Example sentences of "[adv] [noun] said [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 Mm , cos mum had Reverend come round , you see cos dad were n't , none of us were religious least of all dad , he could n't do none of it , so we said to , we did n't , we did n't know what vicar to choose cos none of us go to church so me mum said dad used to go to the church where me sister got married to the little Derby and Jones twice a week and Reverend is always there so mum said we 'll have him , dad got on well with him , he liked him , he knew dad , anyway he come round to see mum and I were n't there cos I had to go and sign on , I bloody wished I had been , anyway she said , she told him all about dad and she said I want you tell everybody how brave he was in the war and what a good father he were and a good provider and how he lived for his grandchildren and so on and so on , she said I do n't want no hymns I just want his own organ music all through the service and nothing else and just some , do a couple of prayers , she , so he said right the Lords Prayer will be fine that 'll be nice , well he never said nothing , he said I did n't know John but he said I 've been told he was a good man , he worked in a hospital , which he did , but I mean you 're only like an engineer we were n't really emphasising on that and that was all he said , he played a bit of the organ music before we went in , a bit as we come out and there was about eight bloody prayers and the songs and everything read out and made us sing a hymn ever so disappointed , hardly said anything , hardly play , played his music , no , I was well disappointed about that
2 So Mum said you all right ?
3 So Mum said you know could it be my blood sugar level .
4 And she said I 'm , I 'm I 'm not staying she said , I think it was New Year 's Eve , she said I 'm walking out so I might have no job , so I 've not seen her since , so Madge said she 's still there , that 's in Altrincham int it ?
5 So Bobby said they said oh dad said we can come in the house .
6 So she said I 've a good mind to write to the manager so Bobby said you wan na leave well alone , forget he said .
7 I said oh I hope she has n't got another bus so Sharan said I think there is two buses cos whenever I meet mum it 's always a little blue bus and this was a big orange I said well we 'll call at the shop I said and if erm not we 'll have to go home .
8 I mean , th tha when we took it over we , we got that , cos people said well , you know , just dishing out the oranges was n't there should be something organized so Rotaract said they would do we said we would give the money towards the prizes .
9 Although he 's got a good job so Pam said I do n't know why he 's got in that problem .
10 But only 39% said they would pay extra taxes in order to facilitate unification ( Irish Times 1/9/87 ) .
11 So Zuwaya said it was indecent for a father and his sons to listen together to women drumming at circumcisions , or to go to weddings together — even to speak about weddings to each other .
12 So Mary said she , she came back up to the , a little while ago she said she did n't get do something
13 One o'clock Mary said she might pop home .
14 Last night a spokesman for the SO players said they were unhappy with the proposals , although their ballot was not a reflection on the SO management , in whom they still had complete faith .
15 Only 27% said it would be easy to get time away , with the self-employed and farm-related jobs providing most of those in this category .
16 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 !
17 So Mark said they were out celebrating after he cam and he 's working for them next Saturday , she 's doing some kind of a function ,
18 starting in the bedroom now , so decorators said they , and of course they 're doing the downstairs cloakroom so there 's two upstairs , one downstairs and they 're making so much mess everywhere .
19 So , so John came in over the top , Colin put his hands on top line , so John said I 'm in charge , over the top , Colin said , no .
20 and erm you know , and I said Carla needs it for work anyway so Dave said I 'm gon na while I 'm on holiday I 'm gon na do all the stupid jobs , so I can take that computer in
21 Just 17% said they were seriously considering restructuring their IT operations from mainframes to open systems .
22 Separately Caci said it has arrived at agreements to settle shareholder lawsuits pending in Delaware Chancery Court and in the District of Columbia .
23 ‘ It 's just Emily said you lived there . ’
24 Tonight Cindy said she thought the doctors should have been sent to prison for a longer term .
25 anyway doctor said she should , they should n't of even let you home
26 Soon Jasper said he could n't sleep in it and went upstairs .
27 He was great , a handful , but I liked him , and anyway Clare said she would give me lessons to help me cope with him .
28 But yesterday McLean said it was Burgess who had been kicking and stamping on the victim .
29 Mitterrand and Thatcher were said to be ‘ in harmony ’ over the EEC the day before France said it was opposed to flexible arrangements for the British contribution to the EEC .
30 And now Susan said it was finished !
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