Example sentences of "they said he [modal v] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They said he would then have to take his family to Switzerland . |
| 2 | When they said he could n't have a parrot he 'd said ‘ Well , mice , then , white ones , ’ but his Dad had said he could n't have them either . |
| 3 | They use a lot yeah the ch I put it in my I mean , I said yesterday to him , we 've got the decorators in and then co they turned round and said he is meant to be a businessman and they said he can not believe they 've never met tha such a penny pinching guy |
| 4 | A teenager who refused to believe doctors when they said he 'd never walk again may be about to prove them wrong . |
| 5 | And against the odds : They said he 'd never walk … but he 's fighting . |