Example sentences of "[conj] said the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They looked happy ! ’ he declared with an air that said the subject was now closed . |
| 2 | then again all I turned round and said the bloke that I hit , he said he did n't want to press charges , but then I thought the police can bring out their own prosecution against me but they turned round and said no he does n't want to press charges so we 'll just caution you again . |
| 3 | Claiming that the Budget measures were wholly inadequate to deal with Britain 's jobs crisis , he reminded Mr Lamont of his often-quoted comment that unemployment was a price ‘ well worth paying ’ to get inflation down and said the Chancellor had never apologised for it . |
| 4 | Mr Portillo denied evading the question and said the Chancellor had said that the Social Security Secretary , Peter Lilley , would take the rise in VAT on fuel into account when income-related benefits are uprated next year . |
| 5 | The Headmaster decided to charge for such a privilege , and said the money would go to the school fund , but a week later was seen showing off three new gowns with different coloured linings . |
| 6 | ‘ You should have whipped off the trousers and said the jacket was a mini-dress , ’ said literary agent Felicity Bryan , who remembers doing just that at the Tory Carlton Club 20 years ago . |
| 7 | The BBC said it regarded the criticisms as ‘ unfair , ’ and said the majority of shows would be coming from Stockton . |
| 8 | Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams visited the scene and said the attack was an attempt to kill and intimidate party members in advance of tomorrow 's local government elections . |
| 9 | He described the article as grossly defamatory … and said the case contained the essentials of a malicious falsehood action . |
| 10 | He accused Mr Lang of being complacent and said the Government needed to invest in creating jobs . |
| 11 | Meanwhile , the education minister , Piet Marais , launched a programme yesterday to desegregate South African schools and said the government would equalise spending on black and white children in next year 's budget . |
| 12 | Shatner called the plans ‘ asinine ’ and said the idea ‘ stank ’ . |
| 13 | Rob Engels , UK managing director , referred to the loss as ‘ minor ’ and said the blame could not be laid at the UK 's door as this subsidiary has exceeded its targets ; rather it is continental Europe that is down on its figures . |
| 14 | But the party 's MEP , Jim Nicholson , dismissed the claims as ‘ utter nonsense ’ and said the blame lay at the door of the Northern Ireland Office . |
| 15 | In a three-page letter to Carter in Atlanta , the Somali general accused the United States-led UN force in Somalia of a series of abuses and said the United States and UN have threatened his life . |
| 16 | THE US secretary of state , Warren Christopher , yesterday called Russia 's move to democracy and free markets the ‘ greatest strategic challenge of our time ’ and said the United States could help underwrite a bigger international aid programme . |
| 17 | ‘ We were singing There was a Princess Long Ago and had just got to the last verse , ‘ Now everybody 's happy now ’ , when the headmistress came in and said the King had died . |
| 18 | Jean Sparse , Toddington Drive , Norton , Stockton : I was 16 years old and working in my late father 's general dealers shop in Hartlepool when a customer came in and said the King had died . |
| 19 | M.E. Railton , Harcourt Street , Hopetown , Darlington : I was working at the Broadway Cafe in Darlington when one of the customers came in and said the King had died . |
| 20 | ‘ Before training , Barry called a meeting and said the chairman had accused us of being greedy bastards and blamed us for the fine . |
| 21 | He stressed the scheme was experimental and said the council would review it as necessary if problems or complaints came to light . |
| 22 | She slammed internal bickering and said the Greens , who polled just 0.5 per cent in April 's general election , have become a ‘ liability ’ for the environmental cause . |
| 23 | As the small group of less than one hundred people genuinely opposed to the showing of the film sang hymns and said the rosary , the group of luridly dressed and made up ‘ acolytes ’ loudly parodied their prayers with phrases like ‘ General Franco pray for us ’ and ‘ General Pinochet stand by us . ’ |
| 24 | The Labour Party immediately criticised the proposals as an attack on councils they run and said the plans would lead to more centralisation and privatisation . |
| 25 | He described the circumstances of the case as ‘ exceptional ’ and said the families had been ‘ subjected to great anxiety and distress ’ . |
| 26 | if he , that in the sense that if he came back and said the revolution 's already happening , all we need to do is to get |
| 27 | People 's Provincial boss Piers Marlow promised a full investigation — and said the driver would be disciplined . |
| 28 | When the arrangement was revealed two weeks ago he immediately became a member of staff and said the advantage had amounted to only £810 a year . |
| 29 | Angela sided with her new in-laws and said the spread was terrific . |
| 30 | ’ The lieutenant applauded their efforts and said the tactic was to avoid aggro and let the fires die down gradually . |