Example sentences of "[prep] [pos pn] [noun sg] [conj] say [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was very impertinent about my wine and said it always had pieces of cork floating in it . |
| 2 | I thanked her for her consideration and said I would . |
| 3 | She gave a glowing report of your work and said you had become a Christian . |
| 4 | Despite his lead , Parry was not fully satisfied with his game and said he was kept in the hunt only by his putting . |
| 5 | Erm so that 's a figure if you like you have have up here in your noodle and say I need to go for that anyway . |
| 6 | ‘ They knock on my door and say they want to pull on a black and white shirt , but when I ask them to prove it some ca n't , ’ said Keegan . |
| 7 | Lord Justice Glidewell said no reliance could be put on her confession and said it is likely that the conviction would eventually be quashed . |
| 8 | Nobody is absolutely able to put their hand on their heart and say we know we can get there . ’ |
| 9 | Finally he took me in to his office and said he was looking for Girls to work at the Winter Gardens , Blackpool . |
| 10 | Mr Browning , with an expression on his face that said he guessed what this was about and it did not please him , nodded . |
| 11 | Too too shaming … can we stop shouting like this and may I come across to your flat and say I 'm sorry in person ? |
| 12 | Our detective office was two flights of stairs above the enquiry office , and they used to ring up to our office and say I 'm sending a Mr upstairs , he 's lost his bicycle from the library , I 'm showing him up . |
| 13 | ‘ John was put in a corner recently and asked about his fitness and said he thought he would be back in November . |
| 14 | He would n't chase her after reading the letter she had left for him , politely thanking him for his hospitality and saying she was returning to Palma to complete her work before returning to England . |
| 15 | He looked at my work and said I had talent , but that I needed " earnest practice in drawing " , to which I wholly agree : He also said he would be glad to take me as his " chela " but that my name and work must go before the council of professors of the Academy , which meets next Thursday , 17th inst. and that if they accepted me I could start work on the following Monday , 21st inst . |
| 16 | Mm yes , well I think they sound like good targets , is , has anyone looked at their work and said I worked my socks off for that , I could not have improved it , I 've left that section blank so everybody thinks they could of improved that piece of work , good , that 's what this is all about , getting better . |
| 17 | Even now the magnetism that drew her to him was so strong that if he knocked at her door and said he 'd changed his mind , in spite of everything , it might take more amor proprio than she could muster to refuse him . |
| 18 | He smiled a little , and with the ice broken they discussed dogs until he looked at his watch and said he would have to go . |
| 19 | He was always looking at his watch and saying he 'd have to go and — ’ |
| 20 | ‘ He bumbled and tugged at his ear and said he hoped I might call again at a more opportune moment , though I did not believe a word of it . |
| 21 | Sainsbury 's asked for our number and said they would call us back . |
| 22 | A reply came thanking us for our letter and saying it is receiving attention . |
| 23 | He seemed very moved by my story and said he intended to write an article about it . |
| 24 | The singing star , like so many others before him , was impressed by his reception and says he wants to return . |