Example sentences of "there [conj] [pers pn] said to " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I do n't mind getting in in the family , but you I always remember , when David was growing up , he was about seventeen or eighteen , his friends came round , they were going out somewhere and grandma was there and she said to , er to us in front of erm David 's friends oh is n't he a pretty boy ! |
| 2 | He used to come in here he did n't know er how good it was , he 's a a bit of a bit of a lady , you know , kick your eye out , and he come in here , I can see him now si sitting on that chair there er , and I was sat there and I said to him , I said er why do n't you start kidding to it and all this madam , you know , give it sweets and this other . |
| 3 | But er she 's coming a and gives him twenty five pounds for what he 's done oh he came in , he came into the kitchen , it 's ever so funny , he came into the kitchen to tell me about this you see Anyway he came back in there and I said to him I 'm not really enthusiastic about the thought er thinking that I was involved with this as well so the dear woman turned round and said to me it 's only your husband so I said well I 'd better go back in the kitchen where I know my place . |
| 4 | I was in front of Bev when I went in there and I said to her |
| 5 | And when he passed me I did not like to look at his face because it was dark like the shadows of the hill , and when he reached the door he laughed and I did not like to hear him laugh , and when he reached the yard he stopped because Beuno was there and he said to him , ‘ She 'll be all right now . |
| 6 | I di last night when I was up there and he said to me what was that noise , I went through all the piles and I had a quick look in the bureau but , I did n't find that , I do n't know what I 've done with that |
| 7 | Well now , what they 've done something which I think if there as I said to you in the first place , if they 'd have run their cards played their cards right , they could have said to that fellow ‘ look you 've got no rights to be here , we never gave you planning ’ what 's wrong with this planning people , they step here and they step there , there 's people do things without planning permission , they do nothing at all about it , if I was to go and stick something up in my front garden , they 'd come along and say ‘ hey , . ’ |