Example sentences of "they said [pron] could [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They did n't even know I could sing , but they said they could do things to my voice . |
| 2 | They said they could do the same cake but at a cost of £103 , ’ she said . |
| 3 | LTSS came back to Keith yesterday with a request for an official order for the network points and cabling , which they said they could carry out next week . |
| 4 | Now la last There 's two people down here last week , they said they could hear me breathing |
| 5 | They said nobody could do it . |
| 6 | Yeah well that 's what they said we could do that . |
| 7 | I talked them into it because at first they were scared , one because they thought they 'd get docked for it — but they said we could have half a day off for it and not get docked — and also because they thought Ros and Maureen were going to be looking down on them , " Oh , you 're only young girls ' , things like that . |
| 8 | that 's a long time since they said we could have it . |
| 9 | When they took them away they said we could come and reclaim them any time we wanted , if we brought ten rupees . |
| 10 | They said it could have gone off at any time . |
| 11 | I cleared that and fixed the vice up and they said I could do that and I used the and that in their place and er then they had to quit the premises completely , did n't they ? |
| 12 | I used to go to Sunday school all the time before and they said I could go free . |
| 13 | They said I could claim for my dog . |
| 14 | They said I could work just in termtime as long as I give them notice of the definite weeks a month in advance . ’ |
| 15 | The Gotobeds were n't hard people , the young ladies gave him sweets and toys and made a real pet of him , but they could n't comfort him , and in the end they said he could go back home one day . |
| 16 | I thought that would be that , but they said he could have a vote , and he loves to go . |
| 17 | I said what happens if she had n't had Down 's Syndrome , they said she could have gone home , so I said : ‘ That 's it , wrap her up , we 're going home . |