Example sentences of "[adv] said the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You must not think , ’ gently said the man who had married for love in his late twenties , ‘ that the king has always reasons of cold policy for what he does . |
| 2 | So said the Church . |
| 3 | So said the State . |
| 4 | So said the Court of Appeal in Dobie v Burns International Security Services ( UK ) Ltd ( 1984 ) , a case in which the employer 's services were governed by a contract with a local authority that gave the council the right ‘ to approve or otherwise the employment or continued employment of any member of the company ’ . |
| 5 | Or so said the signals on the pit wall . |
| 6 | So said the mechanic in his oily dungarees . |
| 7 | So said the hospital orderly in his stark white smock . |
| 8 | As already said the bed appeared un-made |
| 9 | But when he did they showed no interest at all , they just said the officer concerned was not there . |
| 10 | They just said the Mafia were back in Britain again — running drugs , money-laundering . |
| 11 | It was him with the beard cos they always said the Duke of Windsor took after him because he was |
| 12 | The nurse who brought him home said the sister baptized him herself the very night he was born . |
| 13 | A spokesman yesterday said the company was delighted the lines were to be banned . |
| 14 | A report from the Srebrenica Press Centre received in Sarajevo yesterday said the Serb offensive was continuing and Serb forces had advanced another half a mile into the area held by Bosnian forces . |
| 15 | The Indian Prime Minister , Mr V.P. Singh yesterday said the government was reviewing the 1986 sale of Swedish artillery to the army amid allegations of kickbacks and bribes . |
| 16 | Lord Justice Watkins , Mr Justice Macpherson and Mr Justice Roch yesterday said the ruling was wrong . |
| 17 | An analyst yesterday said the issue ‘ is set to get off to a good start ’ . |
| 18 | Detective Chief Inspector Tony Crowther yesterday said the twins ' bodies had lain in an outside toilet ‘ days rather than weeks ’ . |
| 19 | A spokesman yesterday said the farm commissioner , Rene Steichen , ‘ intends keeping oilseeds on the agenda … |
| 20 | Mr Fallon yesterday said the £3.40-an-hour minimum wage proposals which are part of Labour 's manifesto will anger Darlington 's skilled manual workers . |
| 21 | SAM Fox once said the thing she was most frightened of was ‘ losing mum and dad ’ . |
| 22 | You nearly said the microwave did n't you ? |
| 23 | I nearly said the microwave , but in the oven . |
| 24 | It also said the council could not reimburse Tracy for any damage . |
| 25 | He also said the fall in the inflation rate announced yesterday would help add to the survival chances of small businesses . |
| 26 | She also said the course , funded by the European Social Fund , boosted self-confidence and helped the women plan their businesses for the future . |
| 27 | Mr Thomson also said the Government 's aims of controlling inflation would put pressure on company profits and make a share prices surge in the winter/spring unlikely . |
| 28 | He also said the Government was spending more on law and order and pointed out that since 1984 the length of prison sentences had increased by 31pc for robbery and 73pc for rape . |
| 29 | It was described by Bishop Pontoppidan in the eighteenth century as being over a mile and a half in circumference ; he also said the sea all around it was darkened by the jets of ink it spat out . |
| 30 | In this case the Court also said the trader who ‘ clocks ’ the odometer to zero ( or some other figure so absurdly low that a customer who reads it would not believe it ) would still be guilty . |