Example sentences of "said to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Hello , ’ I said to the Puerto Rican child who was sitting on the lap of the woman beside me . |
| 2 | I shall not repeat what I said to the Government of India , but it is perfectly fair to say that it was well taken . |
| 3 | So I got very , very depressed about it all and I just said to the officers , ‘ Put me in my cell and leave me alone . |
| 4 | And she said and she said thank you she said , Miss Anderson she said she ought to have more sense than come in a thing like that she said to the officers . |
| 5 | As I pointed to it , I said to the Queen Mother , ’ You see , Ma'am , how badly they treat parliamentarians in this constituency , ’ to which she swiftly replied , ’ Ah , yes , Mr. Walker , but they are very good to royalists . ’ |
| 6 | Cos I was , I said to the youngsters yesterday , I says I 'll tell you what we 'll do , we 'll just take your trainers tomorrow , or we 'll go down the town and put your competition paintings in and then we 'll come round and get the bus up home , and then I thought ah the hell with it we 'll go on down to York Street |
| 7 | So in the end I said to the chairman oh I 'll , we 'll leave the , we 'll forget the video . |
| 8 | Mm , it carries on of the same account there then he said to the army officer you see |
| 9 | When Rodrigo heard this it pleased him well , and he said to the King that he would do his bidding in this , and in all other things which he might command ; and the King thanked him much . |
| 10 | And then the Ricos-omes who wished ill to the Cid , had the way open to do him evil with the King , and they said to the King , Sir Ruydiez hath broken your faith , and the oath and promise which you made to the King of Toledo : and he hath done this for no other reason but that the Moors of Toledo may fall upon us here , and slay , both you and us . |
| 11 | " Set the young man some impossible task , " he said to the king . |
| 12 | ‘ We 're in a hurry , ’ Marco said to the cop , ‘ thank you , thank you , very much . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Good Joey , ’ he said to the parakeet as it chattered into wakefulness . |
| 14 | ‘ Please tell the court about Sarah Harland and Hassan , ’ he said to the airport policeman . |
| 15 | So the nurse said to the sister she said he 's got a bit of jaundice , but they were whispering and Pete said well dad , so mum said no bloody jaundice she said , he , he |
| 16 | ‘ Here 's my friend , ’ he said to the donkey-boys . |
| 17 | As she sat down at the table she said to the child , ‘ Sit up now . ’ |
| 18 | Vitor said to the child in his arms . |
| 19 | At one point , Mr Lewis said to the company : |
| 20 | I do n't know what you said to The Times man , but when I opened the paper in bed ( at mea mos est ) wondering whether my letter would find a place at all-well I dived under the bed clothes and went pink all over-as pink as you ! |
| 21 | And being aroused , he rebuked the wind and said to the sea hush ! |
| 22 | " Now why do n't you tell us about this Irish Republican Army , " Tom Rooney said to the gunman . |
| 23 | According to Muslim reports , the preachers used visual adds : " Among other things they made a picture showing the Messiah , and an Arab striking him , showing blood on the face of Christ — blessings on Him ! — and they said to the crowds : " This is the Messiah , struck by Mahomet the prophet of the Muslims , who has wounded and killed him . " " |
| 24 | I do n't know what he said to the lady of the house , but we were not invited to return . |
| 25 | I said to the lady have you got erm number one and she said no , just what we 've got left . |
| 26 | ( 19 ) My Lady … said to the matron upon that , ‘ Rosanna Spearman shall have her chance , in my service ’ . |
| 27 | Write that down , ’ the King said to the jury . |
| 28 | ‘ But , my friends , ’ he said to the jury , ‘ we have a law in this country . |
| 29 | ‘ Now please look at these two young people here in this court , ’ he said to the jury . |
| 30 | THE ‘ Gay ’ club fraud trial in Belfast has been told he Crown case was ‘ demonstrably wrong ’ in everything said to the jury during opening submissions . |