Example sentences of "[subord] i said [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although I said to my husband when I was pregnant , what if I have a handicapped baby ? |
| 2 | They realise that their route to the Community can be opened only if their countries are practising real democracy in respect of human rights , and multi-party Parliaments — although I said to my Polish friends , ’ You can go a bit too far . ’ |
| 3 | It was n't long after the conversation about the Ivor Novello Award that he became much more resolved that he did n't need Ken Pitt as manager , so I said to him that the only thing he could do in that case was to get an attorney who would break the contract . |
| 4 | He suggested we go and talk to him , so I said to David , ‘ Well , here 's this guy — I do n't know what he 's going to do , but let's go and see him . ’ |
| 5 | Ordinarily I am not a quick thinker but this situation was very clear ; it took me only seconds to realize that Matt , with his family , needed the job more than I did , so I said to Fred , ‘ In that case , I would like to resign ’ . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'd been getting records on tick from Billy for ages , ’ explains Havanna 's Tony Scott , ‘ so I said to him ‘ If I make up a record , would you square up the bill ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ So I said to him , ’ said John , ‘ do me a favour and go back to America and give the Red Indians home rule . ’ |
| 8 | I got down there just now so I said to him |
| 9 | If I said to you , ‘ I saw a chair going down the road yesterday and … ’ you would interrupt and say , ‘ That belongs to Mr So-and-So , 316 Carphalute Quadrant North , Lesmahagow , AND his dog has the croup , and last year he lost his … ‘ ’ |
| 10 | If I said to my mother , ‘ I 'm longing for when he or she can do so-and-so , ’ she would say , ‘ Do n't wish the time away ! ’ |
| 11 | Says Rick , who lost the limb eight years ago : ‘ If I said to somebody : ‘ Put your hand where you think mine is ’ , they could actually feel it . ’ |
| 12 | So say if I said to you , well if and I said to you , Well what could I do ? |
| 13 | What where are you I 've missed that actually the the quite interesting just to briefly ask you about th erm When we s when I saw you last time , you were telling me something about actually erm a bit about yourself how what kind of person actually saying , you know , personality , what kind of things Wh how would you actually describe yourself ? say if I said to you , Erm what kind of person are you ? |
| 14 | ‘ If I said to you , ’ replies Anya wearily , ‘ that I wanted you to stop what you were doing , stop everything , and drive miles and miles , into the back of beyond , just to be with me , you 'd have told me to piss off . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ If I said to Robert once , I said to him fifty times , ’ his great-uncle was grumbling . |
| 16 | Yeah , it 's the , it 's the with the word natural is n't it that er you know people often use the word natural to mean good and right and therefore something you should do , but of course no not always I mean if I said to you death is natural , nobody here would think I was advocating suicide or that er we should n't have hospitals to try and save people 's lives I mean er when you say death is natural , what you mean is death is one of those things that we just have to put up with , we 'd rather we did n't but we 're all gon na have to face it in the end , some of us sooner than others er but erm but there we are . |
| 17 | If I said to John and Joanne erm that I saw a boy running up the ginnel no you understand ? |
| 18 | If I said to you I missed Neighbours on Friday , what happened , a lot of you could tell me , could n't you ? |
| 19 | If I said to you the communication right these are the methods that this is what actually communication is . |
| 20 | And if I said to you those three elements of communication that makes up the hundred percent of it yes ? |
| 21 | If I said to you how would you divide that hundred percent up between those three what value would you put on your message . |
| 22 | See if I said to my mum and dad I 'm stopping at Hannah 's tonight she 'll say is Emma stopping with her and I 'll say yes . |
| 23 | If I said to you every time you pick up the phone it 's closer to ten pounds , would it get you very excited . |
| 24 | You know , if I said to Terry 's wife , Mrs , how much lead time do you need to set up your show ? |
| 25 | If I said to you , what 's erm what 's three quarters of twenty ? |
| 26 | oh I 've had a bit of a day or erm ooh , whatever it is , and erm I said to myself I am making allowances for being tired and getting , getting on a bit , you know , and that went on for quite a while actually until I said to myself I 'm making up allowances you know , I 'm |
| 27 | ‘ Like I said to you — he 's always nervous . ’ |
| 28 | Like I said to you earlier , he visited the cells all round the country . |
| 29 | The money 's , like I said to you |
| 30 | Like I said to you |