Example sentences of "said [pers pn] [vb mod] [vb infin] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I always said I would buy a Harley when I had enough money , ’ said the left-back . |
| 2 | So I said I 'll have a couple of th they I said . |
| 3 | Two people come now doing the water , the the stop cap and one fellow looked across coo he said a big , I said I 'll have a run a over the left I said , now you would n't would you ? |
| 4 | He said , now go to go to your section house get a sports jacket or something , and go with this police officer , he said I 'll get a police van , he said go with this police officer to Liverpool Street Station , he said and take charge of this prisoner while he gets a ticket , for Ipswich . |
| 5 | Yeah when I get my printer mum said I could write a book . |
| 6 | Old Crumwallis said I could have a glass of sherry . |
| 7 | He said I could murder a roll up I said could you ? |
| 8 | ‘ Me mum said I should do a show concentrating on Paul 's work , ’ says Paul ( left ) . |
| 9 | I said I 'd prefer a man because women were a problem area for me and I was frightened I 'd push the therapist into a certain role by flirting with her if she was young and attractive , or feeling dependent on her if she was my mother 's age . |
| 10 | I said I 'd love a cup of tea , which was surprisingly true . |
| 11 | I said I 'd like a break , spend a week with aunty Mary or summat in that flat , driving me |
| 12 | Yeah , I said I 'd have a go and before I knew where I was I got got top billing . |
| 13 | Julie Oldfield ( from the MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY ) phoned : I have faxed her a copy of Dinamation 's letter for information and confirmed shoot times at 1630 to 1730 on Wednesday ; she was worried about the amount of equipment you might be bringing in 4 vehicles — you said you would have a camera and one light . |
| 14 | ‘ But you said you 'd stay a week , ’ said Perdita in horror . |
| 15 | ‘ You said you 'd read a lot about them . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ You said you 'd have a room prepared for me , Nicolo . |
| 17 | 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 |
| 18 | And I said , what you on about ? , he said if I do , if I do n't pay out two hundred and odd pound now that left for our tickets he said , I 've only hundred and odd come in , he said you can have a drink on the rest ! |
| 19 | Cos it was while he was phoning , you know the , the boy said you can get a telephone qu er a special telephone fitted . |
| 20 | When the celebrations were at a height the lady who had been rescued said she would present a piece of silver when she got back to England to the squadron and what would they like . |
| 21 | They tried to find work where they could function well ; for example , a deaf person said she would avoid a position which involved treating patients in groups and would never work in a very large hospital . |
| 22 | ‘ Dr Darnell said she 'd lend a key to anyone who wanted to stay out late , ’ said Lee , staggering slightly and leaning on Meryl 's shoulder , to her irritation . |
| 23 | Mummy just said she 'd have a do , she 'd have a go . |
| 24 | It sounded like an interesting job — the play was a futuristic drama set in the twenty-first century , and the director said she 'd have a chance to really let her imagination run riot on the styles . |
| 25 | Maggie said she 'd have a half of shandy , Susan ordered the same . |
| 26 | She said she 'd have a sherry , a nebulous drink itself , so I poured her as dark and sweet a one as I could find in the little tight tiny rows of sinister bottles , and while she drank it I put on trousers and sweater . |
| 27 | That 's what he said , he said she can throw a tantrum he said and get everybody sort of feeling sorry for her he said , as and when she wants he said . |
| 28 | She said she could feel a shard of genius enter her soul with my seed ! |
| 29 | Auntie Lou said she could sew a piece of material on the bottom to lengthen the skirt but there was nothing she could do about the top and Carrie cried a little , privately , not because the dress was no use but because her mother should have guessed how much she had grown . |
| 30 | Mrs O'Hara said she could see a gunman kneeling in the hallway firing into the room , and another gunman further along the hall . |