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 .
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