Example sentences of "[noun sg] said [pron] [modal v] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ask mummy said you can have it |
| 2 | 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 ? |
| 3 | ‘ Papa said he would beat me if I gave you any more tickets . |
| 4 | ‘ Madame said she 'd lend me something , ’ Ellie said , hardly able to believe her ears . |
| 5 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 6 | He treats her like this because he wanted to marry Nettie , Celie 's sister , but her father said he would give him a cow as a dowry if he married her instead . |
| 7 | I said that we would make the trip to Montparnasse one night and sing around the " Coupole " and the " Dome " for Reggie , my parents and their friends , but my father said he would pay us a lot of money to stay away . |
| 8 | When the doctor would n't make the night call , saying it could wait till morning , my father said he would shoot him if my mother died . |
| 9 | The young man said he would tell her when to get off and then busied himself with an oilcan among the driving wheels . |
| 10 | The man said he 'd save me one , un unclipped |
| 11 | The Sheriff said he would give them his decision the following day . |
| 12 | Mm , cos mum had Reverend come round , you see cos dad were n't , none of us were religious least of all dad , he could n't do none of it , so we said to , we did n't , we did n't know what vicar to choose cos none of us go to church so me mum said dad used to go to the church where me sister got married to the little Derby and Jones twice a week and Reverend is always there so mum said we 'll have him , dad got on well with him , he liked him , he knew dad , anyway he come round to see mum and I were n't there cos I had to go and sign on , I bloody wished I had been , anyway she said , she told him all about dad and she said I want you tell everybody how brave he was in the war and what a good father he were and a good provider and how he lived for his grandchildren and so on and so on , she said I do n't want no hymns I just want his own organ music all through the service and nothing else and just some , do a couple of prayers , she , so he said right the Lords Prayer will be fine that 'll be nice , well he never said nothing , he said I did n't know John but he said I 've been told he was a good man , he worked in a hospital , which he did , but I mean you 're only like an engineer we were n't really emphasising on that and that was all he said , he played a bit of the organ music before we went in , a bit as we come out and there was about eight bloody prayers and the songs and everything read out and made us sing a hymn ever so disappointed , hardly said anything , hardly play , played his music , no , I was well disappointed about that |
| 13 | I 'll have to go down there on a Saturday , my mum said she 'd take me down there . |
| 14 | Well , my mum said he should put them through the letter box . |
| 15 | ‘ Dad said I could have it . |
| 16 | My dad said he 'd buy me a ticket to fly back to England and David said that he 'd pay him back because he 'd be very happy if I could come back and help him as he did n't really know how to deal with his mother 's grief . |
| 17 | ‘ No , because Dad said he 'd guarantee it . |
| 18 | ‘ Matron said you 'd help us . |
| 19 | Even the nurse said she could see it . |
| 20 | The red-headed nurse said she 'd put it in the incinerator herself if nobody took it away , and fast . |
| 21 | Your servant said I would find you here . |
| 22 | Bunny said he would see her home . |
| 23 | Mother said we ought to tell you , as we are the oldest branch of the family and we 've lost our horse in an accident . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Mother said it would finish me with uncle . ’ |
| 25 | Of course they did n't get the portable with this , they rang them up , said where 's my colour portable said I 'll put you on to the manager anyway they had some deal that night that erm to launch this Mini Mayfair or whatever it was wine and cheese thing so he went to the wine and cheese thing and worried he was gon na kick up a fuss so they gave him a telly anyway . |