Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] said " in BNC.
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| 1 | The erm point about are distribution within Greater York is that we have attempted to look at this in what I think is a a rational and realistic manner , we have looked , and you 'll see this from our supplementary paper , I apologize for its lateness , but I think it 's benefited from the additional thought that could be given to it , we have looked both backwards , at the present day , and forwards , we 've looked backwards at past build rates , we 've looked at the present day position in the sense of the population shares within Greater York , and we 've looked forwards in terms of the commitment figures that are given in the N Y one paper that we 've just been looking at , and taking all those things into account , and adding in what we see as the right location for a new settlement , namely Selby district , we come to the figures that are in our supplementary paper , and there is clearly a great deal of common ground between the evidence you get from looking either at past building rates or population shares , as now , or future commitments which all point towards a broadly similar distribution , we say , with the addition of a new feature namely the new settlement , so that I commend those figures to you as somebody who 's actually dared to put their toe , or maybe their whole body into the water , and given you not only some numbers , but also a basis by which if you should er have a different Greater York figure in mind , a basis on which that could be rationally er approached , I would not certainly defend to the last ditch the need to put a figure of fifty dwellings into the structure plan for the Hambledon part of Greater York , there may be a cut off point beyond which you do n't go , but certainly for Ryedale and Selby , with very substantial numbers there is a need to indicate what the appropriate division should be , and you could not for instance indicate what the er Ryedale non Greater York figure was , without someone telling us the , as the Chairman rightly said , having an idea of what the Ryedale Greater York figure should be , so it is n't really I think feasible to have district figures for non Greater York , and one Greater York figure , that does n't er get away from the issue , and nor does it solve the potential for confusion . |
| 2 | The Leader of the Opposition apparently said in the campaign for the Langbaurgh by-election that £2.6 billion extra would be spent on education by a future Labour Government . |
| 3 | Mummy just said she 'd have a do , she 'd have a go . |
| 4 | If I could do that I could do anything , as a chef once said to me when I told him he had sprinkled sugar on a steak and kidney pie . |
| 5 | The Confederation of British Industry yesterday said MPs ' pay must also be pegged . |
| 6 | Mr Major then angrily turned on Labour leader John Smith : ‘ There was a time when the leader of the Opposition once said that he had always believed that Britain 's future lay in Europe , and we must take a confident and leading role in the Community . |
| 7 | Keep tucked in behind the side always said to you , the bloke in the front , mate , he does all the donkey work , picking up drags you round do n't it ? |
| 8 | Fatal Attraction actress Close said of George Bush 's campaign : ‘ How dare they talk about a kinder and gentler nation . |
| 9 | As one Formula One veteran once said to a newcomer : ‘ Welcome to the piranha club . |
| 10 | The Northern Echo yesterday said it had received pictures of 150 terrorist suspects from an ex-soldier who said he wished to illustrate ‘ the shambles of security in Northern Ireland ’ . |
| 11 | A headline yesterday said , ‘ SATURDAY CANCELLED FOR LACK OF SUPPORT . ’ |
| 12 | Overwhelmed by Pamella 's beauty , she remembers what Mark Boxer once said to her : ‘ Darling , you are much better the way you are now ; at 40 even the most beautiful women fall apart . ’ |
| 13 | In evidence to us , the Finance Houses Association and Consumer Credit Trade Association both said they would like to see more use of credit insurance here ; the Birmingham Money Advice Centre suggested that it should even be compulsory above a certain level of commitment , say £100 . |
| 14 | The programme also said profits would be down by about £200million on last year 's total of more than £1billion . |
| 15 | The minister and the priest both said prayers and traditional carols were sung with enthusiasm . |
| 16 | Mahathir also said that foreign investment would continue to be encouraged . |
| 17 | Latham later said that Norman and Palmer were told that ‘ if the WWF wanted the cooperation of the timber trade that phrase would have to be removed ’ . |
| 18 | The Congressman also said he had talks with SDLP chairman Mark Durkan , Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams , and met Unionist members at a dinner hosted by the American consul-general . |
| 19 | The President also said that he would " support legislation that would assist the states in implementing appropriate reforms in order to make voter registration easier for the American public " . |
| 20 | Milla also said she steered away from romance with actors and models ‘ because they try to be prettier than me ’ . |
| 21 | Cleveland Ambulance originally said the bill which represented nearly two weeks ' income for the pensioner was based on the cost of running a two-man vehicle . |
| 22 | The headline simply said , ‘ Stop The World We Want To Get Off ’ . |
| 23 | The President today said , ‘ We are delighted that all the representations made to Life-President Banda and to representatives of the Malawi Government in this country have finally resulted in Vera Chirwa 's release . |
| 24 | The urchin simply said he had a message which he must give only to you . ’ |
| 25 | The Head of Department then said that he considered that the criticism had been constructive , that he accepted most of it and would try out various changes . |
| 26 | ‘ I wouldn't. ever want to be a princess , ’ Dot sometimes said , because she wanted so much to be one . |
| 27 | He glanced quickly from one to the other as if aware of the tension then said , ‘ Would you like me to come back later ? ’ |
| 28 | Two more doors now opened , and others emerged from their trailers , but Estabrook had no chance to either see who they were or whether they were armed because Chant again said : |
| 29 | Three weeks later the high command again said hands off , with a reminder that it could still mount a coup . |
| 30 | Though solidly on record as a pro-choice champion , the President recently said that a decision has n't been made about abortion services . |