Example sentences of "[noun prp] claiming [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 Rijkaard and Van Basten had travelled to Holland but Milan did not want them to play and both pulled out of the squad , Rijkaard with flu , Van Basten claiming he was tired after his trip to Tokyo for the World Club Championship .
2 THE Princess of Wales 's favourite touring ballet company , The London City Ballet of which she is patron , is to close in July claiming it failed to receive promised Arts Council grants .
3 Using the alias Frederique Bonlieu , Cabon wrote to Greenpeace claiming she shared their views , and when she arrived in Auckland on 3 April 1985 offered to work for the organisation without salary .
4 Nottinghamshire police have released a recording of a girl they believe called the Kingsmill Hospital at Sutton in Ashfield claiming she 'd had a baby .
5 Nottinghamshire police have released a recording of a girl they believed called the Kingsmill Hospital at Sutton in Ashfield claiming she 'd had a baby .
6 Nottinghamshire police have released a recording of a girl they believe called the Kingsmill Hospital at Sutton in Ashfield claiming she 'd had a baby and Calverton Colliery is to close in just over two weeks ' time .
7 Nottinghamshire police have revealed released a recording of a girl they believe called the Kingsmill Hospital in Sutton in Ashfield claiming she 'd had a baby .
8 Or maybe it 's just that Scotland is too familiar with lads from the back streets of Edinburgh claiming they have a license to kill .
9 The Santerres demurred , Rachel claiming she felt unwell , but Mandeville and Southgate eagerly joined us .
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