Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] said [indef pn] " 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 | But she remembered in time that Gloria had warned her to mind her P's and Q's , so she said nothing . |
| 7 | Even so , she wanted to keep the peace so she said nothing when she got indoors . |
| 8 | On the other hand , she did not know what else to say , so she said nothing . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Apanage and Drago looked surprised , although they said nothing . |
| 11 | They did n't know what to say to this so they said nothing and he stood there , grinning and rubbing his hands together . |
| 12 | Her other relations were not interested in her happiness but only in inheriting her wealth , so they said nothing . |
| 13 | This last remark strangely made him brighten up , although he said nothing , |
| 14 | John Nutting , prosecuting , said that although he said nothing to detectives after his arrest , with a lock knife in his hand , they later found a chilling message daubed on his police cell wall . |
| 15 | ‘ Much obliged for that , Albert , ’ said Joe , and explained that he 'd got a guest and how it came about , although he said nothing about the wallet or the men . |
| 16 | She felt that the atmosphere between them was suddenly much easier although he said nothing for a moment but kept on looking at her as if he were turning something over in his mind . |
| 17 | I asked her , " Would you mind if I have a boyfriend ? " and she said " It depends " and I said " What if I said somebody wanted to take me to the pictures ? " and it was , " If a boy wants to take you to the pictures , he 's only alter one thing . |
| 18 | But if I said nothing , turned tail and ran from Gyggle , what hope was there for an ordinary life for Ian Wharton ? |
| 19 | ‘ Coopers would be very surprised if I said anything else . ’ |
| 20 | C. If I said anything serious , you would n't take it serious . |
| 21 | Dana continually hinted that she would take off for London if I refused to do just what she wanted , or if I said anything to you . |
| 22 | ‘ Miguel , I apologise if I said anything unflattering about you . |
| 23 | I was warned if I said anything there would broken windows : I would be assaulted and my children too . ’ |
| 24 | I mean , if I said anything to you . |
| 25 | He told me that if the police started questioning me they 'd keep on and on until I said something I should n't . |
| 26 | Erm , she asked if we were very keen to involve the school , I said yes we were cos she said nobody really taken a great interest in the Royal Quays not |
| 27 | she 'll remember scratching , it was like she said everything goes worse at night , itching . |
| 28 | She had modelled her speech on his and asked him to correct her if she said something wrong . |
| 29 | " Is the hatch open ? " she asked , thinking he would be more at ease if she said something entirely practical . |
| 30 | It was a test , really , to see if she said anything about the stockings . |