Example sentences of "i said to " in BNC.
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| 31 | I stood it for a bit and then I 'm afraid I said to him that what was sauce for the goose and at least I was n't married . ’ |
| 32 | As I said to you yesterday , I have no idea what we shall do without you when you finally decide to depart . |
| 33 | I am hallucinating , I said to myself at first : the strain has affected my mind . |
| 34 | When I got up next morning , I said to her , ‘ Are you still proud of me ? ’ |
| 35 | Les Conn : ‘ So anyway ’ , I said to David , ‘ I think you 'll have to have your hair cut , otherwise you wo n't get this programme on television ’ , to which he replied that he would n't cut his hair for the Prime Minister . |
| 36 | at the time , I thought , ‘ This is ridiculous , I 'm holding these boys back ’ because I was also managing a singer called Marc Bolan , and in the quieter moments , he and David would decorate my office to fill in the time , but I said to them that I had just run out of money and could n't afford to carry on — I 'd taken no commission from either of them at the time — so I went off to Spain to think about my next move and released them both from their contracts . ’ |
| 37 | In the end I remember I said to him that I was just a spoilt Yank and my father sent me money so he need n't worry about a thing . |
| 38 | It was n't long after the conversation about the Ivor Novello Award that he became much more resolved that he did n't need Ken Pitt as manager , so I said to him that the only thing he could do in that case was to get an attorney who would break the contract . |
| 39 | He suggested we go and talk to him , so I said to David , ‘ Well , here 's this guy — I do n't know what he 's going to do , but let's go and see him . ’ |
| 40 | Not that it mattered very much because he was living in my flat and was n't going to starve , but I said to him , there is only one way that you can make quick , ready money and that is going out in cabaret . |
| 41 | ‘ That 's what I said to your Dad but he would n't hear of it . ’ |
| 42 | I said to my son , ‘ Well , I could n't quite decide what to put first . |
| 43 | Because I said to myself , even if you ca n't afford no frock , ca n't afford no party , ca n't afford no bouquet , at least you can have a new hat . ’ |
| 44 | Still , I said to myself , so she has got a husband after all , because I was beginning to put two and two together and ask myself a few questions . |
| 45 | And , ‘ I said to Mrs Ross , ‘ but it is your niece 's house ’ … |
| 46 | ‘ So boo to you , ’ I said to the murderer as I went through the gate — and noticed for the first time that there were no bushes there , just a little hedge of lavender . |
| 47 | I said to ‘ Hold his scutum at the top ’ , not ‘ Boil his scrotum in a pot ’ , silly goose ! |
| 48 | ‘ Excuse me , , I said to an elderly gentleman coming towards us , ‘ can you direct us to the Gypsy Queen 's caravan ? ’ |
| 49 | I said to Cohn , ‘ If you have the names , why ask me ? ’ |
| 50 | I said to myself I will not vote for the Conservative party again . |
| 51 | In desperation I said to Noel Buttigieg-Scicluna , Secretary of the Maltese Nationalist Party , ‘ Noel , please go up and make a speech until we can find Eddie . ’ |
| 52 | This is the reason why I said to the managers of the Berlin Philharmonic in 1955 , I will have the orchestra for my lifetime , otherwise I will not sign the contract . |
| 53 | I said to the manager , Ghiringhelli , who was already a great personal friend , that it was important for me to go , but if it was not possible then I would forget it . |
| 54 | She was singing on stage when we arrived and by the time I had reached my seat I said to the man who was with me , this is the Salome I have been looking for . |
| 55 | I said to the orchestra , ‘ If there are discords we must always play them as beautifully as we know how . ’ |
| 56 | ‘ About Harry 's car , ’ I said to Doone . |
| 57 | What I said to you was nothing but the truth . |
| 58 | I said to Schur , after reminding him of his promise , ‘ Tell Anna . ’ |
| 59 | I said to him , ‘ How much am I expected to drop in ? ’ |
| 60 | When we had finished filming I said to Kim Bailey , the trainer : ‘ If you ever need somebody to ride this little horse , I would love to be considered . ’ |