Example sentences of "[noun] say his [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr V.P. Singh said his immediate priority was to deal with separatist and secessionist violence in the Punjab , Jammu and Kashmir . |
| 2 | His lawyer said his real punishment had already happened . |
| 3 | Linda said his first words to her were : ‘ Oh mum . ’ |
| 4 | Lyalin said his personal task was to destroy the early-warning radar station at Fylingdales while other agents would flood the London underground system . |
| 5 | Newton says his successful rapport with Chelsea supporters is itself a triumph in the light of recent history . |
| 6 | Brian Howells says his youngest daughter was lucky to escape injury . |
| 7 | Patrick says his last marathon was in Gloucester in 1985 … he 's a lot older now |
| 8 | Kenneth says his earliest memory is seeing Queen Victoria 's Diamond Jubilee celebrations in 1898 . |
| 9 | Mr Le Pen said his 17-member party was being persecuted and unjustly accused of racism and fascism . |
| 10 | Lord Aldington said his earlier statements that he left the area between 25 and 29 May were made before he had properly researched the matter and before he realised his departure date was crucial . |
| 11 | THE ATTORNEY General Sir Nicholas Lyell is to review the sentence of a sex offender who was spared jail after a judge said his eight-year-old victim was ‘ not entirely an angel . ’ |
| 12 | COHSE researcher Steven Weeks say his main concern is that the schemes being marketed ‘ are not designed to measure the type of jobs nurses do ’ . |
| 13 | Conference watchers say his barnstorming oratory 's been sorely missed . |
| 14 | A shopkeeper whose premises have been smashed open by ramraiders twice in three weeks says his local council have stopped him installing protective security shutters . |
| 15 | Phil said his earliest memories of life at the Brandywell would remain with him forever . |
| 16 | Gunn says his old boss is not dour , it is just that people misread his temperament . |
| 17 | Billy says his 12-year-old son , Mark , is very upset and he is appealing for anyone who is offered a snake for sale in suspicious circumstances to contact the police . |
| 18 | Jay says his greatest pleasure came when he played against two Grandmasters from Russia and one each from England and Romania , drawing twice and losing twice . |
| 19 | Brian says his only regret is giving up responsibility for Risley Site Services . |
| 20 | The next day she discovered from Liddy that Sergeant Troy 's supposed father was a doctor , but people said his real father was a nobleman . |
| 21 | Sugar said his main reaction was one of ‘ relief ’ that the issue had been settled because he had received such abuse from a small section of Tottenham fans . |
| 22 | Bill says his four year marriage to Tonia — widow of speed king Donald Campbell — survives because living apart for most of the time adds zest to their love life . |
| 23 | Doctors said his main injuries were psychological and the ‘ shattering experience ’ has left him with post traumatic stress syndrome . |
| 24 | Crisp says his four-bedroom Potton house , which cost him £120,000 to build , is currently valued at £180,000 . |
| 25 | Mr Annesley said his senior officers were ‘ rigorously assisting ’ Mr Stevens , while Mr Brooke said the investigation was going on in a ‘ thoroughly effective ’ way . |
| 26 | A charity worker says his social security payments are being stopped because he 's taking aid to Sarajevo . |
| 27 | Nicholas says his delayed return — he was released last Novemebr , but only came back to Britain a fortnight ago — was due to difficulties in getting back his passport from the Goan authorities . |
| 28 | An ugly modern extension obscures part of the Godfrey building at present and Moran says his architectural consultants have advised him to apply for permission to remove it and replace it with a gatehouse . |
| 29 | Steve Jobs says his NeXT Computer Inc is taking a major risk in developing NeXTStep 3.0 for 80486-based personal computers , but reckons that it is the only serious competition for Microsoft Corp 's Windows . |
| 30 | Hotel marketing consortium MinOtels UK chairman Jon Redfern said his 200 members were virtually unaware of the changes . |