Example sentences of "[noun sg] said [pron] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The soldier said he did n't remember firing but thought he must have fired as the car was going away from him . |
| 2 | Bonanza said he did n't want the police looking for Connie , because he was afraid of interference with his business . |
| 3 | Bonanza said he wanted me there so the police would know where I was . |
| 4 | The department said it had been decided not to invite competing tenders for Norcross because the contract award , worth between £17 million and £20 million over five years , followed so quickly the tendering exercise for Livingston that competition would have been ‘ unlikely to yield any improvement in value for money ’ . |
| 5 | The Head of Department said he expected that the review would ‘ follow them through the normal day ’ , looking at ‘ the way we run the department ; the way we work according to the syllabus — how we relate to it ; the stock control ; the use of resources ; the teaching content and the skills taught ’ ( verified note of meeting ) . |
| 6 | The beater said it had happened years ago in a quarrying accident . |
| 7 | The agent said it had sold a commercial garage in Middlesbrough to a named company . |
| 8 | My agent said he had some private work for me , and I was to contact the party myself . ’ |
| 9 | I rang again and the agent said she thought I 'd put the phone down . ’ |
| 10 | In need of money , he agreed to take on work as an artist 's model when Ricky Stride said he knew of an artist who would employ him , for Minton had seen photographs of Bowler and had remarked what a good model he would make . |
| 11 | The association said it had no choice but to shoot hundreds more emaciated Merino sheep among a flock of 72,000 kept on land capable of sustaining only 17,000 sheep . |
| 12 | Supporting CCETSW 's anti-racist guidelines , the association said it deplored the actions of those ‘ seeking to destabilise the process . ’ |
| 13 | The Ramblers ' Association said it welcomed any measures that allowed more people to walk in the countryside , and assistant director David Baskine said : ‘ It is important that the proposals will not offer payment to farmers who own land where public access is already allowed . ’ |
| 14 | His girlfriend said she had loved him . |
| 15 | A Canadian reviewer said they looked like people I 'd found at a bus-stop , which I was very flattered by . ’ |
| 16 | Two men were seen running from the area , and one witness said they looked like the two accused . |
| 17 | Well we 've had all this trauma about you know , cos I do you , where do you want the he said well do n't see much of daddy or nan and granddad and nana and granddad said they moved in on Christmas Day stay here and Rachael and Steven would n't come up , stay here on Christmas Day , it 's quite likely , quite likely to go with daddy he said but , in many ways I he said I know what we can do is when we send up the chimney we could put nanny 's address , nanny 's address on it , shall we ? |
| 18 | A doctor who examined the soldier who claimed he had been hit by the car said he found a bruise measuring 10cms on his left thigh . |
| 19 | His appeal came as another father caught up in the Warrington bomb tragedy said he felt the whole country was urging his son , the critically injured 12-year-old Timothy Parry , to survive . |
| 20 | Her lover said she needed time and space to rethink her parameters . |
| 21 | One local radio contractor said it seemed unreasonable that the Home Office should be deciding between two competing claims on the spectrum when it was responsible for running one of them . |
| 22 | Their lawyer said they 'd brought shame on the whole hunting world . |
| 23 | Her lawyer said she did not then know the consequences of the accident . |
| 24 | Mr Guerin 's lawyer said he had advised Mr Guerin to say as little as possible for the time being . |
| 25 | His lawyer said he had agreed to repay to the Department monies wrongfully received . |
| 26 | My brother-in-law said he read in the paper that erm over a year sort of the amount of oil tipped on our land and down drains which should n't be there is almost like equivalent to the disaster at Exxon Valdez . |
| 27 | Well I shall go because if that fella 's been from , if that fella said I did n't have a job I 'll be jumping up and down like a what d' ya call it ! |
| 28 | The driver of the jeep said they picked up the Arab for questioning because he could not explain what he was doing in the area . |
| 29 | Donna in confusion said she did n't know what insurance swindle . |
| 30 | The show came under attack before it even opened because one critic said it contained erotic love scenes , a roller skating comic and a simulated sex act . |