Example sentences of "and [pers pn] said it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | there was a big discussion about the standard report , it wo n't cover five years and I said it does n't have to cover five years , it never has done it 's only covered four cos we what we do in year eleven is different anyway . |
| 2 | ‘ You 've probably ruined that dress , ’ said Lili , and I said it did n't matter . |
| 3 | I think she was twenty-eight when she learned to milk , and she said it made her knees shake . |
| 4 | Bunny asked how the interview had gone and she said it had gone very well . |
| 5 | Marie bought it for me , and she said it looked really great . |
| 6 | I took this to be a dream of fear of exposure due to approaching First Night , but Amy looked it up in her Dictionary of Dreams under ‘ defecate ’ ( sorry about that ) and she said it meant a huge windfall ( that too ) . |
| 7 | And she said it does n't go bubbly . |
| 8 | alright just shut up a minute , I 'm talking to ya , so she said afterwards oh I says that was good were n't it could n't even switch the machine on and she said it does n't matter does it , she said it 's not what happens its the way you deal with it , and I made a joke of it and I said to him oh this is good i n't it ? relax you 're in safe hands I ca n't even switch the machine on , but anyway I did it in the end and he was alright , and he said thank you very much , that was , you were very good , you were very kind , cos it is frightening and one thing I said to him do n't hold your breath , because people think when their having an E C G they 've got ta hold their breath for some reason , just lie there take a deep breath and do n't breathe again but you 've never had one so you would n't no , I 'm just going to mix this up |
| 9 | You know , I was watching them do other people 's and my Aunty Gwendoline was with me and she said it 's said that it 's . |
| 10 | And she said it did n't |
| 11 | We had three calls last week not it 's , it 's about a month since , wanting to know about the washing machine and we said it 's sold sold er a couple of weeks ago . |
| 12 | And they said it goes up erm ten centimetres every kilometre . |
| 13 | Mind you it seemed that they had a test at school last week and he was n't terribly happy with it , he said he could n't understand it , he tried to explain to me what it was , but erm , it 's not , not easy , but Ga Gavin said erm , he said they 'd had a test and he said it took him time to get into it but once he got into it , you know , he did alright in it , I think he said how many he got , he did n't seem to do too badly , but he said Alex did n't really do anything and what he did do he thought was wrong so he did n't hand it in , he said and in actual fact what he had done was right , so I do n't know , I told , I told Alex to go and see , you know , and ask about it and sort of erm , apparently he did do that so at least he 'll know , but erm , it 's strange really because normally Alex |
| 14 | Even more so than he had done the previous time , I said did n't you hear this about this at the station meeting and he said it had n't been brought up . |
| 15 | Lad come out and he said it 's , it 's hurt his leg . |
| 16 | and he said it 's got worse since he got the new switchboard operator , which makes you think |