Example sentences of "say they [vb past] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Out of the three statements from fellow travellors read out to the coroner , non said they 'd had previous warnings from either the travel company or the foreign office that the region they were in had experienced previous Muslim fundamentalist acts of terrorism against visitors . |
| 2 | It was over a week since the children had been removed , and both police and the Social Work Department had said they had made independent investigations which had led to their decision to take such drastic action . |
| 3 | Jane Kennedy ( Labour ) pressed him on the recent article in the Independent , which stated that ministers had privately said they intended to issue new guidelines to family doctors to tighten up the eligibility criteria for the benefit . |
| 4 | European heads of government from Moscow to Madrid showered telegrams of congratulation on Clinton , saying they expected to maintain good ties with Washington . |
| 5 | After 6 months of specialist treatment here at the National Spinal Injuries Unit , doctors said they 'd made miraculous progress . |
| 6 | When Twoflower said they 'd got better kind of magic in the Empire I thought — I thought … ’ |
| 7 | Many workers said they 'd expected another round of closures despite the earlier announcement of a reprieve for some of the collieries . |
| 8 | er and Sharon never alt er cancelled that , well they come out and they said they 'd had Chinese flu so when I went into and had me chest done , I says I 've got the flu like , she says yeah she said I says I , I know , I said they 've got that Chinese flu she 's be |
| 9 | In Sarajevo , UN officials said they hoped to begin medical evacuations from the besieged city soon . |
| 10 | Mr Banerjee said only the would-be bomber had been killed , but witnesses and other railway officials said they had seen four bodies on the platform . |
| 11 | Unfortunately , the survey did not ask them if they sold the products about which they said they had received insufficient training . |
| 12 | Anthony Smith , of the Consumers ' Association , said they had received 21 complaints about the machines — 12 of them describing serious fires . |
| 13 | Anyway the other morning in the office they said they had to do seven days a week but no extra pay . |
| 14 | After independence people said they had despised Italian shaikhs . |
| 15 | Cross-examined by Anthony Morris , QC , defending , he said they had become close friends through their shared interest in scouting and had become lovers about three months before her death . |
| 16 | They reported that lorry-loads of files and documents had been taken from the bunker during the last few days , and said they had found glowing ash as evidence that papers had been destroyed . |
| 17 | Only 14 per cent of registration officers said they had taken positive action to get information to the half million people in homes or hostels . |
| 18 | Almost a third admitted doing no work in an average day and more than half said they had used soft drugs . |
| 19 | Des said they had to climb sheer cliffs with their faces blacked and a knife between their teeth . |
| 20 | This is not often mentioned in the documents , but two of the surviving women compositors I was able to interview said they had started this way . |
| 21 | They said they had to pay heavy bribes to get passports to leave Turkey . |
| 22 | Yeah , and there 's another couple of guys and they were saying that how strict the training was when they first took it on you know that the their masters used to beat them and everything , into submission , s said they had to have complete submission before they could train them to be what they were , you know , bring them up , teach them and train them |
| 23 | Yesterday councillors on Hammersmith and Fulham council 's social services committee said they needed to know full details of the case , but that the law required a child 's interests were put first . |
| 24 | Councillors on the social services committee said they needed to know full details of the case , but that the law required a child 's best interests be put first . |
| 25 | In Hong Kong yesterday the Group of Seven leading industrial nations said they wanted to give new help to Moscow 's reforms , but both they and Russia 's deputy premier stressed that future aid had to be tailored to win Russian hearts and minds . |
| 26 | Early in the inquiry , police said they wanted to trace two men from Ireland . |
| 27 | Richardson said they wanted to make some copies , and he and North and North 's aides copied the stack between them . |
| 28 | Inspector Howard Norman , of Stanway Traffic Division said they intended to target specific areas badly hit by the crime . |