Example sentences of "but [adv] she say " in BNC.
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| 1 | I really must watch what I say — he has a mind like a knife ; but aloud she said , doing her best to look distressed , ‘ Oh , he had a run of bad luck — ’ an explanation that hardly seemed to convince her hearer . |
| 2 | But yesterday she said : ‘ My boss said the best thing would be to get back to work as normal and I feel better for coming in straight away . ’ |
| 3 | Oh she said I 'm ever so sorry I was miles away , I said yeah we 've just said that , I said you never even heard us , so I said what you , you ca n't understand why you pay too much tax , she said no I know why I pay too much tax she said but more she said I used to be in business she said and I 'm on basic rate of tax , so I said yeah I 've had some of that , so she said what basic rate of tax , I said yeah where I 've come so , it 's a funny thing she said , I was saying to Carol the other day , she said erm , she said what a difference them blokes you work with , so I said yeah , I said I 'm always saying that about these so she said oh she said er |
| 4 | Anne hid her doubts and congratulated him , but later she said to Sarah , ‘ It seems a bit of a waste for John to do labouring , does n't it ? |
| 5 | The poor little thing ’ , and he would laugh , and sometimes he would skin it himself and sometimes he would throw it away , but now she says , ‘ I am not going to skin that rabbit , Hywel , so do n't imagine I am ’ , and sometimes he skins it himself and sometimes he throws it away . |
| 6 | But now she said , ‘ No , not just now , ducks . ’ |
| 7 | But now she said , as if there had been no period of silence between them , ‘ Neil 's my friend , OK ? |
| 8 | But then she says it 's stopping her getting Carl down . |
| 9 | And Jessie listened for a time , but then she said , ‘ But she must be a total stranger . |
| 10 | My probation officer outside told me she 'd try to bring her up , but then she said it was too far and she could n't get the funds , so I only saw her twice in eight months . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm not a mind reader , ’ she flashed , but then she said more gently , ‘ I 'm not worried . |
| 12 | But then she said , ‘ Eh , well , just a minute Morag . |
| 13 | But then she said you get erm you put it on and you get a brush and er not a brush , a roller . |
| 14 | Christine half-turned then , and glanced at the room as if some ironic comment had presented itself in her mind ; but instead she said , ‘ Anyone can do anything . |