Example sentences of "[verb] what [pron] had said " in BNC.
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| 1 | She looked with tentative excitement at Pat who , it seemed , did not know what she had said . |
| 2 | but Walter Long only noticed what they had said before they were excommunicated : |
| 3 | She believed what she had said and yet those last words had a curious prophetic ring — as if somewhere in those uncharted seas which man calls Time , they were echoing and re-echoing into the future . |
| 4 | Robyn screwed up her brow and tried to remember what he had said his other name was . |
| 5 | She hesitated , searching back to remember what she had said , and then she laughed . |
| 6 | She racked her brains to remember what she had said about Barnes to David Fairfax , but she had said nothing , only that he came from Woodlands Incorporated — and that , because she was still holding his card in her hand . |
| 7 | ‘ Your employer ? ’ he said gently , not probing , remembering what she had said on the first day . |
| 8 | Clenching his fists , rigid with rage , Angel advanced on her , translating what she had said for the others . |
| 9 | She wanted to scream and shout , to deny what he had said , but she knew it was no use . |
| 10 | He knew the river folk pretty well ; he could guess what they had said . |
| 11 | And Len had witnessed his reaction and this had prompted Len to do what he had said he would n't do again , and that was to try and persuade him to accompany him home . |
| 12 | It was accompanied by an image : Nevil standing in the dining-room and saying what he had said , the boy peeping and listening . |
| 13 | As she watched him striding up the beach she tried to consider what he had said but with his loss the full weight of her grief hit her with a thud that stopped her eyes , her ears , her brain . |
| 14 | She repeated what she had said , only louder . |
| 15 | Pakeezah repeated what she had said . |
| 16 | Ranulf repeated what he had said . |
| 17 | When Lili stopped speaking I wished I could ask her to repeat what she had said , but already she was lighting a cigarette and talking about linen . |
| 18 | He altered that to , ‘ Can you put the light out , dear ? ’ when she bashed him with the book and asked him to repeat what he had said . |
| 19 | All she had to do was get him to repeat what he had said in Seville — that he wanted her to stay , and she would . |
| 20 | If she was dead , Dad would forget what she had said and Alice would forgive her . |
| 21 | One month later Glassford was reported to be completing the work of preparing nominal votes , and in this his lawyer , who lacked experience in such matters , was being helped by the agent of Lord Dundas , who clearly considered him still an ally , but on August 6th , Glassford removed such illusions by making it quite plain that he meant what he had said about his price for support , and denied that he was in any way pledged to Lord Dundas : |
| 22 | Anne watched her for a few moments in stunned silence , trying to decide if she meant what she had said . |
| 23 | It was greeted in silence because no-one understood what he had said . |
| 24 | He understood what he had said , and nodded slowly . |
| 25 | 'A' was what I needed the most , she gave me criticism and took what I had said to her seriously . |
| 26 | And then I remembered what she had said . |
| 27 | He remembered what he had said to Alexandra the night before : ‘ We need n't rush into anything . ’ |
| 28 | She remembered what he had said about steering clear of married women , and she decided that they probably were n't , not that the thought gave her any pleasure . |
| 29 | His face flushed as he remembered what he had said about Mary . |
| 30 | And yes , she had meant what she had said in her note , that it 'd be nice to get together for a chat and … things . |