Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] say " in BNC.
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1 | There was a new Secondary there , a fine building everyone said , with playing fields and a pool and modern laboratories but it sounded , to Carrie , very ordinary and dull . |
2 | Turning back to the clerk I said , ‘ It 's my sister . |
3 | the reasons I said I I I I could go along with that approach as well . |
4 | well we ca n't go into the reasons for that but I said let's respect the reasons I said if that 's how you feel I said , you 're a man you you must make your own decisions I said probably in a few months time you 'll come |
5 | Of course , old Meg is not to be relied upon at all , owing to her unfortunate fondness for the bottle , and when I heard that she was the source of the story I said that it could n't possibly be the case , that she did n't know what she had seen , as usual — ’ |
6 | he said , she said I thought that was his name , cos his name was up on the board I said oh yeah |
7 | The police have been up several times , you know that attache case I said the dustman found that time ? |
8 | In my hypothetical discussion of cheetahs and gazelles I said that cheetahs , unlike the weather , had a tendency as the generations go by to become ‘ better hunters ’ , to become more severe enemies , better equipped to kill gazelles . |
9 | To soften the blow I said it was only because I was held in such high esteem in the football world that I had to get rid of any player or , as in his case , friend , who showed any sign of being a no-hoper . |
10 | it 's all I said no it 's not I said I paid me first er payment I said wrote it down on one of those papers |
11 | With such a varied contingent of activities I say what is the need for school ! |
12 | I was completely certain she 'd never mentioned anything of the kind to the Colonel , but quick as a flash I said , ‘ Nonya , I know you 've done all you can . |
13 | ‘ I have a little prayer I say three times before I come down , ’ he said at the time . |
14 | I mean normally I do n't bother with the tokens , I mean I Anyway I paid the cheque and I said to Peter I said oh by the way what about me tokens for me for me toy I said if I get a free one of them I can give it to give it to the grandchildren . |
15 | Fourteen hours I said . |
16 | I said no staying at , mum , she said well bring mum I said I do n't think her a her her scene . |
17 | anyway he went to the toilet , went a wee and I put him back in bed and he was laid there and anyway and , and he eventually dropped off , anyway I was telling my mum about it yesterday , and I did n't sort of think no more of it the next day , right , and mum I said well if ever he gets that again she said you should from the doctor she said , because , one of our boys had it she said and it was a blockage |
18 | I said to mum I said works out that I get it |
19 | ‘ It is indeed , my lord — with all my heart I say it is . ’ |
20 | No Gary I said . |
21 | Well what I said to Gary I said when was the last time I ever wanted anything |
22 | Of course I said yes because I needed the money . |
23 | Of course I said that I would , and Ika arranged an appointment for me . |
24 | So of course I said how much I 'd like to be able to play my guitar like a saxophone , and he said , ‘ Yeah — and vice versa . ’ |
25 | But of course I said nothing — to retaliate would have been considered insufferably rude — and walked on , pretending not to have heard , while my aunt proceeded to pass similar , though less unflattering remarks on the physical appearance of my sisters . |
26 | ‘ Of course I said ‘ working ’ . |
27 | Of course I said I did . ’ |
28 | anyway the girl said well I 'll ring first to see where you get your application form she , and the , Sue phoned and was on the other end and I said oh you should apparently you 've got have erm , er , application form and Mrs going to send you one , I said is that Mrs on the line she said is that Mrs speaking , she said yeah , I said will you tell it 's Mrs she said oh , well , tell Mrs she 's no need to apply I 've got all her details and she is being looked at , you know , we are looking into it anyway erm , as I say I had this letter just after Christmas to say that there was a job coming up at the Mencap at Wellingborough Road , Rushden , and I was being selected and erm would I go up for the informal interview on the Monday and the formal interview at the hospital the next morning , so I went up got the first person there and er she , she , it 's a new , it 's an old house but they 've done it all up and there all papers on the floor and then she said oh I think I 'll pick these up Ir Irene , I said oh call me Joy everybody does and she said alright , OK , I said oh I 'll help you so of course I said , I went straight down with her on the floor picking all these papers up and she , and when the next person come she said poor old Joy ai n't even got in the door and that 's it , she 's already working and she said I can see you 're like me Joy you 'll do a job when you see it 's got ta be done , I said I 've always been the same , I ca n't , I ca n't see a spoon or a bit of paper laying on the floor |
29 | She tells me that when she was a nippy ( of course I say what 's a nippy and she tells me it 's a waitress ) the worst sin the girls could commit , sackable instantly , was to whirl the pencils which were attached by string to their aprons . |
30 | The preacher 's enquiry , ‘ Do you KNOW … do you KNOW , that you have ready for you houses , houses I say ; I say do you KNOW ; do you KNOW that you have houses in the heavens not made with hands ? ’ falls on ears preoccupied with earthly buildings and builders . |