Example sentences of "say [pron] could [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Chicheley-Smythes have bought an absolutely super villa in Sardinia and say we could rent it if we 'd like to . |
| 2 | Chris says I could do it with my eyes shut , but he 's biased . ’ |
| 3 | No he says I could do it in a lot less time than that , he said and a lot neater , I said , you saying I 'm a scruffy writer ? |
| 4 | She somebody has fenced it off , she says I could see them far enough , she said , we always had that bit for our camp and it was further down the glen . |
| 5 | She says I could put hers down , you says I could put yours so stop telling big whoppers again . |
| 6 | She says I could put hers down , you says I could put yours so stop telling big whoppers again . |
| 7 | He says you could argue we 're just transferring the pollution from the streets to the power station . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's a great shame because every year the prize-wining pumpkin is used in the seeds contest by a local pub and I 'd already said they could have it . ’ |
| 9 | Mummie says it could give me cancer , who cares ? |
| 10 | a bit too advanced , stuff that I never got and all of a sudden I was still saying I could do it and I could n't any more so I , took me ages to get rid of that reputation cos why I know about you see , I forgotten what fucking hard too get rid of it |
| 11 | whatever they were using as bait presumably some mackerel or something like that but , but as I was saying you could see it trailing through and then all , suddenly out of like nowhere this fish would come and like chase after it |
| 12 | ‘ I see now why you said I could give it back to you when the time was right . ’ |
| 13 | He said I could leave it with him and he 'd sort it out . |
| 14 | the end of the last straw you see , so I went in the Co-Op and I felt really , really fed up , I said I oh I said I could cry I said because I 've tried so hard I said not for lending you money I said , I 'm not meant to have any sodding luck so got a couple of bits and I really could n't get me act together and on the Tuesday dad 's gone in hospital with that fit , so I was thinking of him a lot and I thought I do n't know dad , you know I 'm sure , I 'm sure that he were n't gon na come out when he went in there , I thought they were gon na bloody find something with you boy and that would be it , so I come home here and I ai n't done no work , so I started off for work , both sitting here bloody bawling cos this house looked like shit , spoke to me sister on the phone and er I felt a bit better so I thought oh I 'd start doing the tree , so I pulled it all to bits in here , got the polish and duster out , put all the bread and everything for Alan 's sandwiches , it 'd be about oh , about half past twelve and the bloody phone went it was mum , she said Lyn do you think you can come up to the hospital with me , cos I 've got no transport and so I said what 's up then mum ? |
| 15 | Well when he said I could come it was er September . |
| 16 | Mum scowled at me when Mary said I could have it . |
| 17 | ‘ Yes , well you just said I could have it for thirty . |
| 18 | ‘ Dad said I could have it . |
| 19 | But otherwise said I could have it , he would of left that to me . |
| 20 | Erm you said I could have it |
| 21 | Well anyway it does n't matter cos you wo n't get twenty-five pounds anyway cos you said I could have it . |
| 22 | Well , that is , he did n't give it to me , but he said I could use it until its rightful owner turned up . ’ |
| 23 | Well you said I could keep it . |
| 24 | They said nobody could do it . |
| 25 | So you , you said you could do it for five p a copy ? |
| 26 | My friend Julia McKenzie is wont to say ‘ You said you could do it when you wrote in , ’ but these days she 's more into saying : ‘ When will you learn to say no ? ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I said you could call me Mollie . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Sorry , I mean I 'm pregnant and , er , you said you could help me the day after tomorrow and I wanted to know if … ’ |
| 29 | I think you , the people you know and I said you could apply it to Tory M Ps , God knows if you 're gon na get a Tory MP for with their organization , but I 'm damn sure you can get G Ps for and you can get pharmacists for or whatever . |
| 30 | You said you could see it . |