Example sentences of "said [modal v] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You know , the beginning when I said may I smoke ? |
| 2 | So she said should we go down now Oh . |
| 3 | Aye , he said to your Mum cos I thought she said might she 'd have them again . |
| 4 | And he said that he 'd phoned them and said could they change it and he 'd finish at eleven then he can still start tomorrow night again at quarter to one . |
| 5 | said could they help out a little bit for teachers you know ? |
| 6 | So it needs some , an action somewhere to erm , er , er , he said could we get , if we 've got a conformation , conformation that 's from R E S could you send it to British Section . |
| 7 | A friend and I in in our church we 've started erm a mother and toddler service and that seemed to really help a lot of the young mums they really look forward and they said could we have it more often . |
| 8 | And thirdly there 's a meeting at Stansted Airport of the Committee tomorrow and I wrote and said so to the Committee and said could we discuss this with the Committee tomorrow and again I asked for information to be available to the public and particularly to local Councils so they could alter the situation . |
| 9 | of it like that Anyway she said could we , I said well I ca n't come tomorrow cos Sheila 's coming over they said Wednesday , now that was , no I know how about Thursday ? |
| 10 | I said could we do anything ? |
| 11 | I said could we do anything ? |
| 12 | One lady thought we were turfing and she said could we turf the lawn for her ? |
| 13 | ‘ Oh , and by the way , Mum , ’ went on Violet , ‘ Philippa rang and said could you man the Bric-à-Brac Stall on Saturday . ’ |
| 14 | I 'm a member of the Institution of Electrical Engineers and er because I 'm by background an electronics engineer and I was at a meeting there where a chap was giving a talk on design express lifts you know at Northampton and the Chairman stood up and introduced doctor whoever he was sat down turned round to me in the second row and said could you give a vote of thanks at the end . |
| 15 | I said could you mention it to him . |
| 16 | And she said could you read me your number out like . |
| 17 | He said I could murder a roll up I said could you ? |
| 18 | and said could you please put the word around your people um well there 's yourself Ann Packard erm |
| 19 | Erm Amy said could you find out as soon as possible about your church person , erm , because she 's got to get somebody else if they 're no good and er Elsie 's going to find out . |
| 20 | He said could I come to the station . |
| 21 | Well Miss rang me up about twenty to nine and said could I come in for the day and I said you 've had it for the day though consider the afternoon . |
| 22 | He said could he speak to Mr O'Sullivan and she said no . |
| 23 | Said could he sleep on the sofa a couple 've nights . |
| 24 | And also he said could he have a news sheet |
| 25 | I said could it have been continuous rain ? |
| 26 | so I said but I 'm not disappointed but she said just listen to what I 've got to say , she said , erm , because anybody else that 's failed we 've just said I 'm sorry we ca n't have you , but she said with you , we all feel that you 've got so much to offer she said I 'm gon na offer you a relief post which means that you can go into other people 's ho er other homes , all around , all different hospitals if somebody 's short , they can call on you and I said could it be a full time job , will it give me enough money to say that I 'm working ? |
| 27 | than my job then he said I presume you 've got mixed feelings , I said no my feelings are n't mixed up at all , I 'm quite , I 'm quite sure of my feelings of what I know , I said David I would n't associate myself , I would n't drink and I would n't go out with anybody in this building and he nearly fell over and he said dare I ask why ? |
| 28 | Sir John said on the programme : ‘ They rang us up and said would we go across . |
| 29 | And , she said would we like these shirts ? |
| 30 | And I said would they pass me over |