Example sentences of "[conj] she say [pron] would [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | However , after Wakeham reported that support among backbenchers had collapsed during the day , perhaps by half , it was clear to those around Mrs Thatcher that , although she said she would sleep on it , she was virtually certain to resign . |
2 | I recall one occasion when Mother was so busy trying to finish knitting a quilt — I 've still got it somewhere that she said she would have to miss a service . |
3 | I asked her whether high buildings bothered her and she said she would feel fear if she looked up at them . |
4 | I was telling her about our need of somewhere to meet , and she said she would love to help us but that Mr. Olinton would n't hear of it . |
5 | I told her we were Baptists and she said she would tell her husband because he thought Gran was an amazing woman having such a large family , but she had told him that we probably belonged to ‘ one of these odd religions ! ’ . |
6 | Mrs Wright came in and she said she 'd give me a lift home . |
7 | Yeah i well he 's just distressed cos I think Gill 's phoning him in the morning and she said she 'd give him a lift to the hospital . |
8 | And she said she 'd go , in fact , I I I had fellowship on , because , remember we started on that Tuesday , I said , well , you 'll all be surprised to know that going to prison tomorrow . |
9 | and she said she 'd ask them |
10 | Oh that 's very nice of you but I did n't know whether you were or not and she phoned , no I phoned her and she 's going and she said she 'd come for me so |
11 | And she said she 'd come . |
12 | By now I must be five years clear of her , and she said she 'd kill me if I ever told anyone her age . |
13 | We have this French woman come in she comes quite often Mrs and she said I 'd like to make an appointme appointment on the she said the eleventh , and I thought I said pardon ? |
14 | And I thought she might have come today cos she said she 'd bring up the money but she has n't , not yet . |
15 | I reckon there 'll be a letter from her now , cos she said she 'd write to me . |
16 | cos she said she 'd need something , but she had n't specified it . |
17 | But she said she would deal with that problem when it arose . |
18 | ‘ I tried to provoke her into doing so , but she said she 'd put you out of her mind completely — she 'd forgotten you , she said — which is nonsense of course — ‘ |
19 | Of course , I knew it might be ages before we could actually marry , but she said she 'd wait . |
20 | ‘ Well , she did n't like the idea much but she said she 'd try . ’ |
21 | But she said he would explain |
22 | We had a class composition , My Best Friend , and the girl who was describing me put up her hand and asked to borrow a ruler because she said she 'd have to draw me straight up and down . " |
23 | She showed the dresses to Philip , who laughed at them , but when she said she would get something for them , quite a lot , shrugged , unwillingly respectful . |
24 | HODSON L.J. : Mr. Priestley has argued that [ as the wife was in desertion when the agreement was made ] she had forfeited all right to be maintained by her husband and so she was giving no consideration at all when she said she would maintain herself , because that is what she would have to do anyway . |