Example sentences of "[adj] said the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although six per cent said they had , half said the difficulty had been over five years ago . |
| 2 | A ‘ Simultaneous Mission ’ throughout England and Wales was planned for the first month of the new century ; the Queen 's death on 21 January did not alter plans and some said the mission was helped by the heightened emotions produced by her death . |
| 3 | Some said the syndicate that runs it is so powerful it can order the airline , and even the government , to do whatever it wants . |
| 4 | Some said the sport came from the Norsemen , others muttered about the Romans who after all had been in the area for several centuries and left little else but stone , and one literary aficionado had just written a treatise tracing it back in direct line to Jacob 's wrestling with the angel . |
| 5 | Some said the king was gravely shaken by his narrow escape from death , and the implied threat that still hung over him . |
| 6 | Some said the pain was provoked or made worse by lifting , twisting or bending . |
| 7 | Some said the facilities were no better than when it was just the plain Milton Keynes Bowl , for many it was still worth the travel , the wait , the time to see Bruce . |
| 8 | Among speakers , a new bitterness , some said the suicide was a cry of despair as the west turns its back on Lithuania . |
| 9 | A great deal was riding on it : some said the Fox studio was at stake . |
| 10 | Another said the loss of one tender being moved to Bishop Auckland would be balanced by the addition of more state-of-the-art equipment coming to the town . |
| 11 | one day a Boy had a imvertashun to go to a party in Sawth a Merica on the way a crocodil sad Hello Boy do you wont to come Friends yes sad the Boy do you want to come to a Party with my yes sad the crocodil comon then ill calle you Croc do you like that name yes i do What is your name my name is dafydd you can koll my dafy Comon then When they came to the partty a nother boy said helo crocodile and the crocodile said my name is croc okay said the boy croc come and eat okay Boy So he did . |
| 12 | A spokesman for the site 's owner , Isle of Man-based Anglo International said the residents ' views were being considered and that a community centre might be included in future development plans . |
| 13 | In a memorandum submitted to the Macao Basic Law Drafting Committee in November , Amnesty International said the draft Basic Law did not adequately protect fundamental human rights . |
| 14 | The brain scan , the chest scan , the throat and bone scans all said the cancer had gone . |
| 15 | So you immediately all said the person on the right . |
| 16 | People buying shares in British Telecommunications Plc will be able to deal in shares by punching the keys on a normal push-button telephone : the retail investment company ShareLink Ltd said the service , the first such scheme in Europe , is being offered as part of the marketing campaign for BT3 , the UK government 's sale of a third tranche of British Telecom shares , marketing of which began yesterday ; the system will later be extended to cover other shares ; the government 's remaining shares are to be sold in July ; pricing and details of whether all the remaining 21.8% stake will be sold are due in June . |
| 17 | A spokeswoman at Chantry 's Ipswich Ltd said the group was nothing to do with A Baker and was unconnected with Chantry 's of Hadleigh . |
| 18 | The Scottish Salmon Growers Association Ltd said the rental system , based on productivity , was fundamentally flawed . |
| 19 | British Nuclear Fuels Ltd said the radioactivity reached the air through a chimney stack which was still in use . |
| 20 | The managing director of Oxford United said the club will fight on for a new stadium , despite planning problems . |
| 21 | Although the authorities at first said the assailants were not directly linked with the FIS , in a television interview on Dec. 6 the Defence Minister , Maj.-Gen. |
| 22 | Despite the consultation process , Mr Common said the Department had already instructed local social services to reduce occupancy levels for over 75s at residential homes to per cent . |
| 23 | Ainslie Thin said the Booksellers Association 's Books for Giving made a strong impact in Scotland . |
| 24 | We 'll soon see about that said the magician . |
| 25 | Of 1,000 GPs questioned by the Doctor newspaper , three out of four said the culprits had been patients or members of their families . |
| 26 | Of the forty women , twenty-six claimed that they worked harder than their husbands , seven said the men worked harder , and seven that it depended on personality or on the kind of job the husband had . |
| 27 | They both said the name together — ‘ Klepner . ’ |
| 28 | She started to smile , and they both said the name together , ending with an explosion of laughter , and Shelley almost falling off his knee — ‘ Miguelito ! ’ |
| 29 | Both said the request was unusual . |
| 30 | Both said the police paid scant attention to Mr Mackenzie 's ill-health , only allowing him to get a jacket at his wife 's insistence . |