Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun] [conj] [pron] said [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I asked Gary and he said he 'd packed it in ages ago , and so did young Bean . |
| 2 | Well I phoned Shirley and she said she 's fine . |
| 3 | Well I phoned Shirley and she said she 's fine . |
| 4 | Mr Ashton provoked laughter when he said he had watched the programme because it was set in his constituency , and he had been to school with the father of Sean Bean , one of the stars . |
| 5 | She started telling us how she had a bell which she rang if she needed help and I said I 'd listen out for it . |
| 6 | I rang Winston and he said he would make an enquiry at the Foreign Office . |
| 7 | on , I thought it was this week but it is n't it 's the seventeenth , so I rang Steve and he said I better . |
| 8 | Conservatives were delighted by the appointment as his successor of Count Viktor Panin , a reactionary whose lack of enthusiasm for discussion was reflected in the fact that he kept parrots because they said what he told them to . |
| 9 | well it 's the next door neighbour and they said it 's alive and I asked Jayne cos I said what the , hospital , yeah cos like it , it 's that neighbour , well it 's a neighbour |
| 10 | I told the billeting officer I liked books and he said there was a library here . |
| 11 | When I said she was n't here , he asked where she was and I said Maidstone and he said she 'd moved and I said then I did n't know but he could leave the flowers here for Frank but he would n't . |
| 12 | That 's right , and she , she retired Friday so she said I must get you in before Friday cos I 'm going round Thursday morning |
| 13 | Independent councillor Derek McVickers sparked controversy when he said he understood Albert Dryden 's frustration at planning decisions . |