Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] say [pron] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But there they were , four of them , just where they said they 'd be , in a clearing on a bend in the river , naked as nature intended , standing very upright which still did n't make them very tall and looking at us without any fear . |
| 2 | I said er or he said we could have it for twenty pound a month and we said |
| 3 | We ought to really , although I said we 'll leave them a lot of behind than the dinosaurs . |
| 4 | What you might do , although I say you 'd reject this particular model and that |
| 5 | The working party on Equal Opportunities that I said I would convene ? |
| 6 | And s some suggestions that I said I 'd put forward to Janet about streamlining nominations and so on . |
| 7 | I did n't want John thinking that I said he would get her one . |
| 8 | So I have been away longer than I said I would be , and Mr Shah is a little surprised at my dereliction . |
| 9 | Course I wisnae thinkin so I says Ah 'll have a wee cognac and Isabel 'll huv a Campari soda ! |
| 10 | Mr Jaggers told me Miss Havisham wished to see me on business , so I said I would go the next day . |
| 11 | ‘ He asked me to marry him , ’ I said at last , ‘ so I said I would . ’ |
| 12 | When they saw Ruth , both men looked slightly abashed , like a pair of overgrown schoolboys , and Connor explained : ‘ This young man wants to learn the rudiments of sparring , so I said I 'd give him a few pointers . |
| 13 | ‘ Cook 's sister 's not well , not at all and she 's gone into Inverary to look to her family , so I said I 'd get dinner . |
| 14 | ‘ She needs help with the preparations for this wedding , so I said I 'd lend you . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ So I said I 'd see them in a few days . |
| 16 | ‘ Mr Boulez has been associated with the project from the very first days so I say he can consider this house his home . |
| 17 | However , after Wakeham reported that support among backbenchers had collapsed during the day , perhaps by half , it was clear to those around Mrs Thatcher that , although she said she would sleep on it , she was virtually certain to resign . |
| 18 | I recall one occasion when Mother was so busy trying to finish knitting a quilt — I 've still got it somewhere that she said she would have to miss a service . |
| 19 | ‘ It 's just that you said I should speak to you — give you warning — if ever I was thinking of leaving . |
| 20 | ‘ I know that you say you can not . |
| 21 | know where they 've planned owt to go , and er , so she said it 'll get end of June or even July |
| 22 | Ken chatted Belinda up so she said she would n't come round any more , or so Brenda reported . |
| 23 | Right , I got a cheque in my pocket made out to pay cash so she said you can go in and cash it on the counter . |
| 24 | at least you 'll live in the land of luxury , so she said I might just do that , so , well I 'm not getting involved , let them sort it out |
| 25 | That 's right , and she , she retired Friday so she said I must get you in before Friday cos I 'm going round Thursday morning |
| 26 | The the topic that we said we would investigate today , comes from the hand-book . |
| 27 | Erm the f the first thing er first of two things that we said we 'd look at just now were erm the kind of work that you did erm with clients in the flats . |
| 28 | So the next thing 's the trainees analysis that we said we 'd we 'd pick up on at a later date . |
| 29 | This year , I am being told that the test was not whether we could deliver our unprecedented number of detailed commitments , as I had thought , but whether we would do a lot more than we said we would do just a year ago . |
| 30 | We were afraid to tell Dad the exact truth so we said we 'd put them there to prevent them getting broken . |