Example sentences of "i [verb] [adv] said [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | See I 've just said something er , they 'd be quite happy with that I should think , yeah it 's running now |
| 2 | ‘ It 's a great shame because every year the prize-wining pumpkin is used in the seeds contest by a local pub and I 'd already said they could have it . ’ |
| 3 | I 'd said " a bit beyond the village " , but I had n't said which side . |
| 4 | As they walked inside , arm in arm , she said huskily , ‘ Darling , what would you have done if I had n't said it first ? ’ |
| 5 | If you get all serious , I 'll begin to wish I had n't said anything at all . ’ |
| 6 | I had n't said anything to anybody , even Eric , about what I wanted to do to Blyth . |
| 7 | Even though I now encourage my class to use any methods they like , there are still times when I wished I had not said something which could inhibit a pupil 's thinking . |
| 8 | Neither of us has talked about it and I had not said I was writing until I have now started , but your father says he lay awake nearly all night thinking about it . |
| 9 | His face had lost its boyish roundness , and there was the debated moustache — I had always said I did n't fancy him with one — quite splendid , and at once my prejudice vanished . |
| 10 | No , My Lords , I entirely disagree with the Noble Lord er furthermore as I 've already said we 're talking the builders site not the library in today 's question . |
| 11 | ‘ I 've already said I admire your ambition . |
| 12 | I said well what you do in your private life it 's up to you if you want to get drunk and you want to spend money then that 's fine but once you step over that clock tower I said and you start interfering with my work it 's a different thing , I said well I 've and I 've just said nothing because although you ai n't worked right , at least you 've sort of you 've work in this factory sort of in the morning , you 've got over it but |
| 13 | ‘ I 've just said it was , ’ she said shortly . |
| 14 | I 've actually said it now , and it 's down in black and white or red and green or whatever ! |
| 15 | I 've often said it . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I 've always said it and I will say it again , that drug takers are cheats and should be banned from the sport . |
| 17 | I 've always said it 's like being a race horse , you have to train so hard . |
| 18 | But erm as I say , they did er , the people did but you never got nothing off the government for it and er , I 've always said it , he must have been a much better man than I thought he was because er , er , to go as I say from what it was in those days to start his own business and that . |
| 19 | I 've always said he 's the best man for the job . |
| 20 | ‘ Oh , sometimes it goes too far — although I 've always said he must n't leave any marks that are too obvious . |
| 21 | ‘ I 've always said you were the best blacksmith I ever had . ’ |
| 22 | I 've always said you 'd hurt yourself one day . |
| 23 | I 'VE ALWAYS SAID I CLIMB MUNROS EVERYONE I GO CLIMBING MUNROS WITH |
| 24 | I 'VE always said I 'm into snooker and boxing , but not even money would tempt me into managing players from any other sport . |
| 25 | ‘ I 've always said I 'm prepared to pay something for a pass and other people are , too . |
| 26 | ‘ I 've always said our Double success came out of failure . |
| 27 | ‘ I 've never said it before . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I 've never said it before . |
| 29 | ‘ I 've never said it to anybody but you . ’ |
| 30 | I 've never said anything of the sort to anyone — far less a journalist . |