Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] [pron] said [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You have n't — ’ I stopped before I said something he might take exception to . |
| 2 | Her voice trembled as she said it . |
| 3 | they came and they said we had a free booking . |
| 4 | He 'd got all the er information about it when he came and he said it was the best type of covering if you 've got dogs or cats . |
| 5 | The next day the letter came and it said we 'd have to find another doctor for my dad |
| 6 | ‘ I checked and they said no-one has attempted it yet . ’ |
| 7 | I phoned me friend up you know and erm on Friday and asked and she said you do n't sound very well , I said I 've got a headache I said I 've had a headache every , cos I 've been on a diet and she turned round and said , she said you know she says it 's funny she says erm , you know what 's with us , what 's it with ? |
| 8 | It hardly ever happened that someone said something she identified with . |
| 9 | what happens , then his she stands there , you bloody by four but I mean he finished when I said he was gon na finish for a change I should think . |
| 10 | Jeff grinned as he said it . |
| 11 | Manchester City ! ’ he said , continuing the chant which was so like those I had heard at Manchester 's Maine Road ground that I marvelled when he said he had never been to England . |
| 12 | Dr Neil — he 's Stair Cochrane 's younger brother — he works for the poor in an East End practice — ’ Her voice almost broke when she said his name , and her mama knew immediately that Sally-Anne was not telling them the whole truth about her East End adventures . |
| 13 | ‘ I thought that ye said ye stole it . ’ |
| 14 | Erm oh I asked him about that when I went and he said it were nothing to worry about , it 's just |
| 15 | And I felt and I said I did not kill her and I was the murderer and Shameer said check hit me but she did n't it felt like a hit and you do n't accidentally do that do you ? |
| 16 | Everyone said what they thought and I said I had always believed in God and Jesus Christ due to my upbringing , personal feelings and experiences but I found commitment difficult . |
| 17 | Her skin looked luminous , her hair was the colour of the pale amber beads Aunt Emily always wore because she said they helped her rheumatism . |
| 18 | ‘ No , she just went when I said you did n't actually live here . |
| 19 | I felt exhausted : as I dragged myself up the stairs I can remember thinking that now I knew what people meant when they said they were ‘ tired to death ’ . |
| 20 | Bissell 's eyes never left Rohmer as he spoke , and Rohmer knew what the thing meant when it said it would n't talk to Gilbert anymore . |
| 21 | She , skilled in the ways of therapy , had after the first few sessions begun dissecting his own motives for him and Kevin , like an obedient dog , ended up nodding slowly as she told him clearly , fully , frankly what he meant when he said what he thought about what she or Henry felt , and how what he thought he thought about what they felt , or said they felt , probably was n't what he really felt any more than what they said they felt was really deep down what they really felt . |
| 22 | He returned on 16 September , telling Tom Jones that he now knew what Roosevelt meant when he said he felt like a ‘ bull moose ’ . |
| 23 | Soon I discovered what Mr Rochester meant when he said he had done wrong . |
| 24 | It 's what my friend working in prostitution meant when she said she lost her self-respect when her husband was attracted to her colleague whom she saw as inferior to herself . |
| 25 | Mr Smith asked : ‘ Can you explain what you meant when you said you were in a minority in Lady Thatcher 's administration ? ’ |
| 26 | ‘ What I meant when I said you were an asset , Matt , is that you provide the sexual fillip which Cadogan 's would otherwise lack . ’ |
| 27 | He answered and I said who I was . |
| 28 | Well we did because we said we 'd have to specify what to . |
| 29 | Colin Parry , 37 , a personnel officer , wept as he said his 12-year-old son would never be the way he was but they wanted him to live and they would make a life for him . |
| 30 | Erm one , one of the statements that you did come out with when you , when you were saying about erm why you were there , you said about to make sure that your policy is performing how you wish it to which is as good a one as I did when I said you 're obviously satisfied with , with your Friends Provident contract cos we 're brilliant erm Martin asked the question about why has the , why has the bonus gone down and , and you overcame that objection er which was good and he , he was , he was satisfied with that . |