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 .
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