Example sentences of "said [pers pn] could [verb] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | the end of the last straw you see , so I went in the Co-Op and I felt really , really fed up , I said I oh I said I could cry I said because I 've tried so hard I said not for lending you money I said , I 'm not meant to have any sodding luck so got a couple of bits and I really could n't get me act together and on the Tuesday dad 's gone in hospital with that fit , so I was thinking of him a lot and I thought I do n't know dad , you know I 'm sure , I 'm sure that he were n't gon na come out when he went in there , I thought they were gon na bloody find something with you boy and that would be it , so I come home here and I ai n't done no work , so I started off for work , both sitting here bloody bawling cos this house looked like shit , spoke to me sister on the phone and er I felt a bit better so I thought oh I 'd start doing the tree , so I pulled it all to bits in here , got the polish and duster out , put all the bread and everything for Alan 's sandwiches , it 'd be about oh , about half past twelve and the bloody phone went it was mum , she said Lyn do you think you can come up to the hospital with me , cos I 've got no transport and so I said what 's up then mum ? |
| 2 | ‘ I said you could call me Mollie . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Sorry , I mean I 'm pregnant and , er , you said you could help me the day after tomorrow and I wanted to know if … ’ |
| 4 | ‘ You know how I said you could save me and only you . |
| 5 | ‘ I said you could trust me . |
| 6 | If I was outside , she said she could telephone me every day for nothing , if I gave her the number of a phone box and arranged to be there for a certain time … |
| 7 | I then tried another shareware firm who said they could send me registered copies for £40.50 . |
| 8 | Now la last There 's two people down here last week , they said they could hear me breathing |
| 9 | We retraced our steps to the car , and Gerry next drove me to a field near Dundalk where he said he could show me an altar used in the Penal Days . |
| 10 | He said he could tell I needed the money . |
| 11 | I agreed with that at least , and I was half-prepared to believe him when he said he could keep me out of it . |
| 12 | ‘ He said he could see I was a young man with all his wits about him . ’ |
| 13 | Said he could help me . |