Example sentences of "said [num ord] [noun sg] that [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Police said last night that two juveniles had been reported in connection with thefts . |
| 2 | The newsagent where the girl worked said last night that both paper boys and girls would now go out in pairs , or with an adult , and only in full daylight . |
| 3 | But Mr Donovan 's manager , Mr Richard East , said last night that both sides had agreed to hold discussions ‘ to achieve a satisfactory outcome for everybody and to enable the magazine to continue to publish ’ . |
| 4 | Some Tory loyalist backbenchers said last night that this episode could not be compared to the attack on Mrs Thatcher by the then Sir Geoffrey Howe , which is acknowledged to have cost her the keys to No. 10 . |
| 5 | The drift of his remarks is likely to find favour with the Lord Chancellor , Lord Mackay of Clashfern , who said last year that many litigants wanted fuller participation in the legal process rather than acting as bystanders in cases conducted by lawyers . |
| 6 | The company said last month that 1,200 jobs will be shed at its London headquarters . |
| 7 | Chevenement said last month that preliminary estimates for 1982 science spending show that the percentage of GDP spent on R&D has already risen to 2.1 per cent , in line with the 1985 target of 2.5 per cent . |
| 8 | The company said last week that 3,300 production workers at its Ryton plant , at Coventry , would be laid off for four days from today because of a drop in demand from continental Europe . |