Example sentences of "and i said to [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And I said to 'im , I said : ‘ All right , Mr Hodge , all right . |
| 2 | And I said to him — we had a fairly frank relationship — I said , ‘ Listen , Ron , I 'm going to be here tomorrow , and you 're not ; and I 've got to be comfortable . ’ |
| 3 | And I said to him , ‘ But how did you know an antelope was there ? ’ |
| 4 | We are knocking on the door of the League and I said to him : ‘ Why not do a Barnet here ? ’ ’ |
| 5 | ‘ And I said to him , ‘ Push off , mate , I 'm not standing for that ’ — and he did , pretty quickly ! ' , |
| 6 | One thing I struck me this week there 's a new regulation as regard punctures on tyres because I had this completely flat tyre and a whole new set of tyres and I said to him well ca n't you mend it , ca n't you put an inner tube in like I I 've done before cos there was a nail in it you see . |
| 7 | So I went into the doctor 's surgery and I said to him , I said : ‘ Look , I apologise . |
| 8 | I visited a college there in , in that offshore island in the Indian Ocean and met the principal of that theological college and I said to him , I asked him how the college was going and he gave the same blandness to his answer as to my question and then he said of his theological college we are still training an aristocracy for the church and ensuring the inertia of the people of God . |
| 9 | Now er her husband came down one day and I said to him , what 's your name , and he said Mr |
| 10 | They did work in er two worked in two different quarries but within a week or a fortnight that young lad approached one of our members and said he 's sorry that he 'd ever gone back and I said to him well come back and join us and forget it all . |
| 11 | He used to come in here he did n't know er how good it was , he 's a a bit of a bit of a lady , you know , kick your eye out , and he come in here , I can see him now si sitting on that chair there er , and I was sat there and I said to him , I said er why do n't you start kidding to it and all this madam , you know , give it sweets and this other . |
| 12 | I went into the gardens one Sunday morning with the dog found a body in a sleeping bag and I really did n't know whether I thought it was alive or not alive so I went rather closer and I got a very defensive angry stare from a young man and I said to him I 'm not going to ask you to move , because you 've probably got nowhere to go , my real concern is are you okay . |
| 13 | He walked past me later and I said to him , ‘ Going home early ’ and he said , ‘ Family problems . ’ |
| 14 | And I said to him if you do n't pack it up I 'm gon na get out and walk . |
| 15 | I said to go in and see and I said to him go and see the bear , and with that Dave knocked on the door . |
| 16 | He sat in my armchair over and I said to him , well now nanny probably wo n't ever work again darling so I ca n't afford it so I 'm not buying much this year , he said you says that every year . |
| 17 | And he said well I 'm pretty sure , but he said fifty , fifty and I said to him , well I said you know , you think about it but I 'd already , sort of , made up my mind that I was n't gon na , sort of , next year anyway |
| 18 | he said , you know fifteen pounds a week , and I said to him what about the petrol ? |
| 19 | Yes , yes , but erm , you know , I have had to say to the chaps , one of them came in and he said he 'd been spoiled down at the cedar and I said oh well , I , I 've been cooking a breakfast for Neil of course by the operation of sods law , Neil suddenly goes off the idea of having breakfast , so I find myself cooking breakfast for this other lump , who is as idol and selfish as anybody ever met in all the born days , and I said to him just recently , I said , I , I ca n't get up and do breakfast 's in the morning any more , well he says he come 's down and does he 's own , you see they can when they feel that they want too . |
| 20 | And I said to him I 'm sorry I was swimming . |
| 21 | and I said to him , I thought they er were fifty pence and he said I 've picked you out the biggest and the best . |
| 22 | I know when we 've er sold the house , when our children all went and left us , the house was for three bedrooms , right , and I , I said to my husband I do n't want to stay here because they built the school outside behind our er , erm back yard , and every , all the rubbish that kids throw threw over and I said to him I do n't want to stay now kids , kids gone , children gone leave , left home , got married and went to off , I said I do n't want to live here , I do n't want to retire to , to stay at home and listen to the kids at school all day long and have the rubbish thrown over the hedge |
| 23 | And I said to him , I said well I hope I do n't mind er me ringing the doctor , well he said no that 's what we 're here for . |
| 24 | And I said to him , he said what 's the matter ? |
| 25 | one and we 'd had a chat for a long , long time and I said to him afterwards , I was able to understand everything he said ! |
| 26 | And I said to him I said sh , I said this is six weeks . |
| 27 | And I said to him I 've worked out that less in the mornings to have a firm come in , you know |
| 28 | Erm , and I said to him you will help me wo n't you , you wo n't go back to me doing everything , oh lord he said , I 'll , I 'll do my share , so we went back to a routine , whereby I did , washing , ironing , cooking , cleaning , washing the car , mowing the lawn , doing the flower beds , and the doing the , he walked the dog . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | The doctor started work the day I went in , and she pre-warned me and I said to him , no big cuts please ? |