Example sentences of "[adv] said [pron] would [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Brigitte is having a party and when I knew you were here I naturally said we would go . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I only said I 'd think about it , Meredith , ’ he said , sounding bemused . |
| 3 | ‘ He only said he 'd buy me a Pepsi . |
| 4 | I got a reproof from Dr Kelleher when I facetiously said I 'd grow geraniums in my gas mask . |
| 5 | ‘ You know , you sent the young man packing and he more or less said you 'd rue the day . |
| 6 | Mostly , these were people in lower socio-economic groups ; but it is worth noting that even in these groups people with high credit commitments , or people who said that if they had to arrange a loan it would be for a relatively large sum of money , generally said they would prefer monthly repayments . |
| 7 | They just said they would support any action the executive took you see . |
| 8 | I just said I 'd try to talk you into accepting what he 's decreed . |
| 9 | Mummy just said she 'd have a do , she 'd have a go . |
| 10 | When ours were , it was a right state when we looked at ours , but we still said we 'd have it . |
| 11 | ‘ As students at Edinburgh College of Art , we always said we would buy a castle and do it up , but when it came around to it most of them had been restored , but Lachlan knew of Ballone Castle near Portmahomack which was still derelict and persuaded the farmer to sell it . ’ |
| 12 | I always said you 'd go blind . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I always said , right from the start — and you 'll bear me out , Dudley — I always said it would end in tears . ’ |
| 14 | Well Digital Equipment Corp always said it would catch up with IBM Corp , come what may , and the company has just about done it : IBM 's loss for 1991 was $2,827m and DEC 's loss for the year $2,780m . |
| 15 | If the vote goes in favour , then I will do what I always said I would do and I will prepare to leave the Church of England . |
| 16 | ‘ I always said I would buy a Harley when I had enough money , ’ said the left-back . |
| 17 | I always said I 'd make you a better partner , did n't I ? |
| 18 | You did , you always said I 'd get off with a cat . |
| 19 | The grandmother was always frightened that she would follow her mother 's mistake : ‘ she always said I 'd turn oot t'be like my mother … |
| 20 | I did , I always said he would go back in time . |
| 21 | In rare moments of leisure he liked to potter around the garden , and always said he would take up farming when he retired . |
| 22 | ‘ Hardaker was a good friend but he always said he 'd get me one day and eventually he did . ’ |
| 23 | Mum Julie , 31 , who will go with him , said : ‘ I always said he 'd win something with his trainers , but I did n't think it would be a trip to America . ’ |
| 24 | ITALY 's prime minister , Giuliano Amato , yesterday said he would call a vote of confidence as at least 26 more people were arrested in a corruption scandal that has forced a cabinet reshuffle . |
| 25 | A 27-YEAR-OLD British woman charged with heroin smuggling in Thailand yesterday said she would plead guilty . |
| 26 | A miners ' union yesterday said it would call an all-out , open-ended strike if Mr Yeltsin were impeached . |
| 27 | FRANCE yesterday said it would plan for possible European Community retaliation against Washington if the US imposed its threatened tariffs on some European luxury products . |
| 28 | Tim : ‘ Bowie once said he 'd like to form a school of pretension . |
| 29 | Tim : ‘ Bowie once said he 'd like to form a school of pretension . |
| 30 | Someone once said he 'd have known me anywhere by the voice but he 'd have passed me by in the street on account I look much better in person than I do on the telly . |