Example sentences of "said to [pers pn] that [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | but I say , I said to her that you , you 'd said that you had the biopsy within , you 'd know the results within forty eight hours , but she said oh no |
| 2 | I I said to her that I could n't cope . |
| 3 | If my children came home and said to me that they got the cane at school I 'd have just said well you must have deserved it . |
| 4 | Later he said to me that we had been very helpful to him and he said it 's bad enough to be depressed but when you 're depressed and hungry , it 's really bad . |
| 5 | Early on , someone said to me that nobody really took AIDS seriously until someone they knew died through it and when the first ex-volunteer died , many of us felt the shock waves . |
| 6 | What he says about the king 's own explanation for his forwardness in battle is one of a number of examples of d'Ayala 's perception of the Scottish kingdom : ‘ He ( the king ) said to me that his subjects serve him with their persons and goods , in just and unjust quarrels , exactly as he likes , and that therefore he does not think it right to begin any warlike undertaking without being himself the first in danger . ’ |
| 7 | Somebody , an entertainer himself , once said to me that his idea of a perfect talk show host was someone you do n't remember seeing at the end of the programme . |
| 8 | Many people in the black community , people that I had thought of as friends , said to me that I should not have worn the flag that night . |
| 9 | ‘ There was a nice nun who said to me that I was Wednesday 's child , full of woe . ’ |
| 10 | I do intend to er to attend inaugural meetings with each of the C P O s er with a view to looking I mean obviously at some stages you said to me that I would probably have to attend at short notice |
| 11 | Mummy said to me , mummy said to me that I wash him . |
| 12 | Many girls said to me that you never recover from anorexia or bulimia or compulsive eating , but having suffered from all three for over seven years , I can say very strongly that this need not be true . |
| 13 | You said to me that you would n't mind whatever one you got of Cher cos you like her music . |
| 14 | Look , you said to me that you wanted to buy some yoghurt in that fancy pot , German yoghurt and they 've got that advert where they go with it . |
| 15 | ‘ He said to me that he felt that in the last couple of internationals he had n't done himself justice . |
| 16 | About a month later , he said to me that he was compelled to agree that the first dinner had not been a success ( his words ) , and would I be kind enough to arrange a second ? |
| 17 | He said to me that he does n't agree with lesbians , thinks they are absolutely disgusting people , etc. , and how two women can find sexual satisfaction with each other he will never know . |
| 18 | Both you and I are much blamed by the " crouner and capitanes " and in truth not without cause , for they say there is no wrong done in Ireland but only that which is done by these men that come from Ila , and Auchinbrecke said to me that he would complain to my Lord of you for sending them at all , except men you have passed and will be answerable for . |
| 19 | So the environmental health officer that is dealing with that said to me that he is very stretched at weekends . |
| 20 | ‘ It has no name , ’ Sapan said , ‘ but when I told some other people I brought here that it had no name , they said to me that it was called Narnia . ’ |
| 21 | at the time , I thought , ‘ This is ridiculous , I 'm holding these boys back ’ because I was also managing a singer called Marc Bolan , and in the quieter moments , he and David would decorate my office to fill in the time , but I said to them that I had just run out of money and could n't afford to carry on — I 'd taken no commission from either of them at the time — so I went off to Spain to think about my next move and released them both from their contracts . ’ |
| 22 | I stood it for a bit and then I 'm afraid I said to him that what was sauce for the goose and at least I was n't married . ’ |
| 23 | you said to him that there 's no |
| 24 | Well the Solicitors turned round and said to him that there 's a twenty five per cent chance he 'll lose his licence , but then he 'll get there erm , but most he 'll probably get is about a month , and then he said , well surely your job could find you something to do in that time , has said , no licence , no job , so what he had to do was to . |
| 25 | The pupils had been going on at me about ‘ You 're always picking on me ’ ' and then finally the boy said to him that he was picking on him because he was black and he said ‘ That just triggered it off ’ . |
| 26 | In the end I remember I said to him that I was just a spoilt Yank and my father sent me money so he need n't worry about a thing . |
| 27 | After a troubled night I went to Government House next morning and said to HE that I was convinced that this would be a disastrous step and that if it was decided to take it I must resign on the spot and announce in public my reasons for doing so . |
| 28 | You said to us that you left early in the evening , but according to other witnesses you left just an hour before midnight . |
| 29 | I 'm I I could n't , I know I had a document and I said to you that we were . |
| 30 | Because I said to yo , I said to you that it was the same in Russia ! |