Example sentences of "[adj] [pers pn] said " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's right I said , you know , I ca n't understand you ! |
| 2 | No , no , it 's right I said erm the back end is such and such a registration Ford Orion but the front end 's off a Ford Escort ! |
| 3 | I said and avoid her as much as possible I said if you both clash together . |
| 4 | I mean , your mind plays tricks on you , does n't it ? — But look , I 'm sorry I said it . |
| 5 | I 'm sorry I said that . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm sorry I said I 'd send Dickon away , ’ he said . |
| 7 | I 'm sorry I said all those things . |
| 8 | I 'm sorry I said , she has n't come . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm sorry I said that . ’ |
| 10 | no I 'm not , I 'm sorry I said some of them are raised now for the first time , I was about to say I 'm not complaining I 'm simply pointing out , standing here without the instructions I ca n't deal with the matter |
| 11 | and I said and I was hesitating and I said I 'm sorry I said I feel a bit embarrassed he said for what reason and old Rose was with me well at door she said she knows me she said well she said if it will interest you what if I never . |
| 12 | And she said no , I said no I 'm sorry I said she do n't let anybody borrow it . |
| 13 | Anyway I ooh I 'm sorry I said it 's Peter Craigs . |
| 14 | that 's what I 'd guessed , erm , so I said no , I said they 're fine , so she said oh I 'm ever so sorry I said do n't be I said these sort of things get around , I mean it 's , she kept go and then I went on to describe how I virtually done not too a dissimilar thing going up the road trying to talk to people about writing in to object , you know with this planning application and erm , I said I sort of knock on someone 's door up there and I thought it was the next door that the husband had died and it was that one |
| 15 | ‘ So I was upset I said I did n't want to , I was crying and it made him madder . ’ |
| 16 | That 's why I thought , when I come back the next time and you 're upset I said oh no way do I want to upset a woman like that . |
| 17 | I said listen , I said if it 's private I said you should be in the office ! |
| 18 | I said , I said I 'm sorry you know Helena you stupid cow if you had been in here , accusing me as usual I said she goes cough up now . |
| 19 | I mean he went to school , he went to oh school , but he lived at Enfield and erm , you 'd have never thought then that he had got it in him and , so dry I said to dad I said he never ought to be a bus driver , cos the things he comes out with , he 'd have to be a comedian , I mean he 's , I mean as er , what , they used to call the comedians did n't they , three or four of them on the telly , and I mean |
| 20 | Yeah I spelt it wrong I said at least I can put another N on it . |
| 21 | Oh she said it 's silly making him do that I said er very quickly I said , I said do n't get me wrong I said for kids who enjoy going to that sort of thing it 's great and fine if it 's alright |
| 22 | I said you ai n't sharp I said you 've got all your priorities wrong I said you stood there Jane with thirteen pound ai n't you , in an envelope ? |
| 23 | Totally wrong I said D H Lawrence . |
| 24 | It 's something funny I said our kids went there . |
| 25 | They usually say that the things called rising damp I said this |
| 26 | I stood it for a bit and then I 'm afraid I said to him that what was sauce for the goose and at least I was n't married . ’ |
| 27 | She asked if I had heard from you and said that she wished to read the novel you were writing , and I 'm afraid I said I thought you were writing it . |
| 28 | Well she said , I 've wrote ours wrong she said because |
| 29 | She said and they 're about seven foot high she said did n't she Bet ? |
| 30 | There 's this old girl at er the top of the road you know , got them , she planted them half way down her garden , right , when they 'd grown to about six foot high she said we could have the rest of their garden , so we did , that 's how come our garden 's so big cos people give our , give us the garden |