Example sentences of "[det] and [pron] say " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 That 's right , I 've , I 've been through over the year 's I 've been doing this and they say , whether it 's because they know if the background at the er vets , the private vets there , you know I do n't know , but the information I get from them , that there 'd a , there not prepared to over .
2 You need a television , yeah , but you need a special special dish erm in Eurostep 's own publicity — I looked at this and they say the programme is available with , you know , sort of cheap and readily available sort of satellite dishes .
3 But we talk about this and we said we 're cutting the shopping down , I 'm not going shopping .
4 Either that or we write a couple of variations on the end of this and we say the general access conforms to this but in their case , the other one is pre-booked , the extras and they have a booking schedule .
5 We we just have this weird notation that we write it like this and we say it like that cos squared Z what we mean
6 Well I was watching one of those Antique Road Shows quite recently and I found a chap got one of those little sort of two inch diameter one inch high chamber pots and he said and where did you get this and she said er at a car boot sale and he said and how much did you pay and she said twenty five P .
7 But erm she said she has said that we could do this and she said that 's fine , she said .
8 And the f the the younger apprentices used to plunk on a Monday afternoon and all go along to Street to the this and she says , You did n't need to buy sweeties it was the rails of the gallery were sticking with toffee .
9 I pretended to ignore this and he said something in German after me which I took to mean : ‘ You must be a very dull fellow if you do n't think that sort of thing funny . ’
10 Rain asked whether he had told anyone else about this and he said not .
11 When I had occasion to talk to the Home Secretary about this , I asked him about this and he said oh , we want it to be local and I said you mean local not region and he said yes , local and I hope my noble friend who was there will remember that when he comes to decide whether this region things ever going to get a running .
12 I told him this and he says , Is that all it takes minutes .
13 Tell me was I dreaming or did I see a sketch on T V where there 's a car driving round , down the road being chased by the police and the driver said to the passenger er here take this and he says what 's that for and he says it 's to steer the car , presses a button and the car splits
14 One of the stewards saw him a-doin' this and he say :
15 But sometimes they give you something like this and you say , Oh it 's one times Especially
16 Mark said this and I said that . ’
17 I began to doubt this and I said so in my talk .
18 So I went rushing round to a friend of mine who fortunately had some and I said I want to see your walking , and I was much comforted to discover that they do actually use all six legs .
19 And , when we moved , he went to another and he said : ‘ You 've got no chance .
20 One thing led to another and he says if we 're so inclined , and we do n't mind a bit of inconvenience , he 'll take us all on the barge to Liverpool — and nothing to pay !
21 I brought the duck I do n't want the duck so I said to her I got the duck but after good girl and she you 're alright with one thing and another and I said I told her I said I said to her when we were over there I said look , look you 're right if you like again so er warden came round
22 one thing and another and I said oh I do n't know , and there are Sunday and said look about taking Matthew , why do n't you let him go and I said well it 's a , it 's a long time , you know for
23 No this is , cos Marion and Matthew they like Indians and they go both me ma , start again , they like Indian meals and they 've been round to quite a few and they said this is the best one they 've been to .
24 Cos I do n't , I mean I might be really putting my foot in it but I do n't think Foxy likes him that much and he said that he 's basically he 's a it is his bark mu his bark is much worse than his bite .
25 the trouble is though when you have these meetings you go and people say well I do n't agree with this and I do n't agree with that and somebody says well this is n't the matter for the P T A this is a matter for the governors and then when you try and , like Gary I 'll go and approach with the governors , surely this is n't a matter for the governors , this really ought to be , you know , the ,
26 because I was n't I said how come it ends up being that and they said you just carry .
27 but thing is there 's a lot lot of like Lee 's friends and that and they say well I could n't work in a shoe shop and I would n't work in a , and I say why ?
28 Told you that and you said yuk .
29 I know I 've said that and you said oh no I could cope with your mum and
30 say that and you say , Well I do say that .
  Next page