Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] said the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meanwhile , the education minister , Piet Marais , launched a programme yesterday to desegregate South African schools and said the government would equalise spending on black and white children in next year 's budget . |
| 2 | Casabona denied the offences and said the girl willingly had sex with him and had several chances to leave the car . |
| 3 | Coun. Tony Richmond , leader of the Conservative group on Darlington council , also supported the idea of traffic-free zones but said the areas chosen for the scheme were unsuitable . |
| 4 | The receiver , KPMG Peat Marwick , is still scrutinising the company accounts and said the Ti'ko premises had been returned to the lease holder . |
| 5 | ‘ You should have whipped off the trousers and said the jacket was a mini-dress , ’ said literary agent Felicity Bryan , who remembers doing just that at the Tory Carlton Club 20 years ago . |
| 6 | He confirmed that General Noriega was briefly in the hands of the rebels but said the US had no time to make use of this fact . |
| 7 | The company declined to project revenue targets but said the storage business is an $8,000m market . |
| 8 | Union leaders representing more than 8,000 white-collar staff gave warning of more stoppages and said the company was on a collision course . |
| 9 | ’ The lieutenant applauded their efforts and said the tactic was to avoid aggro and let the fires die down gradually . |
| 10 | As the small group of less than one hundred people genuinely opposed to the showing of the film sang hymns and said the rosary , the group of luridly dressed and made up ‘ acolytes ’ loudly parodied their prayers with phrases like ‘ General Franco pray for us ’ and ‘ General Pinochet stand by us . ’ |
| 11 | In a three-page letter to Carter in Atlanta , the Somali general accused the United States-led UN force in Somalia of a series of abuses and said the United States and UN have threatened his life . |
| 12 | Angela sided with her new in-laws and said the spread was terrific . |
| 13 | Erm that said that this part of all ten samples came out the same , ten tree ring dating samples and said the timbers er of which that had been built , had been felled in the spring of thirteen sixty . |
| 14 | However , three of the North-East 's Tory MPs dismissed Mr Milburn 's accusations and said the NHS reforms had made real progress in shortening hospital waiting lists . |