Example sentences of "[noun pl] [coord] [pron] say [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My friends are Liverpool fans and they say they can get me tickets for the KOP , but no way am I standing with a bunch of idiots . |
| 2 | And , ah , oh aye , and she says they 're out playing and the s and she says you know what kids are like Jean , and she says like I would n't try even to say to my kids not to go near them because you would n't tell them because they 're only kids and she says they 're like playing in the square and she says like I would David and down here you know when I was coming down |
| 3 | tuned it in to the four channels and I said what about video |
| 4 | I told the billeting officer I liked books and he said there was a library here . |
| 5 | For a moment he refused to meet her eyes but she said his name . |
| 6 | come up mum 's with the , and he snatched my handbag and he took the keys , he said that copper has got no rights to tell him to hand over them keys to me , I said what and he snatched them out of my handbag and I 've got no rights to my own house keys and I said what rights have I got to do , down his flat and collect half of my stuff back then ? |
| 7 | ‘ This lady says the rapist has her address and house keys and he said he 'd go there . |
| 8 | Extract 2 oh listen I wanted to tell you one of the girls in my supply class we 'll hoover when we come back wo n't we she said to me she looked at my shoes and she said you 've got flashy shoes or something I said I got them in Spain she said Miss are you Spanish I thought it was really funny |
| 9 | and she says she sat , she sat er still you know with her arms folded and all like that and she says , oh she says I think you er collect the books and stamp them and put them back on the shelves and she said they all laughed , but she got the job in opposition to er , a few others you know |
| 10 | She 'd been investigating one of her peculiar groups and she said there was about to be a break-through . |
| 11 | He 's written to them numerous times and they say what money . |
| 12 | He 's called the house a couple of times and he says he 's coming this way . |
| 13 | ‘ Then I spoke to one of my contacts and he said it was on the money . |
| 14 | For some time it has had career breaks to help women ( and occasionally men ) with family needs and he says it has been successful . |
| 15 | That ti I was at er canteen at erm and I took my plate , I was there thre two or three days and she says you 're the only one that 's ever brought the plate back . |
| 16 | Yes because er they 'd found these stray dogs and she says I 'll look after her and then she sang a song t to my dog . |
| 17 | She was saying four years four years and I said I 've not had it four years |
| 18 | there was a big discussion about the standard report , it wo n't cover five years and I said it does n't have to cover five years , it never has done it 's only covered four cos we what we do in year eleven is different anyway . |
| 19 | DJ here can tell you that he 's travelled all these years and he says he 's run into my guitars all over the world ! ’ |
| 20 | and she do , she said she decided that , you know it was a bit , well I never change me post office , said I 've had it for all these years but she said it was a lovely bungalow and she says er what |
| 21 | ‘ You 've practically exiled yourself from your family and your home and your friends , you think you 've failed your finals but you say you 've no intention of sitting your re-sits even if you have ; you 've no money and you have n't even been looking for a job ; you 're getting done for shop-lifting and you 're acting like such a fucking dick-head you seem determined to get shot of the last few pals you do have left … and all you can do is make smart-ass remarks . ’ |
| 22 | When we 'd finished I asked if we could wash up and run the errands but she said she 'd already been to the shops with her brother . |
| 23 | The Hospital wo n't speak about individual cases but they say they never do their own cardiac cases anyway . |
| 24 | I was reading the things and I said it was a bigger upstairs is , are bigger than the downstairs . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'm opinionated and people ask me things and I say them . ’ |
| 26 | He come across with his un one of the managers and he says what 's the idea ? |
| 27 | His home has been attacked by animal rights activists in the past but now his farm is in the hands of managers and he says he 's paid his price . |
| 28 | I says you 're picking holes , you 're picking holes and I says I 'll tell you what , that declaration of intent is last year 's declaration of intent . |
| 29 | It was difficult for Anne to hide her feelings but she said nothing , even to Sarah although she knew that her friend was puzzled by the situation . |
| 30 | As her prize Trudie receives three thousand five hundred pounds but she says her real reward has been the satisfaction of knowing her efforts have helped others . |