Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [coord] [pron] say [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Several people were listening but nobody said anything at first . |
| 2 | and the other chap that brought it round was very nice and we were talking and she said we worked at Panasonic and I said to him said yes , and I , I said oh I know somebody who works for Panasonic , and she said oh they probably know each other and she told me . |
| 3 | I rushed him to hospital and the doctor asked how it was done and I said he 'd fallen over on the step . |
| 4 | It was my first baby and I was panicking and he said there was no need to panic ! |
| 5 | I said to him we made her a cup of coffee out of a teapot that was bought and she says she was talking about it . |
| 6 | and they have these bloody great artics come down and put the stuff in your shed and it was nicked but he said there 's in , there 's about eighty odd hampers nicked worth about sort of , perhaps four thousand |
| 7 | Of his talk with Mr Yeltsin , Mr Clinton said : ‘ We just talked about what he was doing and I said I supported democracy and free-market economics in Russia . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I asked the son how he knew how much was stolen and he said he last counted it 12 months ago . ’ |
| 9 | and I said and I was hesitating and I said I 'm sorry I said I feel a bit embarrassed he said for what reason and old Rose was with me well at door she said she knows me she said well she said if it will interest you what if I never . |
| 10 | ‘ She was complaining at not being able to get through because my number was engaged and I said I 'd been talking to you . |