Example sentences of "[pron] said they " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I said they would — I said we should find our own refuge ! ’ |
| 2 | I said they were the last pair of my nylons , memorial to my relationship with Blanche . |
| 3 | So I said they could look at it as long as they made up their own minds and I was n't involved . |
| 4 | I had to direct my words to the teachers , so I said they were like cardinals because they were the hinges on which the new South Africa would turn . |
| 5 | What if I said they were just playing at being drop-outs ? |
| 6 | Sorrel soups we used to eat , and lettuce soups , delicate vegetables such as salsify and celeriac , golden melting potatoes , a nutmeg-flavoured rice salad with tomatoes , apricot soufflés , and the famous fromage frais à la crème invariably presented in a glass bowl with sugar and more cream , Norman cream ( well , I said they were greedy ) , on the table . |
| 7 | I said they were to write notes on large pieces of rough paper and that it did n't matter ( I always say this now ) about spelling . |
| 8 | ‘ I said they get paid for it , ’ replied Uncle Albert . |
| 9 | He sometimes showed them to me , and I said they were very good . |
| 10 | He might say " Things are exactly as I said they are " . |
| 11 | And then I said they used to have the mustard baths . |
| 12 | You know I said they 're all fantastically healthy and yet there are n't any old folks even though we thought they travelled around together in a group ? |
| 13 | Mostly she quizzed me about the burglars and I said they 'd tried to get in through the bathroom window and one of them had put a foot through it , probably coming from the roof next door , and I generally made out that there was a whole gang of footpads up there lying in wait for Santa Claus . |
| 14 | I said they did and offered to leave the door on the latch so he could sneak in for a bit of a warm . |
| 15 | I said they would be noticed because you got a better response from people who put you in small groups feel there is less pressure on them . |
| 16 | When we first talked about our star signs I said they made us — ’ |
| 17 | Well I said they |
| 18 | Turbin lights and they were for use of coastal command of the RAF first searchlighting for submarines , looking for submarines , the er the Harvards were very much trained as some of them came in from the Navy they were used for training landing of pilots on aircraft carriers , and they had hooks underneath you know the er they were a very good trainer they were still used today , but when we used to go and see films at the pictures they used to use them a lot as Japanese aircraft because they looked alike , and they used to use them as zeros in the American films these Harvard trainers , er and but like as I said they had a experimental department at Helliwells and they used to try out various things to see if they could improve on the structure or the instrumentation things like that |
| 19 | My mother I remember there was a sale of work going on at Palfrey church once and bef I had just been made apprentice at Wolverhampton and of course I got amongst the , they , when they came the , the Derby day they were all having a bet on it so I , I said to the give them half a crown , so he said you ca n't have half a crown and he said what do you want it for so I said they 're putting it on a horse was on this horse it won , so of course this sale of work was in great progress when I gets off the train at station and thought well I could n't understand in er Palfrey Church Hall , so she was there in all her finery and I said we 've won , we 've won she said shut up , shut up she said but erm no I think the biggest character in Caldmore was Father . |
| 20 | But as I said they need have no fear . |
| 21 | And er anyway , I says , Darren , I said they 're wanting about two hundred and odd pound for a caravan you know ! |
| 22 | I know but as I said they have you by the short and curlies . |
| 23 | I said they 've have a robbery , ooh she went |
| 24 | I said to Bet I said they ought to write out a cheque on the end . |
| 25 | But I I could n't get over you know , I say , I had a quick look the other at Marks you know , to even do the Christmas serviettes they 're doing a lot more and they said if people are n't buying as much on the clothes side erm so they they 've come down , I mean now I can get erm come over , and I said you 've never looked at Marks I said you never buy clothes , I said have a look in Marks , I said they do some really lovely |
| 26 | I said , you 're joking and I said they sell the house to you |
| 27 | I said they even fight then , there 's not enough . |
| 28 | And erm and I made the point that I tipped all your lot out of I said what and I had n't let them go in the classroom and I said it 's a new thing but I said they got their coats on they 're too macho to wear them that 's their problem , you know ! |
| 29 | I said they could watch Star Trek at six o'clock . |
| 30 | No my friend 's in the trade I said they 're basically working but they 've got a halt on somewhere because they 've come back you 'll have to sort out the you 've got but er they 're only one ten |