Example sentences of "said that [pron] [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | John always said that they spent more money restoring the facade than they ever spent on the thousands of workers who worked inside the plant , but then when it closed they could n't knock it down , so they turned it into a superstore . |
| 2 | In the population census for 1991 nearly one in seven of Bassetlaw 's residents said that they had long term illnesses , health problems , or handicaps that limited their daily activities or work . |
| 3 | Many teachers , whose schools had been early in the reporting cycle , also said that they had considerable difficulty in remembering their review and its outcome or had been so little involved that they felt unable to say much about it . |
| 4 | Cos someone said that they went last year , George said they went last year brilliant . |
| 5 | Melville says she would prefer it if he said that they loved each other , and that subtle point is not lost on anyone . |
| 6 | ‘ Dr Ali said that you said bad things about Muhammad , ’ Maisie went on . |
| 7 | Of course Tracey why she 's upset is because she said that she had this examiner |
| 8 | erm arguing and er they was going on about this because if Mrs went to a farm and then said that she saw some hens there that did n't look particularly fit erm and said they 'd got to be culled and if the farmer thought otherwise then we got into all sorts of tangles because we knew nothing about poultry . |
| 9 | I opted for bright welcoming lights , while my friend said that she liked warm rooms and a good fire . |
| 10 | Miss Bellamy said that she encouraged local people ‘ to get in there and get mucky ! ’ |
| 11 | ‘ They said that I had enough equity to qualify for a multi-currency loan . |
| 12 | I met the promoter at a party and he was looking for an opening act and I said that I had this dance band which would be a perfect opener for Gary Glitter and he took us on . |
| 13 | She said that he committed both offences to feed his addiction to gaming machines . |
| 14 | In a budget report presented in mid-1990 , the Minister of Finance , Kinza Clodumar , said that he expected that phosphate royalties would drop by A$10,000,000 from the 1989-90 figure of A$25,000,000 . |
| 15 | Then Monks said that he had all Oliver 's money safely now , but how funny it would be if the boy went to prison for stealing , after his father 's unfair will . ’ |
| 16 | About 18 months ago , the hon. Gentleman said that he had irrefutable evidence that the Government intended to abolish child benefit . |
| 17 | A Braemar vet , Ian Watt , said that he had long experience of co-operating with farmers and commented : ‘ Many years ago , I was involved with the MacRobert Trust on a consultancy basis . |
| 18 | Mr. Kenealy then said that he had reliable information that patients ' heads were verminous , but he absolutely refused to divulge the sources of the complaints , in which case , the committee said , they would take no further action . |
| 19 | He said that he hoped that legislation would be approved by June for the establishment of a transitional executive council and of an election committee whose aims would be to create the conditions for free and fair elections . |
| 20 | Although Yeltsin dismissed the idea of substantial personnel changes , he said that he held common views with the industrial managers in Civic Union on economic policy . |
| 21 | then said that he found other difficulties in Lord Roskill 's speech in Reg. v. Morris , and after setting out the facts of the case and quoting a long passage from that speech , at p. 332 , and also the answer to the certified question he continued , at pp. 283–284 : |
| 22 | Saleh visited Saudi Arabia on Feb. 25 and held talks there with King Fahd , who said that he backed Yemeni unity " absolutely and without any reservations " and gave it his personal blessing as well as that of the Saudi people and government . |
| 23 | The hon. Member for Hertford and Stortford ( Mr. Wells ) said that he wanted more democratisation of the institutions of the Community . |
| 24 | Stirling said that he liked both styles of architecture , but with the ‘ sacrifice of convenience to a constant repetition of insipid ornament ’ in the Houses of Parliament , the House had a natural prejudice against Gothic . |
| 25 | " Actual " seems to mean " more than trivial " though Taylor v Granville [ 1978 ] Crim LR 482 said that it covered any harm , however slight . |
| 26 | The Labour party said that it wanted some mechanism other than discounts ; that it would deal with pensioners with what it called a single pensioner premium . |