Example sentences of "so [pers pn] said [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was nothing I could think of to say , so I said nothing . |
| 2 | ‘ No , it 's not , in he said , ‘ It 's a Suo , and I should know.in I knew better than to argue with an expert , so I said nothing and quickly caught it instead . |
| 3 | I could think of nothing to say to that , so I said nothing . |
| 4 | But I was too ill , so I said nothing . |
| 5 | I could not explain to Wemmick how I felt about Magwitch 's money , so I said nothing . |
| 6 | And anyway yesterday morning she said oh she said I 'm in luck today so I said what 's the matter then and she said . |
| 7 | Now er it was n't that night I said it , it was afterwards so I said what did you think about the concert then ? |
| 8 | I had to direct my words to the teachers , so I said they were like cardinals because they were the hinges on which the new South Africa would turn . |
| 9 | ‘ I could n't find the words to tell Dorothy , so I said it was a wrong number . |
| 10 | She asked me to a cocktail-party to which I did n't want to go , so I said I had a cold which was n't true at the time but knowing my chest I guessed that I should have a bronchial cough at any moment and so I did . |
| 11 | When they saw Ruth , both men looked slightly abashed , like a pair of overgrown schoolboys , and Connor explained : ‘ This young man wants to learn the rudiments of sparring , so I said I 'd give him a few pointers . |
| 12 | Mr Jaggers told me Miss Havisham wished to see me on business , so I said I would go the next day . |
| 13 | ‘ He asked me to marry him , ’ I said at last , ‘ so I said I would . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Cook 's sister 's not well , not at all and she 's gone into Inverary to look to her family , so I said I 'd get dinner . |
| 15 | ‘ She needs help with the preparations for this wedding , so I said I 'd lend you . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ So I said I 'd see them in a few days . |
| 17 | Course , I were ba I were n't very well yesterday so I said I 'm not very well , but I had pains as well , back pain and all all |
| 18 | But she remembered in time that Gloria had warned her to mind her P's and Q's , so she said nothing . |
| 19 | Even so , she wanted to keep the peace so she said nothing when she got indoors . |
| 20 | On the other hand , she did not know what else to say , so she said nothing . |
| 21 | She put it off because Christmas was coming up , and then Tony her boyfriend wanted to take her to Paris and she knew if she revealed her pregnancy she would n't be allowed to go , so she said nothing . |
| 22 | Oh she said I 'm ever so sorry I was miles away , I said yeah we 've just said that , I said you never even heard us , so I said what you , you ca n't understand why you pay too much tax , she said no I know why I pay too much tax she said but more she said I used to be in business she said and I 'm on basic rate of tax , so I said yeah I 've had some of that , so she said what basic rate of tax , I said yeah where I 've come so , it 's a funny thing she said , I was saying to Carol the other day , she said erm , she said what a difference them blokes you work with , so I said yeah , I said I 'm always saying that about these so she said oh she said er |
| 23 | And that 's all now so Val said she said I said to Cheryl now do n't you go and take Mervy away cos me and Ken certainly are n't gon na go and sit sit with erm the 's all dinner time so she said what they 're gon na do , they 're going out for the meal and everything and then they 're Ken are gon na go to Cheryl 's for the rest of the day So I said so that 's upset your plans then Val she said is n't it just ! |
| 24 | Got on one tube and that broke down from the end of she 's at Liverpool Street then she had to go different end to Oxford Street , but she ended up in Charing Cross then she got on another tube line at Charing Cross and then that broke down , so she said it took hours , then she gave a taxi , had to get a taxi back to Oxford Street and , and from Oxford Street back to Waterloo and it 's four pound and he gave her a change for a tenner instead , and she gave him a twenty pound note but , you know she 's absolutely haggard , so I said it 's just as well she can have a cup of tea before she goes , I just told her briefly about that so , erm , Carla 's a bit late ai n't she ? |
| 25 | so she said while you 've been doing that she said she 's been sort of gassing to anybody you know , so she said it 's been mentioned by management and they said oh well she 'll be able to sort of hovering while she stood there you know , time , time to natter she could be erm , got time to do that . |
| 26 | Yeah , so she said it 's a bit , cos she only got an E for French , and she 's not very good at it . |
| 27 | know where they 've planned owt to go , and er , so she said it 'll get end of June or even July |
| 28 | Ken chatted Belinda up so she said she would n't come round any more , or so Brenda reported . |
| 29 | And er , so she said she , she wants to take the last couple of days away |
| 30 | and er , so she said you know |