Example sentences of "said [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Teachers said 12-year-old Tommy Woods 's new wedge-style cut was against the school rules . |
| 2 | He said Anglo expects the sales to be completed by Christmas . |
| 3 | Mrs Thatcher said economic sanctions did have the effect of depressing an economy and depriving people of jobs , but rarely if ever had the desired political effect . |
| 4 | The inquiry said economic pressures for more seating had impeded escape from the aircraft , and among its recommendations was to change the materials used in the construction of seats — 48 of the 55 dead were killed by smoke and toxic gases . |
| 5 | The North Road Railway Museum could be a possible area for expansion , said economic development officer , Alan Wallis . |
| 6 | Mr Izetbegovic said Serbian-based paramilitaries who overran the eastern town of Zvornik on Thursday were threatening to kill 3,000 Muslims sheltering in a fortress . |
| 7 | ‘ In considering this issue we started from the premise that pension schemes were created with the intention of providing working people with a secure and adequate income after retirement ’ , said Working Party Chairman Brian Murphy . |
| 8 | The Treasury said inflationary expectations had improved and that downward pressure on inflation continued . |
| 9 | ‘ What 's all this ? ’ said tall , beaky , dedicated Edgar . |
| 10 | Mr Menin said extremist right wing groups ‘ promote the idea of nationalism on the narrowest sense of the word rather than the love of our country . ’ |
| 11 | Irish agriculture minister Joe Walsh said European farmers would bear too much of the cost of reform if the current agreement on subsidy cuts went through . |
| 12 | The chief constable said loyalist paramilitaries now posed a ‘ significant threat ’ in the Irish Republic . |
| 13 | But he said loyalist terrorists ‘ sullied the terms Protestant , unionist , Northern Ireland and British while in reality they are pagans , no friends of Northern Ireland and in the end enemies of all its people . |
| 14 | Yes well you said something , you said complete , I 'm sure that must be complement . |
| 15 | He said depressed high street spending could reduce imports , while the recovery in North Sea oil output since the pipeline shutdowns earlier in the year should help boost exports . |
| 16 | ‘ Put it this way , if I was a woman I would like to bear his children , ’ said Depressed Milkman supremo Ged Backland , who has stayed on the right side of the copyright laws by using a pencil drawing of the Bettabuys boss . |
| 17 | In a statement , the foreign ministers said political and economic reforms in Poland and Hungary had made considerable progress but added : ‘ The process remains fragile and could be called into question by economic problems . |
| 18 | Robert Waller of Harris , owned by the American Gannett newspaper group , said political polls account for just 3 p.c. of turnover in non-election years , rising to 10 p.c. in the election year of 1987 . |
| 19 | ‘ The criticism of our scrummage in the World Cup was unfair ’ , said Sole . |
| 20 | This echoed the view of a number of solicitor respondents , one of whom argued that sole practitioners should be required to change their accountant annually ; whilst others said sole practitioners should be prohibited from instructioning sole practitioner accountants . |
| 21 | ‘ My old dad would have been right proud , ’ said 68-year-old Harry Ramsden junior , who opened the shop . |
| 22 | The NRA said full-time fishermen , cocklers and shrimpers in the Dee would not be adversely affected . |
| 23 | ‘ I do n't know where , why or how he got that idea , ’ said 77-year-old Mr Hickman , recently honoured for 60 years of preaching . |
| 24 | ‘ You said advanced syphilis . |
| 25 | He said Advanced Micro 's announcement it plans to ship ‘ hundreds of thousands ’ of 80486 chips this year amounts to about one week of Intel 's total productive capacity , and as for the latter 's plans to line up a manufacturing partner to boost production in 1994 , he said he doubts the company will find much excess capacity in the industry — and any company acting as a partner with Advanced Micro could face legal action , but he would not say what Intel might do . |
| 26 | Whereas your letters indicate that loyal subjects who have previously supported the Monarchy now feel that mistakes need to be acknowledged and if Her Majesty is not to be seen as hopelessly out of touch and out of date it is time she stood up and publicly said sorry . |
| 27 | I said sorry , I 'm tired . |
| 28 | A CATHOLIC priest said sorry to his flock yesterday after spending his holiday with a chart-topping singer . |
| 29 | Well he 's been very remorse throughout the interview anyway he 's you know he said sorry throughout and he regrets doing it now he 's he could n't understand why he did it . |
| 30 | It was quite difficult to get flights at this time of year ; when we first applied they said , come back when we know our schedules , and when we went back , they said sorry , nearly everything is booked up . |