Example sentences of "said [conj] [pers pn] thought [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | McCurbin died of asphyxiation from pressure applied to the neck , but the police who arrested him said that they thought he was faking as he struggled for life . |
| 2 | And they talked to her , most politely : the Martin man asked her when she was doing her Finals , and she told him , and he asked her what she was going to do then , and she said that she thought she would do a teacher 's training course . |
| 3 | Julia put the desolation that suddenly thrust itself into her mind down to her cold and said that she thought she ought to go bed . |
| 4 | As she pulled the dress over my head she said that she thought it would still fit her , that she could see the hole at the neckline where my grandmother had pinned a pearl brooch as something old , that the classic line never dated . |
| 5 | But then you see , she said that she thought it was too many so she put it |
| 6 | I said that I thought they were wrong ; but that if that was their reason for declining to serve I could only accept it and be sorry . |
| 7 | Back in Britain writing my last newsletter to the Group in Scotland I had loved and brought together , I said that I thought we had to be much bolder , taking an a priori stance on the fact that there could be no discrimination against women . |
| 8 | I answered my own question , and said that I thought we must be middle class , and reflected very precisely in that moment on my mother 's black waisted coat with the astrakhan collar , and her high-heeled black suede shoes , her lipstick . |
| 9 | Oh right , I see when you said that I thought he was going to an army regiment that they put up in Gloucester |
| 10 | I said that I thought it would be alright and made arrangements to meet him again at the church on the following Saturday afternoon to discuss details . |
| 11 | I said that I thought I could just about get my act together sufficiently to come . |
| 12 | He was able to express his own upset at his mother 's absence and said that he thought she had gone away because he had been naughty . |
| 13 | NO SNOW fell during the night and at 10.00 , after Erika had run her five kilometres under a dazzling blue sky , Karl ran and said that he thought he rather did that a brief tour of Berlin would be possible and that he would be waiting in the lounge of the Palast at 11.00 ; adding that Paul should meet them at the television Tower at 1.00 |
| 14 | He said that he thought he was being arrested in connection with the fight . |
| 15 | In his office the manager said that he thought he might have a part going , and then looked at Arthur for a long time . |
| 16 | He also said that he thought he and Strach could play in the same team . |
| 17 | He said that he thought it wrong to encourage a military spirit , and that it was contrary to the ideals of disarmament . |
| 18 | Garbett said that he thought it would be right to go to London , for the sake of the Church ; that he longed for him to come to York , for the sake of himself , he wanted Ramsey as his successor . |
| 19 | Her father came up and listened for a while and then said that he thought it was all marvellous but he did n't understand a word of it . |
| 20 | Well I did think about it but the Careers Officer advised me no cos he thought that you have to be really really good before y get in and he asked me if I thought I was really good and I said that well I was not too bad but and he said that he thought it would be better to concentrate on something else . |
| 21 | She said well at least I , you know she said if I thought they 'd get only pass I would n't put them in . |
| 22 | He said if I thought he was going to be the Hindu Salman Rushdie , I was mistaken : he saw himself more as a Hindu P. G. Wodehouse . |
| 23 | And Jenny said all those years I had a crush on that teacher she said and I thought he never noticed me . |
| 24 | He said well I give you that Avenger estate he said cos I thought you were building your house , that 'll be handy for you you know yeah you did and you let me down badly ! |
| 25 | Chris said , it was there at eleven o'clock he said cos I thought it was , somebody had spilt something . |
| 26 | He was supposed to take the advice of Archbishop Lang of Canterbury but he distrusted everything Lang said because he thought him an appeaser of Hitler . |