Example sentences of "[Wh det] [pron] say [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Huddled behind a clump of trees , several villagers pointed to an anti-aircraft gun mounted on a truck in the valley far below which they said Serbian forces had used to pummel their homes . |
| 2 | And as to dictatorships — in which he says two people in every 100 are interested in politics as opposed to three in a hundred in a democracy — you could argue that some dictatorships succeeded because they appealed to primitive instincts in people who were not interested in politics . |
| 3 | In an interview with La Stampa yesterday , Ing C Olivetti & Co SpA chief Carlo De Benedetti condemned the pervasive system of political corruption , which he says obligated Olivetti to pay bribes or lose contracts , as ‘ having reduced Italy to a state worse than the Third World ’ : he says that at the last shareholders meeting earlier this year , he had to deny any bribery because he could n't preview information to the shareholders that was intended for the legal authorities ; he says that facing the judges , he felt liberated from a weight — ‘ then I felt a sense of justice — it pleased me to be there , ’ noting that when the company decided that the demands of the postal service for slush funds became too extreme and Olivetti stopped paying , ‘ we did n't sell another machine to the Post — we had arrived at the absurd point where , if we did n't pay , we did n't work and the moment we quit paying , we did n't work any more ’ . |
| 4 | The past becomes present to him with a total immediacy and a complete conviction which he says intellectual memory could never achieve . |
| 5 | Lastly , there is his first ‘ model ’ of agriculture , with its paupers , ruthless exploitation etc. , of which he says pre-revolutionary Russia was an example . |
| 6 | And this is supported by recently-appointed Employment Minister David Hunt 's statement in which he said British Government backing is unconditional . |
| 7 | The Government 's green paper on the future of the BBC spoke inspiringly of the particular needs and interests of the UK 's constituent nations , which it said any recast structure should reflect . |
| 8 | you know those orange drinks , which it says real oranges in nine times out of ten , it is n't there 's always some additives and what have you |
| 9 | Last night Mr Heron , who works at G E Stiller Transport in Middleton St George , said : ‘ I shall repeat what I said 18 months ago . |
| 10 | We have experienced quite considerable out migration er in the period since , and we do build in perhaps slightly optimistic erm migration net migration figures compared to the er O P C S er and and D O E figures but they are nevertheless accepted as part of this forecast the regional guidance , on the basis that we have a major regeneration problem in the area , to reiterate what I said this morning . |
| 11 | Er finally I 'd like to reinforce what I said this morning about the strategic importance of a countryside protection policy . |
| 12 | No , from what I said this morning I meant not being there , without realising that |
| 13 | I meant what I said last night . |
| 14 | ‘ I did mean what I said last night , ’ she went on in a strangled whisper . |
| 15 | ‘ What I said last month was that the US Open was my final Grand Slam tournament . |
| 16 | It was in no way intense , and indeed coming from such a figure it could not help but appear a little maternal ; Mrs Hill did not seem to discover anything odd in her own attitude , and would consult Clara 's opinion without any attempts at subterfuge or bravado ; she would defer to Clara 's position in the class by outrageously open remarks such as " Now , Clara , you 're the only girl likely to remember what I said last week " , or " Well , I suppose I 'm wasting my breath on all but Clara Maugham . " |
| 17 | So , what I want to do is to er really repeat what I said last week but with a different emphasis . |
| 18 | It is what I said last time , it 's fiction . ’ |
| 19 | I only repeat what I said last time Chairman that if the , that if people do not understand the management of the countryside , that they leave it well alone . |
| 20 | Well if , I sometimes feel a letter , I mean you what she said that morning when you phoned ? |
| 21 | Do you know what she said last night , after I 'd told her what Dieter and I were planning for next week ? |
| 22 | They 're really brilliant very very good live and that was called er er , That 's What She Said Last Night . |
| 23 | ‘ And what you said this morning … about that manuscript I gave you . |
| 24 | ‘ That 's not what you said last night — when we were in the bar . |
| 25 | Did you mean what you said last night ? ’ |
| 26 | After what you said last night … |
| 27 | Least , I hope it 's good news , from what you said last night , I think it would be good news . |
| 28 | Well I , I thought it was the peanut butter you see , and then I just thought what you said last night . |
| 29 | If we recorded what you said last night in P E. |
| 30 | Well there you go Mickey , did you have any money on this one — I bet you did n't after what you said last night ? |