Example sentences of "he [vb -s] said " in BNC.
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1 | Although not exactly stuck for words , nothing that he has said has yet entered the language . |
2 | He has said that the £15m on offer was either too little or too much — too little to pacify the bankers if Eagle was in trouble but if the group could be turned around a recapitalisation would not be needed . |
3 | ‘ Certainly promises were made when Michael Knighton came to the club and doubts have now been cast on his ability to fulfil these , but if he does everything he has said who is to complain ? ’ |
4 | He has said bitterly that he was overlooked by the Nobel committee . |
5 | ‘ I am one of those people ’ , he has said in the past , ’ who must take exercise not only to be able to give of my best , but just to survive — I mean , I ca n't function without it . |
6 | Repeatedly he has said he favours internationally supervised elections , and that his country wishes to be non-aligned . |
7 | A devout Catholic , he has said this will be his last season while he devotes himself to his family . |
8 | A devout Catholic , he has said this will be his last season as he devotes himself to his family . |
9 | He has said repeatedly that he will serve out his term , but the pressures on him to quit early are expected to grow after next Sunday 's vote . |
10 | Mr Tebbit has consistently made clear his opposition to large scale immigration but he has said he is in favour of ‘ attracting immigrants who are well educated and highly skilled … regardless of race ’ . |
11 | He has said , and subsequently confirmed , that he will step down shortly after March 27th , when the King is due to award him a medal . |
12 | ‘ This ’ , he has said , ‘ is black and white , good and evil ’ . |
13 | He has said Egyptian troops would remain in the Gulf until they complete their mission , which he describes as aiding Kuwait under joint Arab defence agreements . |
14 | He has said he is determined to remain in office until his term expires in July 1992 , but Mr Andreotti 's wobbly five-party government may find it ever harder to coexist with such a tempestuous president . |
15 | Because He does not at once take wicked people out of the world , they seem to forget that He is angry with the wicked every day , and that He has said , ‘ Though hand join in hand , the wicked shall not be unpunished'' ’ |
16 | He has said the change in diet and water would be calamitous and that he ought to rest where all is familiar for six months or more . |
17 | As he has said ‘ the man who throws a race is a crook for life ’ , it is fair to guess that Melges ' ’ day off ’ was for no other reason than that he wanted no part of any manipulation of points . |
18 | The famous American film star , W C Fields , has been known to earn as much as £1,000 a day and yet he has said that his greatest thrill in life is the luxury of stretching out at night between freshly laundered sheets . |
19 | Elsewhere he has said , ‘ all that the concept of subsidiarity boils down to is an expression of the national interest of member states . |
20 | The National Curriculum , ’ he has said , ‘ is leaving us free to question custom and precedent and to be imaginative in finding new solutions . |
21 | It is a conviction born of understanding , grounded solidly in the truth of who God is and what he has said and done . |
22 | On Prince Charles 's position he says : ‘ He has said he wo n't get divorced . |
23 | The next year , 1965 , he had his choice of three F1 teams competing for his services and chose BRM : as he has said , he wanted to be in a team ‘ where they would n't rush me , a team where I would n't be battling for my place every time I took the grid , a team where I could learn from a man like Graham Hill ’ . |
24 | ‘ You have to have the lows , the valleys , ’ he has said . |
25 | ‘ What he has said is so stupid . |
26 | He has said he lost something like £15,000 in potential earnings as a freelance builder and an injury suffered in the tournament has meant that he is unable to work — so he loses out both ways . |
27 | His own collection of miniatures was begun , he has said , because he could not afford to purchase entire illuminated manuscripts . |
28 | On this aspect of his collection he has said : ‘ Within this field , I try to obtain beautifully bound copies that belonged to a royal library , to a prince , or to a famous bibliophile . |
29 | However , he has said : ‘ If social services want to keep some kind of data about the additional services which may not immediately be necessary , I do n't think the process is going to open them up to a legal threat . ’ |
30 | He has said nothing about the government 's economic package , with its plan for a FFr68 billion rise in taxes . |