would n't of paid it ! |
| 26 | He 's only insured for eighteen thousand anyway so I said well to be perfectly honest Jim , I said I would n't of thought that the insurance company 's gon na pay out eighteen thousand quid without getting some sort insurance investigator down there to sort it out . |
| 27 | You said I would n't have to do this ! |
| 28 | I did n't , I said I would n't mind having one but I |
| 29 | I said it 'd be divorce , grounds for divorce that , I said I would n't have that ! |
| 30 | have ever gone into nursing now because she said I would n't do it for a grant . |