Example sentences of "[pron] said [conj] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Which again is a part of the luck which probably saved me and er when I got down to the pump which was directly below where the explosion occurred , there was about three or four of us there and er as I said that the only indication that we got out it was a an enormous bang just directly overhead .
2 Okay now you remember I said that the key concept in our modern understanding of sex and sexual behaviour .
3 Next , going back to that erm , you know , I said that the key business goal there was to create a mailing list .
4 In the last chapter I said that the average consumption of fat in the Western world is about 130 grams ( over 4½ ounces ) a day .
5 I said that the average number was 3,800 .
6 I said that the best thing he could do for the whites was to demonstrate to the blacks that they fully supported the widest possible franchise , and that if he did that he would emerge as a statesman , with a statesman 's view of his responsibilities .
7 I said that the Soviet Union was not interested in doing a bilateral deal .
8 How many oh I said that the wrong way round did n't I .
9 Well then er quite , so he said erm it was all quiet and I looked up into the darkness and I said that the old fellow had gone and he litten his fuse and there was me there I could see the sparks in the darkness and I was way twenty feet below him and he must have whatsit .
10 We were puttering up river late in the afternoon and the sun was beginning to go down over these huge trees and a flight of big birds , herons or something , were taking off like pink seaplanes as someone said and the second assistant suddenly stood up and yelled out This is paradise , this is fucking paradise .
11 One pharmacist belonging to a national firm contacted the head office , which said that a suitable product can be made by special order at £100 for 100 .
12 Baldick quotes the much later Newbolt Report ( 1921 ) , which said that a liberal education based on English
13 The matter eventually reached the Court of Appeal which said that the Industrial Tribunal had failed to take all the relevant matters into account .
14 The Alexander report was revised four times before it was acceptable , according to Armstrong , who said that the final version ‘ does not contain any sworn statements or evidence that could provide the basis for specific actions against anyone ’ .
15 Nevertheless , it 's hard not to agree with those at the ICA who said that the legal precedent established by the Spanner trial should be properly contested ( the latest appeal will be heard by the House of Lords in December ) .
16 It was Ernest who said that the Labour Party grew out of the bowels of the trades union movement .
17 May I put to him the comments on BBC television this week of the commanding officer of bloody Sunday , Lieutenant Colonel Derek Wilford , who said that the present Government 's policies and those of their predecessors had failed completely ?
18 The reply came from an under-secretary who said that the present funding was considered adequate and the commercial undertaking would be ill-advised .
19 ‘ Huh , who said that the white ball is easier to see ’
20 The Comptroller of Patents , Designs and Trade Marks rejected the application but the applicant 's appeal to the Patents Court was allowed by Aldous J. who said that the claimed invention related to a product ( the ROM chip ) and was , therefore , patentable .
21 I have interviewed people who had spent 30 years in a big bureaucracy who said that the 6-month development task force was the only thing they were excited by and the only thing they would be remembered for — change was their mark on the organization .
22 She said that a black dog had asked her , ‘ What would you have me do to this man ? ’
23 Questioned about charges and the need for allotments , she said that a fair charge would be made as to many people wanted an allotment , the waiting list might now have to be closed .
24 ‘ She learned that the vessel had come , and was glad , for she said that the young man would speak for her .
25 she thinks he 's a Welsh wind bag , she said , she said that the other week
26 She said that the copied cock looked like a sonogram . ’
27 She said that the European Community would not allow us to do so .
28 Erm a few months back I was interviewing someone who lived in the area all their life and she said that the Sikh temple had distributed some E E C erm butter I think it was .
29 You said that the international press had written some disagreeable things about the opera ?
30 can I just just pursue that you said said so the if you embarked on another scenario , and you said that the only way in which extra over , that beyond the figure proposed by the County Council , would be by way of a new settlement , I 'm sort of transgressing my own ground rules here , I know that Ryedale has expressed support for the principle of a new settlement , are you saying that you would be looking for a new settlement , possibly in Ryedale ?
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