Example sentences of "and say that he [verb] been " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dickey had rebelled against his black clothes , until he was told that it would be naughty to mamma not to put them on , when he at once submitted ; and now , though he had heard Nanny say that mamma was in heaven , he had a vague notion that she would come home again tomorrow , and say that he had been a good boy and let him empty her workbox . ’ |
| 2 | The latter , a cashier with the company , immediately protested his innocence and said that he had been away on holiday at the time . |
| 3 | He denied all charges and said that he had been severely tortured . |
| 4 | At his trial in September 1989 , Suh Kyung-won testified to having been ill-treated during his interrogation and said that he had been forced to make false statements under duress . |
| 5 | He also indicated that he had disagreed with other members of the government on the running of the education department and said that he had been " gradually marginalized within the government " . |