Example sentences of "said [conj] i [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No , because she said something , she said that I said something did n't she ? |
| 2 | We did get through some pretty hot language , erm he did say that this would destroy the tripartite system and he quoted me and said that I said it was a system which was the end of the world . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Oh right , I see when you said that I thought he was going to an army regiment that they put up in Gloucester |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | I said that I thought I could just about get my act together sufficiently to come . |
| 9 | I said that I understood she came from the Continent , and she told me that she was born in Denmark . |
| 10 | It was not so much by what Basil said that I remember him but by what he did . |
| 11 | But he said er , and I said that I gather you 're seeing Lynda the weekend if you do find anything perhaps you could pass it on to her . |
| 12 | I said that I believed it would now be right to give some indication of the Government 's attitude to the building of a tunnel . |
| 13 | ‘ By God , Sally-Anne , your mother said that I spoiled you rotten , and I think that she 's right . |
| 14 | ‘ If I said that I trusted you , ’ she whispered , forcing the words to form , ‘ if I told you that , come what may , I trusted you , would you still be confused ? ’ |
| 15 | ‘ When , some time later , he and I discussed who might take over the responsibility for producing it I rejected the traditional drama types , who did the children 's serials , and said that I wanted somebody , full of vinegar , who 'd be prepared to break rules in doing the show . |
| 16 | Er again after you do that very same thing erm you know jingle your change and one of them he said that I reckon you got three pound eighty . |
| 17 | I said that I think you 'll find , Ron that Trudy if she married would have to give up her late husband 's occupational widow 's pension so that the way you 're going on now , where you go and stay with her for two or three days at a time is far better oh no , no , no , she 'll be able to keep her pension I said I very much doubt it then I said people are so jealous that if she does marry you and he does n't tell the firm I bet that one of her dear neighbours will oh no they 're all very nice people round where she lives , I thought there 's no good arguing with Ron ! |
| 18 | ‘ Capron said if I met you again I 'd be sacked . ’ |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | He said if I left him he 'd demand custody of the Merc . ’ |
| 22 | She said if I found you I had to ask you to dinner . |
| 23 | But er no , we were talking and she said if I give you the money you wo n't go and spend it on the |
| 24 | ‘ When I argued , he said if I lost my licence he would find another job for me in the organisation . ’ |
| 25 | She said if I send it back it 's gon na be nineteen pa it 's seven pound to get a thing back ! |
| 26 | I says yeah and then I heard , I did n't hear what she said and I heard him say look if you want me to have him it 's got to be legal . |
| 27 | And Mrs erm , got in the , and said and I know who you are ! |
| 28 | ‘ That 's decent of you , ’ I said and I meant it . |
| 29 | And Jenny said all those years I had a crush on that teacher she said and I thought he never noticed me . |
| 30 | He said and I told you he said six to eight weeks he said . |