Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] say [pron] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Something that was of interest was him mentioning a discussion with his wife , where he said he tells her he intends to retire at 55 . |
| 2 | What I did n't mention to him was Gilbert 's phone call where he said she rang him on Saturday evening and asked him about a box . ’ |
| 3 | The tale of Simon the Athenian appears in Samuel Sharp 's History of Stamford of 1847 , where he says he found it in a ‘ quaint old black-letter record ’ . |
| 4 | Of course , over the years we 've campaigned , as I was telling someone only yesterday in another club that I go to at the church , that I said you know we , the Co-op Womens ' Guild , were helping to put water into Africa before any of this Band-aid and Live-aid was thought about . |
| 5 | Now er it was n't that night I said it , it was afterwards so I said what did you think about the concert then ? |
| 6 | ‘ I thought that ye said ye stole it . ’ |
| 7 | I thought she 'd be shocked but she was n't , although she said she thought I should try to forget him because it would only mean unhappiness for me . ’ |
| 8 | anybody they are in the area you know as they always say and ah sorry we need a back door so they say they offer one per door one |
| 9 | The last passage I 'm going to have time to read comes in the erm speech of Adam erm , not actually speech , the inward soliloquy to Adam , the first thing that he says he says his case is not yet fallen when he sees Eve . |
| 10 | So he said alright so he come in and had his dinner so he said I said we ought to be going this week for a ride out instead of last week . |
| 11 | So anyway we had us dinner so he says he said it 'll take thee half an hour to get ready wo n't it ? |
| 12 | Cos I said to young George , his son , I said he came when I was painting the sills and I says what do you do when it 's frosty when you start to work ? |
| 13 | and I says I have one not to swear , so it gets rubbed out if it 's too bad , you know she comes back , she comes back next Friday , she left twenty tapes and batteries |
| 14 | So no you got a full slice she fetched it , put it on table and I looked at it and I says she says what 's the matter , int everything alright ? |
| 15 | Cos Dora rang and she said could er somebody get her twenty pounds worth and I said what do you want it for ? |
| 16 | And erm she said all right and I said what do I do with them and she said I 'll put them down in the base at the back and I said all right so I went back on the shop floor just before I was coming out come out . |
| 17 | And I said what have they learnt ? |
| 18 | And I said , yes , I said , and I said we bought we bought a pack of each . |
| 19 | Yeah , and I said he said something about going to the pictures so he 's going on about it . |
| 20 | And I said to them , here I said , her husband I said handles money and I said he knows what he 's on about . |
| 21 | And I said she said I you see I know him . |
| 22 | er because I said I , I only phone Marion once a month and phone mum probably about once a fortnight , I do n't like to leave it any longer and erm and I said I know I made a few extra calls over Christmas , but I said I really do n't know . |
| 23 | I brought the duck I do n't want the duck so I said to her I got the duck but after good girl and she you 're alright with one thing and another and I said I told her I said I said to her when we were over there I said look , look you 're right if you like again so er warden came round |
| 24 | I said no Julie I said I have n't I said I would tell you cos I said I , she said to me do ring me and let me know , and I said I said I would and I will , I said no cos I did n't tell her when it were you see , so I said it 's this week coming and I 'll ring you this on Monday , so she said oh it was only , cos she said I saw Deb and Deb wondered , I thought yeah I bet she did she would |
| 25 | And I said I wished I could go and sniff the various scents to see which I liked best . |
| 26 | Yeah and I said I wished I 'd cos of had to come in and |
| 27 | I I saw Mrs granddad that she 's got a new bike and I said I wish I could go that . |
| 28 | Well he was dashing out when I when I called him erm his wife answered the phone and she said you just him he 's going out at the door so he came rushing back and I said I wanted him to judge champion of champions and the and I said there 'll be two and he said , hang on , and he 's write it down said I 'll just stick it all at one and see to it when I come back , oh I got ta go and he went . |
| 29 | then I felt a real twit , cos a man came up and I said I think something 's gone wrong with the auto bank machine , says I , it wo n't give me any money because it 's , it 's coming up there 's an error , so he said well I 'll try and see , he says , he put in exactly the same card as me , he had the Midland card , put it in , got his money |
| 30 | And I said I think I think you 'll get my wedding off without cutting it . |