Example sentences of "the [adj] [noun sg] and [pron] say " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Raglan Road on an autumn day I saw her first , and knew That her dark hair would weave a snare that I would one day rue I saw the danger , then I walked along the enchanted way And I said let grief be a falling leaf At the dawning of the day … |
| 2 | I asked him , I said before we go any further , can you get these with the complete package and he said no , they 're all going back to the N H S typed thing because that 's the look , the look people want |
| 3 | Yeah , I found , only because I went out one night , and , it was when Mike was still next door and what I 'd done I 'd locked him in the back room and he said he was howling |
| 4 | So anyway she comes along into the dark pet and she said oh heck she said you must have a power cut along here I ca n't see nothing |
| 5 | Well I mean that when we start organization and I am on , I 'm on Cortille and on the committee and they wanted me to take over the Vice Chairman and I said no way . |
| 6 | On this sheet , on page two , we 've er , we 've performed equation two , right , on the sheet and the second page and it says that there 's , there are two alternative ways of testing for structural change using dummy variables . |
| 7 | Wickham asked whether MacQuillan appeared to have eaten at the Black Friar and she said yes , because both men had plates of food in front of them . |
| 8 | I remember when I say John Bellany for the first time and he said , ‘ All that matters at the end of the day is the work ’ . |
| 9 | I remember when I say John Bellany for the first time and he said , ‘ All that matters at the end of the day is the work ’ . |
| 10 | At that time I was still on good terms with the General Intendant and he said , ‘ you should come to the rehearsals ’ . |
| 11 | I got up out the chair and er went out the front door and I said to her for God 's sake it 's Sunday ! |
| 12 | Dad opened the front door and he said there was a troop of them walking up the path ! |
| 13 | when I looked at the front page and he said about two paragraphs |
| 14 | Meredith recognised the bottom line and she said no more . |
| 15 | Preferably by retaining the two-thirds majority , but at least ensuring as my Noble Friend Lord has suggested , a clear majority and I myself will go on reiterating the principle , enunciated by Professor in the er and also much commended by some elements in the Conservative Party and he said you can not have real effective democracy without real effective local self government , and he said that in the light of his experiences in pre-war Germany . |
| 16 | Felt the same way and he said as you can see Ann 's here we wo n't be having no more of that . |
| 17 | On the album I make the comment that somebody had asked me the same question and I said , ‘ Yep , my left hand 's doing good , right hand 's doing alright , my mind 's as sharp as a tack . |
| 18 | Oh yes , it 's in Scotland , you see , and whilst there , you see , every day er because a lady laughed at me and she said , she was staying in the same hotel and she said er I , I used to book up in advance of course but never took a chance . |
| 19 | In , in the science museum she saw these really nice lighters and she comes back and my mum 's in the same room and she says , I nearly bought you a lighter . |
| 20 | But I can keep up with the intermediate class and I said to Maxine , Does this get any harder ? |
| 21 | I said I 'd leave it pinned to the noticeboard above the communal phone and he said that was probably best and good night . |
| 22 | So then about a week later I was going to the open evening and he said oh ask him how he remembers . |
| 23 | It was so funny Fiona was saying that Brian was out there the other night and he said that , she said where 's Kathleen ? |
| 24 | watched a documentary on it the other night and he said even by kicking someone now , if you do n't have n't , is n't an accident it 's like kissing someone you |
| 25 | No , it 's just that Jill was asking the other day and I said I ca n't remember . |
| 26 | Anyhow , he , he bakes bread and he was talking about it the other day and I said oh that 's lovely homemade bread . |
| 27 | Well Christopher came in here the other day and he says that cake is |
| 28 | Can I just say that er Ray phoned me up the other day and he said er , would you be prepared to take part in probationers ' , er regional probationary sort of training day er which is at coming up er in a few months time , to give erm presentation skills er I part of what we were doing , erm but just those O H Ps that we did on that part . |
| 29 | I saw him the other day and he said ah yo , have you , not leaking yet is it from that radiator ? |
| 30 | anyway the girl said well I 'll ring first to see where you get your application form she , and the , Sue phoned and was on the other end and I said oh you should apparently you 've got have erm , er , application form and Mrs going to send you one , I said is that Mrs on the line she said is that Mrs speaking , she said yeah , I said will you tell it 's Mrs she said oh , well , tell Mrs she 's no need to apply I 've got all her details and she is being looked at , you know , we are looking into it anyway erm , as I say I had this letter just after Christmas to say that there was a job coming up at the Mencap at Wellingborough Road , Rushden , and I was being selected and erm would I go up for the informal interview on the Monday and the formal interview at the hospital the next morning , so I went up got the first person there and er she , she , it 's a new , it 's an old house but they 've done it all up and there all papers on the floor and then she said oh I think I 'll pick these up Ir Irene , I said oh call me Joy everybody does and she said alright , OK , I said oh I 'll help you so of course I said , I went straight down with her on the floor picking all these papers up and she , and when the next person come she said poor old Joy ai n't even got in the door and that 's it , she 's already working and she said I can see you 're like me Joy you 'll do a job when you see it 's got ta be done , I said I 've always been the same , I ca n't , I ca n't see a spoon or a bit of paper laying on the floor |