Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [indef pn] say " in BNC.
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| 1 | I heard one say : ‘ You know whit your trouble is , maw ? |
| 2 | I heard one say on Danny Baker 's Saturday night show : ‘ Dalglish is to blame for landing Souness in the mire . ’ |
| 3 | And then just as I left the stage , sobbing , I heard somebody say , ‘ Well , I do n't admire her dress-sense . ’ |
| 4 | Then I heard somebody say , ‘ He 's come round , Jack , ’ and the blindfold was ripped away , along with a chunk of hair . |
| 5 | I heard someone say the other day that modern people treat the Ten Commandments like examination questions : only four need be attempted . |
| 6 | Then I heard someone say , ‘ It 's disgraceful the way she keeps standin' there preenin' 'erself . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I heard someone say that , yes , sir . ’ |
| 8 | I heard someone say . |
| 9 | Oh yes , yes , yes but erm on the radio prog programme I heard someone say there was every street corner these women but they were n't , I do n't think there was , I think it was you know , there were a lot of women that used to do it illegal . |
| 10 | No , they er I heard someone say that though they sort of actively encourage the use of to go to see many things like sort of sport days , erm . |
| 11 | I 'm quite an independent person , but I was quite insecure , I needed someone to say this is good , this is bad , and because he was doing that it gave me the determination I needed . |
| 12 | If I , if I get another species next year nesting , that has n't nested before and I know it 's because of the effort of putting in reeds , trees , whatever I 've put in there , we 're , we 're trying to get to nest here , if they nest that 'll be really , er that 'll be a great thing because er they feed on the apple erm I thought somebody said er who said there was a hundred a seventy five here er a week ago and that 'd be great to get them to nest , be really good . |
| 13 | I thought someone said carbon monoxide . |
| 14 | She felt I had something to say , a strength , and she was willing to staff to my weaknesses to make sure that it was said . |
| 15 | But now I had something to say . |
| 16 | Well , maybe ‘ blossom ’ is an exaggeration , but I told Gillian one or two of Oliver 's jokes , and we talked about being apprehensive over coming to the group , and then it emerged that she was half-French , and I had something to say about that , and the estate agent tried to bring in Germany but we were n't having any of it , and before I knew where I was I had half-turned my shoulder to exclude the other chap and was saying , ‘ Look , I know you 've only more or less just arrived , but you would n't like a spot of supper would you ? |
| 17 | I felt I had something to say as well as a good story to tell . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ If I had something to say I said it , ’ he recalls , ‘ but I did n't want you lot ringing me up at three o'clock in the morning . ’ |
| 19 | I knew I had nothing to say that could possibly interest her . |
| 20 | I had nothing to say . |
| 21 | They talked about art , and I drank too much because I had nothing to say . |
| 22 | I had nothing to say to it . |
| 23 | I was n't sure I could speak even if I had anything to say . |
| 24 | Someone said someone said they saw |
| 25 | Eliot 's Bough was The Golden Bough which had plenty to say about the rebirth of gods accompanying vegetation . |
| 26 | You got anything to say say it out loud . |
| 27 | She found nothing to say about the yearlings and shrank quite sensibly from their forward advances , staying silent and watchful while Nicandra talked and lifted solemn grey eyes to Andrew 's , sure of his entire attention . |
| 28 | ‘ Mineral water for the invalid , ’ she heard someone say as they handed Dizzy a glass , and she saw Dizzy give a wry smile . |
| 29 | And then someone was running , lightly , behind her , and she heard someone say in a deep and thrilling voice , ‘ Señorita , espereme ! ’ |
| 30 | But a royal expert who heard one said : ‘ There is a huge question mark because the woman 's voice sounds more like an Essex girl than a Sloane . ’ |