Example sentences of "she [vb past] [conj] said " in BNC.
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| 1 | She welcomed the tea she made and said , when her daughter could no longer contain the fact of her marathon , ‘ Oh there was no need to hurry like that , darling . |
| 2 | So I came out with my speech about this weirdo , nothing in it et cetera et cetera , and then the money ran out and I got her to ring me back and I said it all over again ( nothing in it … ) and she hooted and said , ‘ I 'll bet . |
| 3 | She snapped that she was entitled to come and go as she pleased and said an old friend had offered to buy her supper . |
| 4 | She gulped and said , ‘ You 're right . |
| 5 | Then she turned and said : ‘ Mr Stevens , I 'm very sorry . |
| 6 | She turned and said , ‘ I wish you many happy years ’ . |
| 7 | She was walking at its head when she turned and said , ‘ Why do n't you go to school , Ben ? ’ |
| 8 | But when they had gone she turned and said , If I was going to die tomorrow I should be mad . |
| 9 | And he 'd be there once or twice and then on the Wednesday evening as was his custom , he went down to the village , he had a date with my mother and there she was standing by the shop in the square and when she saw him coming down she turned and said , , she said and swirled her skirts round . |
| 10 | She turned and said , voice shaking , ‘ Goodbye , Neil , goodbye . |
| 11 | At her door she turned and said , ‘ Mrs Rae , Do you think you could book another place for Christmas dinner at that restaurant ? ’ |
| 12 | As the song finished she applauded and said : ‘ Thank you very much . |
| 13 | When these were given her she nodded and said , ‘ Of course . |
| 14 | Then , her eyes widening , she nodded and said , ‘ Oh , I see , it was because of your MS . |
| 15 | They stared at each other in the lamplight , then she sighed and said , ‘ Well , it is n't always hereditary ; it misses generations , so I understand . ’ |
| 16 | After a time she sighed and said , ‘ It is true enough . |
| 17 | She sighed and said regretfully , ‘ You 're so good-looking . ’ |
| 18 | Then she frowned and said , obviously puzzled : |
| 19 | And then , dismissing himself , he asked if she were well and happy , and she lied and said she was . |
| 20 | She giggled and said : |
| 21 | Irate , she scowled and said : ‘ That 's not yesterday 's . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ And when she noticed I had two other children with me she laughed and said she knew what a handful they could be . ’ |
| 23 | And I said yeah , I was on one and Suzie was on seven , and I said yeah , even the cleaners complain , you know , in the evening that he do n't shut the door when he goes to the loo and er I said , must have said , when she 's working and Dee Dee turned round and she gl she laughed and said working ? |
| 24 | And when I see a wonderful phrase like William Waldegrave is like without the jokes I think now I wonder if she thought or said that ? |
| 25 | I said , ‘ I do n't believe it ’ , and she looked and said , ‘ My God , it 's you , is n't it ? ’ and I said , ‘ Yes it 's me , Sharon . ’ |
| 26 | Thinking that was a dig at female priorities , she smiled but said nothing as they chugged slowly to a small jetty . |
| 27 | She smiled and said , in a boy 's voice , ‘ Hi . |
| 28 | Hurriedly now Agnes weighed out the tiger nuts ; then , glancing at the newcomers again , she smiled and said , ‘ I 'm sorry . ’ |
| 29 | Turning to me she smiled and said , ‘ I 'm Mollie Green . |
| 30 | When her doctor was surprised to find three different birth dates in his records , she smiled and said : ‘ I 'll take the youngest . ’ |