Example sentences of "[pers pn] have said " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ If critics have any reason for existence , ’ one of them has said , ‘ this is it : to give assurance of value , and to provide somehow perhaps anyhow — the means by which readers may be put in possession of the valuable book . ’ |
2 | no I feel about a I I 'll I 've said to Ann , no I feel alright Ann but you know just I du n no I 'm not quite myself am I ? |
3 | I 'd said to her nervously . |
4 | And , as soon as I 'd said that , I realised it was the wrong thing to have said . |
5 | I sat for a while thinking of what I 'd said and of what he 'd told me , and I still could n't believe that any of the people I 'd come to know so well was really a murderer . |
6 | Gareth 's ‘ BACK FOR GRUB ’ message was still pinned to the corkboard , and it was with a distinct sense of release that I remembered I 'd said that I would go back for his camera . |
7 | ‘ Let her lie , ’ I 'd said , nodding . |
8 | Wryly I 'd said , ‘ I will . ’ |
9 | ‘ Cretin ’ , he glared at me as if I 'd said it . |
10 | I 'd said to Mr Palmer in 1960 after St Andrews that I 'd caddie for him anywhere . |
11 | If I 'd said no , he 'd have booked somebody else . ’ |
12 | And as soon as I 'd said it I realised how odd it was , Kelly without a cigarette , without fiddling with the packet and dropping matches on the floor . |
13 | ‘ But we do n't need a fucking abortionist , ’ I 'd said , ‘ we want a bloody mid-wife . ’ |
14 | She repeated what I 'd said . |
15 | He started saying all the things I 'd said about myself . |
16 | WHEN the artist Whistler came up with a memorable quip , Oscar Wilde observed wistfully : ‘ I wish I 'd said that . ’ |
17 | It seemed he had become confused over the time I 'd said I 'd pick him up , although it was always the same , and Miss Prescott thought he was a little agitated and so brought him round herself . |
18 | They seemed delighted that I 'd said it , and to know just what I meant . |
19 | I was glad I 'd said it so I just kept my head down and played on . |
20 | But at least I 'd taken the first step , and not an easy step , considering what I 'd said to the doctor at our last meeting . |
21 | I thought that at least part of what I 'd said had satisfied him . |
22 | And then at once , I realized what I 'd said . |
23 | I 'd said I wanted him back , but I was frightened and I felt I could n't face telling the social workers . |
24 | When Pat told me that he 'd been pleased with what I 'd said on Day to Day I felt better ; I could n't have coped with his disapproval as well . |
25 | Now if I 'd said how about if you had erm sixty add sixty do you think you could do that ? |
26 | But I idiotically thought I could see Antoinette and Piers looking rather amused and I was sure it was because they felt I did n't know him as well as I 'd said . |
27 | ‘ Oh , ’ I 'd said . |
28 | ‘ Not so much a naan bread , more a toasted duvet , ’ I 'd said . |
29 | And the other morning I found myself feeling guilty about something I 'd said to someone about twenty years ago . |
30 | The leader nodded as if I 'd said something deeply wise , confirming his faith in me . |