So you would say in the past tense "I lay on the bed because I was tired."

VOA: special.2010.02.11

He told the singer: "My daughter said if I didn't say 'hi' to you I'd be in trouble, so 'hi' from my daughter."

VOA: special.2011.01.07

He told his son-in-law in December: "I will not say I would not serve if the good people were to be so unwise as to elect me."

VOA: special.2009.03.05

"A player who hasn't been playing for very long, I try to keep them next to the section player, or leader as we call it, that has been playing a while so they can always ask questions say, 'Hey,I don't know what that means.'" Matt is now in college, studying music education.

VOA: special.2010.06.21

It brings back so many memories of my Dad and I just want to say thank you very,very much."

VOA: standard.2009.08.03

He continued to do so today. "If I was on that road, I would say I was on that road,"

VOA: standard.2009.09.23

"I left it all to the last minute and I'm so ashamed to say it but I did.

VOA: standard.2009.12.28

"So I should say six point five per cent growth projection would be a very comfortable sort of target that the government can have."

VOA: standard.2009.10.16

"It is so nice, we are watching soccer, I dont even know his name but I can just say, Yo,what is the score my man?

VOA: standard.2010.06.19

"I just wanted to say ever since I was born, daddy has been the best father you could ever imagine, and I just wanted to say I love him so much,".

VOA: standard.2009.07.07

"So I think we need to brace ourselves for a new period." Analysts say the once political and militarily strategic alliance between Turkey and Israel was the most powerful alliance in the region.

VOA: standard.2009.10.27

"So I don't think there's a way to prepare for that; but you could definitely say I felt a little bit of pressure trying to bring Jacob's character and Jacob and Bella's relationship alive for the fans, because this movie definitely develops their relationship and it sets up the love triangle, so it's a very important story."

VOA: standard.2009.11.23

"My brother and I were talking about how - normally you do not just walk up to a temple or a synagogue and say, 'hey,can I come in and take a look?' So this is a great opportunity and exposes me to a lot of things that I would not otherwise have been exposed to,"

VOA: standard.2009.10.19

I know where your mom is. I know where your brother is buried. When people come up and say we know where so and so is it's a signal to us that the reconciliation, the coming together of Hutu, Tutsi kind of business is really in progress and we are really happy with it,".

VOA: standard.2009.04.10