Example sentences of "up and [pers pn] say [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Was n't it did n't you ring them up and they said we have exams on or something ? |
| 2 | The buil the I 've rung them up and they said they 'd do it . |
| 3 | 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 ? |
| 4 | An and they ring up and they say they 've had a cold all week and they ca n't put up with it a minute longer |
| 5 | I phoned her up and she said they 'd started decorating lifting the tiles off on the kitchen wall . |
| 6 | Then we got her up and she said I 'm going to be sick so I said do n't worry about it . |
| 7 | He 's just made it up and he says it 's been described , this word , as a wasting disease of the frontal lobes and where are your frontal lobes ? |
| 8 | And he will say erm he wo n't say he comes up and he says you 're nothing but a ba stard and I say , what ! |
| 9 | And as he 's driven up at the back then he looked up and he said you ca you could see daylight through it so it was , was n't blocked by anything . |
| 10 | Just save us coming out so I phoned your dad up and I said what batteries do you need ? |
| 11 | She said his son rang up and I said what , what 's his name ? |
| 12 | then I felt a real twit , cos a man came up and I said I think something 's gone wrong with the auto bank machine , says I , it wo n't give me any money because it 's , it 's coming up there 's an error , so he said well I 'll try and see , he says , he put in exactly the same card as me , he had the Midland card , put it in , got his money |