Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] and say " in BNC.
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| 1 | The barman yawned and said he 'd be closing the bar soon . |
| 2 | The fräulein smiled and said , ‘ Auf wiedersehen ’ Karelius alone used the old Austrian farewell : ‘ Ich küsse die Hand . ’ |
| 3 | On another occasion an out-of-work blacksmith came and said that " if the parish would not find him a shop to work in , he would make his complaint to a justice " . |
| 4 | The consultant arrived and said not to push as he had to get changed . |
| 5 | At the door , my judge turned and said , |
| 6 | This time the old Princess smiled and said something to her daughter . |
| 7 | To my relief the old lady smiled and said , ‘ Never mind what they call you , Frankie . |
| 8 | The lady smiled and said ‘ Thank-you.in At that point I heard a faint hissing sound , which I like to imagine was his ego deflating , but which in all probability came from the oxygen cylinder . |
| 9 | The man behind the desk paused and said , ‘ It 's a point , ’ with no interest at all . |
| 10 | Then one lady wrote and said that the ladies of the local church should do it for us . |
| 11 | Another lady wrote and said how her husband ‘ has regained his boyish figure again' . |
| 12 | The driver turned and said , worried now , ‘ Mille neuf cent soixante francs , monsieur . ’ |
| 13 | and erm and that 's what erm , the teacher came and said she 'd fallen out of erm one of the , er I think she said bogeys or something ? |
| 14 | ‘ The coroner came and said my husband must have been drunk , fell and drowned . |
| 15 | Her husband nodded and said : ‘ First rate . |
| 16 | Isaac the first-born spake and said , My Father , |
| 17 | He could n't answer , but the second-in-command at the place appeared and said ‘ Mrs Desai , I have some work for you . ’ |
| 18 | Pete asked and Mum grinned and said ‘ Well , I suppose so but I 'll give it a good wash when we get home . ’ |
| 19 | About an hour later I woke up and there was a hell of a smell of gas and I was still there , and my friend came and said , ‘ There 's an awful smell of gas in this flat , you 'll kill yourself one of these days . ’ |
| 20 | The green-grocer laughed and said , ’ You would be better with a box . |
| 21 | An office was found , and the King sat and said , ‘ Well , what is this ? |
| 22 | Then one day the foreman came and said ‘ Mrs Desai , why have you packed up ? ’ |
| 23 | As I reached the door the woman smiled and said something in French which I did not understand . |
| 24 | The woman smiled and said , ‘ Will you have some coffee ? |
| 25 | When the news did become public , colleagues who had avoided speaking to me when the going got tough reappeared and said how sorry they were that I was leaving . |
| 26 | Brown Owl laughed and said , ‘ Not that sort of rainbow , Jo ! |
| 27 | A man came and said to me , one will come with money and you will do thus and thus . ’ |
| 28 | It was not until an Indian secretary arrived and said " Well I 'm sorry , you ca n't really go up , the Harem is up there . " |
| 29 | The secretary laughed and said he thought he could guess who that was . |
| 30 | George thought shrugged and said : ‘ Sprague told me in deepest confidence but … |