Example sentences of "[noun] said she [modal v] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bernice said she would show me Billy 's room and leave me to it while she made lunch and did I fancy a drink ? |
| 2 | ‘ Lucy said she 'd ring you this evening . |
| 3 | ‘ Yes , well , you know I said you need n't feed the cat and water the plants because Barbs said she 'd do it ? ’ |
| 4 | Rain said she would tell him presently , which did little to pacify him , and she went on in English to Maurin : ‘ Joseph ca n't operate here without you , can he ? |
| 5 | ‘ T was such a strange place to … but Matilda said she would have you killed and … |
| 6 | ‘ Mrs Bradford said she 'd take you back , ’ Maggie reminded her . |
| 7 | ‘ Madame said she 'd lend me something , ’ Ellie said , hardly able to believe her ears . |
| 8 | ‘ No ; but the woman said she would show me some pretty dresses , new ones , not — ’ She looked downwards now before she said , ‘ Smelly stuff off the cart . ’ |
| 9 | Thousands of pounds in costs were wasted when the woman said she would lose her job if she sat on the jury for the six-week conspiracy trial at Stafford Crown Court . |
| 10 | Moira said she would ask her parents if she could have a drink with him . |
| 11 | Mr Boyd said she would choose something with a wide brim in a subtle pastel colour — probably to match an outfit made by her favourite designer , Jacques Reiss . |
| 12 | I 'll have to go down there on a Saturday , my mum said she 'd take me down there . |
| 13 | Even the nurse said she could see it . |
| 14 | The red-headed nurse said she 'd put it in the incinerator herself if nobody took it away , and fast . |
| 15 | She did n't want to hear , but her mother said she ought to know everything so that when Martha was dead and gone and Jennifer had children of her own , she would be able to tell them too . |
| 16 | He was great , a handful , but I liked him , and anyway Clare said she would give me lessons to help me cope with him . |