Example sentences of "said [modal v] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | You know , the beginning when I said may I smoke ? |
| 2 | He said could I come to the station . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 ? |
| 5 | I did , yes , erm , when erm , we thought our prisoner was finished the co-ordinators wrote to me and said would I be interested , would our group be interested in erm , writing to Yugoslavia 's still , because with the Civil War going on there 's lots of cases coming up , for example there was a whole hospital full of patients that were taken prisoner I do n't know if they were actually physically removed or whether they were held in the hospital without access to medical treatment for something like ten days , and erm , Saria did say she 'd help me last time and I wrote back and said yes , two of us could write once a month , well they 're taken that very liberally and , and , got two or three things from the already and erm , if anyone else is interested in writing an odd letter say once a month to Yugoslavia maybe they could erm , let me know later on . . |
| 6 | So this gentleman came and he was i , said would I be prepared to run a fete in aid of Doctor Barnardos Home ? |
| 7 | I told him about Charlotte and he said would I describe her , in the smallest detail that I could . |
| 8 | Then he said would I move a little bit to the right so that he could see me because the edges of the picture distort . |
| 9 | There was n't any new town or anything and er they 'd built those er Council houses in the front in and he also erm , he said would I like a nice new house , to have plenty of hot water for the boys for bathing and everything , so I moved into a four bedroom and er I was there , er brought my family up there for , till er , unfortunately my mother came to live with me and unfortunately erm I had to go away erm because I was n't very well on a holiday and I was called back cos she was found dead on the toilet my poor mother and er after that erm I came back and erm , in the middle of the week from holiday , oh bother it will it be okay ? |
| 10 | No , you said would I bring it up at this meeting . |
| 11 | So why John said would I show you how to truss nice , I do n't wish to learn thank you ! |
| 12 | They give you something for that cos I m the B B C asked me once to , they knocked the door and said would I make a note of all the programmes for one week and just put my opinion , it was just four different , you know , |
| 13 | They pho , phoned last night and said would I collect some stuff from someone in so |
| 14 | It 's it is a nationwide survey on spoken English erm there 's a somebody approached me today and said would I carry a tape around for a week and record people talking . |
| 15 | Well she said would I tell anybody |
| 16 | Street , I said is that , is that alright , you know sort of thing I said would I , she said yes she said it does , she said it , it runs the same route as the five , two , seven , but it runs early then it becomes five , two , seven , the five , two , ones still on , like a two seven and a two one , two seven , two one and there were |
| 17 | saying she 's spoke to you about some development plan or something I she said shall I bring it round to you , I said no I 'll ask . |
| 18 | So she said shall I get any of that back ? |
| 19 | I said shall I get him some more chews ? |
| 20 | I said shall I ? |
| 21 | as I was speaking at erm a neighbours and friends group at my parents church and Rosie heard about it and she said will I come and speak to you . |
| 22 | The one that she had at the pool she threw on the swimming pool floor in disgust cos I put her back in the carrycot thing Yeah Ev Evelyn was saying oh will I , she said will you see me back er she said will I see you back in in the twos group ? |
| 23 | And he says yes , he said can I have a look ? |
| 24 | ‘ We do have some strange requests one man came in and said can I have a Veronica Lake wig ! ’ laughed part-time assistant May Orritt . |
| 25 | And she said can I have it ? |
| 26 | Oh Richard , James , James said can I have the hairbrush out . |
| 27 | She said can I borrow her please and I said no . |
| 28 | Anyway she said can I see her . |
| 29 | And then she went in one day and she knew she 'd had a thousand and said can I extend it ? |
| 30 | He said can I pull it open ? |