Example sentences of "and [pron] said they be " in BNC.
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| 1 | He sometimes showed them to me , and I said they were very good . |
| 2 | Yeah erm Alice at school , she give me one but hers were n't called them and I said they were called Imps |
| 3 | I remember I remember I saw the shorts and you said they 're nice . |
| 4 | And you said they were very dangerous . ’ |
| 5 | His mother had two sons , and she said they 're not going to be helpless , you 've lost it stupid . |
| 6 | He asked who had given her them , and she said they were a present from her mother . |
| 7 | make sure I see her this week , so she said oh she said Penny is a good girl she said er there was Penny and Margaret working at G P P and she said they were both doing test but she said come the end of day they only wanted one she said and for that , so she said Penny stood back and let Margaret stay to keep her job |
| 8 | Julia 's had them and she said they were fine . |
| 9 | Leading Comrade Wong wanted to know the weaknesses of the Chinese English students , and we said they were really very good ( which they are ) , and he asked whether we had any dissatisfactions or criticisms , and we said we did n't , which seemed almost to crestfall him , as it seems part of the Chinese way of life that criticisms should be exchanged . |
| 10 | ‘ And they said they was just farmers , like us , ’ mused Jonadab , as they rode at a walk through the high arched entrance and into the stable-yard . |
| 11 | And they said they were still planning an evening out together on their 10th anniversary . |
| 12 | Yes , I have at last , and the I 'm sure that they lied in their teeth , they they assured me they had written to me after my second letter in March , er in fact , and they said they were going to send me a photocopy of that , in fact er she wrote me a letter in June , so I do n't believe the other one existed , |
| 13 | And they said they were concerned and disappointed by the lack of progress made since Beverley died . |
| 14 | Almost , you know and they said they were better , we were right looking at the stage over this time . |
| 15 | They bought out , this company have bought out a new tile and he said they 're looking for a sort of nice house to have as a sort of a show house and then he thinks he 'll get them for nothing . |
| 16 | And he felt them and he said they are a bit he said . |
| 17 | ‘ Darling , ’ Arabella had said , ‘ You know that PR firm I did some work for ? I was talking with their boss the other day , and he said they were looking for new blood … ’ |
| 18 | There was a man who spoke a bit of English and he said they were going to send for a doctor , but I told them you suffered from fits and you 'd be all right . ’ |
| 19 | Two or three carcasses of animals in , in a plastic bag and it said they was just literally matted together . |