Example sentences of "[conj] he [verb] say that " in BNC.
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| 1 | The chronicler does not seem to have been among them , although he does say that in 1006 the king and his councillors thought offering tribute distasteful . |
| 2 | Lord Denning ( it was his last case ) said that the term was not fair and reasonable in the circumstances , although he did say that this was a borderline case . |
| 3 | Although he has said that he is not in favour of that , he would nevertheless still keep them if that was NATO 's decision . |
| 4 | if you 've got a T V remote control things Once he 'd said that he 'd . |
| 5 | He had telephoned the present Archdeacon of Woodborough , a valued friend , the friend who had indeed suggested and supported his application , and he had said that he simply did not know why Peter had been turned down , he had no idea . |
| 6 | Tact and discretion he had used , and he dared say that Dierdriu had been told who had been at the back of it . |
| 7 | He had the casting vote , as chairmen do , and he voted to say that he thought opting out would be good for Banbury School , but of course he was the chairman of the parents group that was trying to opt out , so that was not greeted very well amongst some of us , I think . |
| 8 | Or if he had said that , irrespective of making the cake larger , the poor would get larger slices , again we might have believed and respected him . |
| 9 | Would it not have helped British farmers if he had said that he was determined to support us and ensure that we succeeded ? |
| 10 | Then , as if he regretted saying that , he abruptly swung away from her . |
| 11 | If he were here to answer the question , I suspect that he would be in considerable difficulty if he tried to say that he continued to oppose those privatisations . |
| 12 | It was true that he had never said he would marry me , but he had said that when the war was over he would write to me and try to come back . |
| 13 | But he does say that mind is nothing essentially different from body , and is , in fact , ‘ nothing but the motions in certain parts of an organic body ’ . |
| 14 | Macari will bring at least two of his Stoke City backroom staff to Parkhead , but he has said that Frank Connor will be retained . |
| 15 | and he is n't in my opinion really considering half the other jobs , but he has said that he wants that and by the mercy of providence this business of Lee being flung out by Andy and being put back onto the into the job centre coincides with my being very tight on money . |
| 16 | He was not prepared to preach to the British — ‘ I do n't really know too much about them ’ — but he did say that no one could expect success without putting in a great deal of hard work . |
| 17 | Erm but he did say that he 's actually writing a leaflet which they can run to seven or eight pages . |
| 18 | But he did say that er it 'll take three weeks before he can get back to me about sending me to the Law |
| 19 | But he did say that February 's increase was significantly lower than that recorded in January . |
| 20 | Yeah I know but he did say that even though agents I 'm not giving you this and then he showed me all the things you know to sort of prove that he was doing it . |
| 21 | He wishes to reject the idea that Christ took upon himself our guilt but he wishes to say that Christ identified with our sin and weaknesses . |
| 22 | I am pleased to see the Secretary of State for Social Security in his place , because he has said that the decision in January 1991 to stop such payments was taken because ’ It has never been the intention , nor is it sensible , that in the generality of cases Housing Benefit should be available as an alternative to income support ’ . |
| 23 | She had believed him even now , even after what had happened and was happening , when he had said that his love for her remained as it had ever been , something eternal . |
| 24 | In one way , of course , Nick had been quite right when he had said that whatever the truth it made no difference . |
| 25 | He was right when he had said that they had a peculiar reaction to each other . |
| 26 | And she had n't honestly thought he had — until just a few hours ago on the beach when he 'd said that this was goodbye . |
| 27 | David had been right when he 'd said that Rachel knew the whereabouts of Brooklands , for she had been there with her parents and her sister shortly after David and Jennifer 's engagement had been announced . |
| 28 | Galileo had his reasons ; for he wished to say that it was up to his clerical opponents to prove that the Copernican system had not been demonstrated . |
| 29 | His reasons are unclear , though he did say that three out of the recently rescued ‘ Bangkok Six ’ orang-utans ( all weak and traumatised babies ) had died at the Tanjung Puting centre . |