Example sentences of "said [pron] [be] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Acting Inspector Rennie Chivers said no-one was injured in the crash , but there was ‘ extensive damage ’ to one side of the patrol vehicle . |
| 2 | Tonight , social services said nothing was done the first time because nobody believed the complaints . |
| 3 | He said I was born sin . |
| 4 | When I got the job on the building site , Mr Jackson said I was grown up enough to live on my own . |
| 5 | In nineteen eighty three from nineteen fifty three after thirty years of making cheese , they changed his job , I think many of you are ahead of me already , he said I was given a job change and I began working in landscaping , how nice while being interviewed some time ago I was asked what I thought about being giving a job change after thirty years of making cheese and he said well it did n't bother me , I noted , frankly because I did n't like making cheese anyway |
| 6 | My friend Lindsey said I was consumed with earthy desires and unable to reach the higher planes . |
| 7 | He said I was left stood there with this other mate on me other side going what 's he had to drink ? |
| 8 | He asked me to go full-time with him , but I said I was committed to Frank . |
| 9 | Yeah , but she said I were called one night I went with her daughter-in-law |
| 10 | I said no I do n't , he said well what I was anyway he said I 'm retired now . |
| 11 | tonight she said I 'm called a Bogey , so he said |
| 12 | After a clash with ITV interviewer Gary Newbon , Benn rounded on the ‘ armchair critics who said I 'm washed up ’ and blasted : ‘ They are n't worth a hand job . ’ |
| 13 | It was to be entitled Drive , He Said which was taken from the Robert Creely poem : |
| 14 | The call the night before : Mohammed ca n't fly tomorrow , his gland has come up again , anyway , he mentioned your name , said you 're rated for the 35 , wonder if you could make it £200 cash and your exes ? |
| 15 | We saw , we saw one or two others that were involved , that were involved in it , and er I were talking to the , one of the young producers that were there and er and I said if you 're short of some ac actors I said me and my mate will be actors you know , oh she said you 're dressed just right I 'll tell ya |
| 16 | I said you 're paid the same . |
| 17 | You said you 're allowed ? |
| 18 | No they do n't listen to it , they said you 're allowed to swear as much as you like |
| 19 | I said you were blinkered , and it 's true . |
| 20 | ‘ You just said you were called Frank . ’ |
| 21 | And , ’ she said confidingly , patting Meredith 's cold face , ‘ we almost despaired when he said you were determined to find out everything there was to know about your family . |
| 22 | He said you were born old , and that you needed to have a wife to soften you up a bit . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ You said you were thrown out by your landlord . |
| 24 | ‘ I said you were sunk low enough to match his sordid background , yes . ’ |
| 25 | I said I said she 's bound to phone back in a minute ! |
| 26 | Toni Halliday said she 's learned a great deal about women from men , ‘ and some men are able to write about the women we dream of being . ’ |
| 27 | She said she 's walked for the first time and felt exhausted . |
| 28 | Said she 's meant to hurt you not give you enjoyment . |
| 29 | But Carol said she is baffled over how the girls came to have such good singing voices . |
| 30 | Dr Higgs , now a consultant at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Gateshead , said she was heartened by the number of support groups springing up to help victims of child abuse . |