Example sentences of "they say [pron] [modal v] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 31 | They said they would , but they said you ought to give us the surname . |
| 32 | This policeman was having to give evidence and he 'd come to talk , oh I see you 've had the baby , cos he was talking to me it had happened I said , oh what did you have blah blah blah , blah blah blah , but the little devil went in the witness box , he denied about not being there on duty about putting his mac on , ooh and he 'd never clapped eyes on barrister or a solicitor and they said he 'll meet you before the case , so we had to go extra early meet this barrister and he never came and so they took us in this little room in all his wig and his gown , we got , oh what happened ? |
| 33 | They said he 'd swap them if they did n't fit . |
| 34 | If they guarantee to put the mattresses all up in the dry they asked you to do yours or did they say they would do it ? |
| 35 | Why did they say you would tell me about Van Gogh ? " |