Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] and i said " in BNC.
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| 1 | When we went to Portugal there was er a lass , we 'd saved some money and I said , I said do n't spend it all |
| 2 | She got in the bed to watch Neighbours and we came back about five o'clock and I went up the stairs , the T V was and he was erm out for count , so I left them for another hour and I said to mum |
| 3 | that they had n't but schools , particularly high schools and I said well we were very interested as part of the the programme here because it was community erm not geography , because she 's a geographer and she says the geography side of it 's fine she will use information that the children collect for her benefit , but she 'll also use us you know , to define the information but she |
| 4 | I remember when I started my training I work with this girl and I said where 'd you come from and she said I come from the most boring town in Britain , I says where Grantham ? , she says yeah , I says is it boring , she says yeah huh , it is |
| 5 | They 're out for a laugh , I mean Charlie wo n't even tell me who he fancies because erm he says , you know , he said to me , you know , and in , in , in , and in his exact words he said you 've got to be really stupid to tell anyone anything in this place and I said yeah but I 'm not a proper Haileyburian I 've just come in , you know he goes yeah but you 're gon na get that way |
| 6 | Er this is just one that I wanted some stuff and I said to a few people |
| 7 | They were on the till when I was up there this morning and I said you are you were working there |
| 8 | John the butcher at erm butcher this morning and I said never say it 's gon na snow , I said , it wo n't snow will it John ? |
| 9 | She phoned this morning and I said I ca n't come and collect it cos I 'm here by myself she said oh I 'll bring it in , that 's alright , no problem but er we 're going away to Gloucester at two o'clock |
| 10 | I saw Dickie this morning and I said to him how do you let these bowlers follow through the other pitch ? |
| 11 | The umbilical cord and the afterbirth were still inside me , so she began to yank this baby and I said " Excuse me , I 've still got a bit inside me . " |
| 12 | Anyway they had a , a special coupon in the Campaign this week and I said to Di I said phone this number I said and put our washing machine in , I said they 're not taking no notice . |
| 13 | and I tore this paper and I said if you 're gon na have a wee wee then do it wee on me , so I said , up your |
| 14 | We 're driving down this road and I said well Pisa 's down here |
| 15 | And so the very next day Helen told us of a night time that he was gon na stay and early in the morning he come back door with some papers and I said oh take well it never comes to more than six pound ninety or seven pound fifty but he calls it . |
| 16 | I said well I 'll be quite honest mate , there 's two hundred people working in this factory and I said , if you think that e all the charge hands and the supervisors have got to come down and roll up you lot to get the job done I said you turn round and you think if you was in business , whatever it is you like to do , if you 're in business and you 've got an order and that order 's got ta be out by six o'clock tonight and you 've got ta grovel to your workers otherwise you 'd lose that order , I said what would you say ? |
| 17 | I had not had very successful relationships with people up to this time and I said no to him . ’ |
| 18 | Well I mean that when we start organization and I am on , I 'm on Cortille and on the committee and they wanted me to take over the Vice Chairman and I said no way . |
| 19 | And the lad he was pointing to had a sling on his arm , then there was a bigger boy and I said , I 'm sorry son . |
| 20 | So we went to the sixty six shop and I said what 's wrong with that , pristine beautiful . |
| 21 | I 'd be much more impressed by some positive suggestions of what we might do cos I th you know , months ago I was browbeaten outside church over a lot of similar issues and I said then , you know |
| 22 | Madness yet again , as he , a penniless artist 17 years my senior , proposed on our second date and I said yes ! |
| 23 | You know given that life is as it is are you okay and he said yes so I went round the gardens and I came back to him and I had a friend coming for lunch and I thought this is ridiculous , I 'm going to have something to drink and I 'm going to have a meal so I made him an enormous great wad of cheese sandwiches and some apples and a piece of cake and some biscuits and a cup of tea and I went downstairs with the milk and the sugar and cup of tea and all this stuff and I went into the gardens and this poor child he looked very defensively a second time and I said well I thought you might like some breakfast and I wrapped the second lot up so if you 've nothing later on , why not put it in your pocket and eat later in the day and I did n't know whether you took milk or sugar , so I thought I 'd better just ask you and do you know I thought he was going to cry . |
| 24 | And er after a time , they wanted to know if I 'd take complete charge and I said well yes I said , but what are the men gon na think ? |
| 25 | That 's what I said to you , your dad when he did n't want to take Aspirins for his restrained back , and him , do n't believe in these drugs and I said look , if a monk gave you this he 'd , he 'd give you the bark of a birch tree , pound it up in a pestle and water and you 'd think it was magic and you 'd take it and you , relax your muscles , is that what it is ? , |
| 26 | Ivy remarked : ‘ Rose Macaulay asked me if I were a good walker and I said I was . |
| 27 | It was a great achievement and I said to her , ‘ How was it so good ? ’ |
| 28 | And then I got onstage wearing this stupid nightshirt and I said , ‘ Oh , I 'll have you know I 'm tripping , so please do n't try to freak me out ’ — so they all started chanting and looking mean . |
| 29 | one and we 'd had a chat for a long , long time and I said to him afterwards , I was able to understand everything he said ! |
| 30 | He was like just being an adviser , he was n't like trying to design it , and I looked at it all for a long time and I said Bembo , which I had never heard of . |