Example sentences of "[noun sg] and said the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams visited the scene and said the attack was an attempt to kill and intimidate party members in advance of tomorrow 's local government elections . |
| 2 | Mr Portillo denied evading the question and said the Chancellor had said that the Social Security Secretary , Peter Lilley , would take the rise in VAT on fuel into account when income-related benefits are uprated next year . |
| 3 | The local parliament in Sevastopol called for a political settlement and said the row strengthened its resolve to seek complete autonomy for Crimea . |
| 4 | They were also all concerned about traffic congestion in the town and said the Cross Town Route should take traffic out of the town centre and not generate more . |
| 5 | ‘ Before training , Barry called a meeting and said the chairman had accused us of being greedy bastards and blamed us for the fine . |
| 6 | She gave a wry smile and said the thought had crossed her mind . |
| 7 | He took the idea of the package being stolen with studied anger and said the people concerned ‘ really took a flyer . |
| 8 | Commenting on the production , the adjudicator Michael Poynor mentioned particularly good grouping and movement and said the production had been ‘ competently handled . ’ |
| 9 | Southwestern Bell Corp , St Louis , got a clean bill of health from Standard & Poor 's Corp , which affirmed its Southwestern Bell Telephone Co 's A-plus senior unsecured debt and A-1 commercial paper and said the ratings outlook is stable . |
| 10 | I had the arm of Aaron and , when someone burnt that as a joke , changed my tale and said the ashes were from a fire over which the martyr of St Lawrence died . |
| 11 | When he came down he was wearing a professional air and said the symptoms were those of food poisoning . |
| 12 | He rang me just before a show and said the words : ‘ Well , I intend to bring the show to New York . |
| 13 | Fergus sprawled in the cafeteria banquette and said the challenge was to deconstruct something that had apparently already deconstructed itself , since the book was about a painting that turned out to be nothing but a chaotic mass of brush-strokes . |
| 14 | She slammed internal bickering and said the Greens , who polled just 0.5 per cent in April 's general election , have become a ‘ liability ’ for the environmental cause . |
| 15 | Coun Brady said his action would be similar to that taken after MP Douglas Fairbairn 's outburst at the weekend and said the committee disassociated itself with the remarks . |
| 16 | He was preparing a series of six documentaries with the overall title of Once in a Lifetime and said the situation regarding the Women of the Year lunch fitted in perfectly . |