Example sentences of "[pron] say that [pers pn] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | First you find out that she 's dead ; then , a while later , I say that I never killed a single patient . |
| 2 | does , , he came in one day and I said that we really do n't travel a lot you know |
| 3 | I said that I just happened to have my travelling rod with me … though it hardly mattered as they had more than enough gear . |
| 4 | I said that I usually threw them out each week . |
| 5 | Well I do n't I said , I said I 'll take it , but I said that I really do n't , I mean I said it 's really , I said I 've explained very carefully it 's Iris who had all that yes , ah , but here 's a script , so you see , that had at least got through |
| 6 | May I say that I wholeheartedly support a big increase in the tax on petrol ( even though I 'm a motorist myself ) . |
| 7 | No you say that I once got off with someone for some cigarettes , I never felt so awful . |
| 8 | In your application , you say that you only spent nine months with this firm of accountants . |
| 9 | She says that they just choose the characters then improvise . |
| 10 | She says that she even has to take the duckling to work . |
| 11 | Er , she says that she 's er , there 's absolutely nothing doing just at the moment , erm , but she says that she never knows the time when she will be called upon to you know , be asked to do a trip , but |
| 12 | She says that she usually watches them on the River Thames , she 's travelled to Gloucestershire because she 's never seen them nesting before . |
| 13 | The call had been for Hank , and had been from one of his classmates , who said that he just wanted to inquire how Hank was . |
| 14 | An example of this was given by a liaison group teacher who said that he always asks his classes for their height and weight : he had yet to come across one pupil who used the metric system . |
| 15 | Sh she said that they mainly use it er as self defence and |
| 16 | ‘ Annie up the road told me to come here ; she said that you sometimes take in paying guests — and there was n't anywhere else , and it was dark , and raining — but it obviously is n't a very good idea , so if you could tell me where else to try — I 'll go and try , ’ she concluded lamely . |
| 17 | She said that it never occurred to her or her husband that her village would be harmed or its people endangered . |
| 18 | When she said that she only wanted £10 for looking after little Doris , and that her mother could come and visit as often as she liked , a deal was struck and a tearful Evalina waved goodbye to Mrs Stanfield and her small daughter . |
| 19 | I got ‘ A ’ on her own and I told her and she said that she now understands an awful lot of things . |
| 20 | However , ‘ she said that she now has really no friends or relations in the world and there are times when she feels very lonely . |
| 21 | In that spirit , John Davenport , that lazy , combative and yet most perceptive of critics , wrote to me saying that he almost hoped not to have to share his pleasure in this book with too many other people . |
| 22 | And what are the rewards , well what we find and and I must say , I was really touched by it , particularly with some of our our stewards , they say that they really like they love the house and they feel it 's their own . |
| 23 | He 's on reserves and they say that we already have more than our quota per pupil than most other places . ’ |
| 24 | Homosexual clergy also need appropriate pastoral support , even though in evidence to us they said that they often prefer to work in Urban Priority Areas because of the greater degree of acceptance and diversity of life-styles . |
| 25 | He says that it probably pre-dates the church by 1,000 years . |
| 26 | He says that it never occured to him to apply for planning permission . |
| 27 | He says that it never occured to him to apply for planning permission . |
| 28 | He says that I never feel randy these days , that I 'm ‘ cold ’ , and that the anorexia is stopping my hormones , which he says is stopping me from feeling sexy . |
| 29 | He says that he just walks right into the middle of a match . |
| 30 | He says that he only takes pike because eels have become inedible due to pollution . |