Example sentences of "[vb past] make a statement " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't get the impression that they tried to make a statement by getting more and more obscure . |
| 2 | Yesterday I handed you a message regarding er the request renewed to make a statement over the phrase Black Wednesday , a phrase that was coined by John Smith two days after the event . |
| 3 | We needed to make a statement to Dutch society , a warning that we would n't take similar attacks lying down . |
| 4 | In another case , headlined as ‘ The Alleged Hooligan Tragedy ’ , a man died after a street-fight and it was reported that on arrival at hospital he had made a statement to the effect that , ‘ I got my injuries in the Borough through being kicked to death by Hooligans . ’ |
| 5 | Miss Tucker had made a statement to the police admitting that she had hit the alleged victim , Mr. Reiche , with a baseball bat . |
| 6 | She never said to whom that fresh statement was made , but it was apparent to the jury that she was saying that she had made a statement contrary to that incriminating one , and she was suggesting that the second statement set out her case as she was putting it in the witness box . |
| 7 | The Swedish government sought the extradition of the applicant to face trial for drug trafficking offences in respect of which P. , an alleged accomplice who had been convicted of similar offences , had made a statement to the Swedish court implicating the applicant . |
| 8 | You will remember that on the occasion of the first valleys initiative statement we had to raise many points with you in order to persuade the right Hon. Gentleman to come here 24 hours after he had made a statement in Wales . |
| 9 | He had made a statement urging soldiers to disobey " despots " and " relieve the people of the imposed custodianship " . |
| 10 | ‘ It was clear that there were rumours about and AEA had to make a statement . |
| 11 | She still refused to make a statement , but she would , however , describe the man . |
| 12 | Has he asked you for permission to make a statement to the House on the initiative or , has he , as he did last week when he refused to make a statement to the House on the Welsh business rate , copped out once again ? |
| 13 | Mr Armstrong said there had been a similar incident last year when Mr Bowler had been stabbed but refused to make a statement to the police . |