Example sentences of "and said [conj] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Half-way through one driver came in and said that the Minister for Human Resources had spent half an hour longer than he had agreed . ’ |
| 2 | I phoned a customer last night and said that the system should be done by the latest I would think next Monday like , you know ? |
| 3 | Tynagh Mines ' manager , David Fitzgerald , denied all the allegations and said that the company had spent half a million pounds on safety work and intended spending a further £200,000 . |
| 4 | General Motors Corp 's Electronic Data Systems Corp unit has talked to a ‘ number of ’ telecommunications companies about establishing a business relationship , the automaker 's general counsel Harry Pearce told Reuter : Pearce confirmed that talks between the computer services giant and British Telecommunications Plc have ended , and said that the company has talked to ‘ all the obvious suspects ’ in telecommunications . |
| 5 | Then one lady wrote and said that the ladies of the local church should do it for us . |
| 6 | Tessa grew testy about the line 's being used all the time , and said that the Bulgarians were the worst lovers in the Balkans , as though that were a world-known fact , like the trying nature to others of our gentle Scottish weather . |
| 7 | One night , half-way through the run , the box-office manager excitedly rang through to us back-stage and said that the theatre director Matthew Pyke had booked a ticket for The Jungle Book . |
| 8 | But Home Secretary Michael Howard described speculation about the Prime Minister 's future as a ‘ midsummer spasm ’ and said that the question of a challenge did not arise . |
| 9 | Madani gave the new government a guarded welcome at a June 18 news conference , and said that the FIS would respect election results . |
| 10 | The final communiqué condemned terrorism and said that the rise of religious fundamentalism constituted a threat to society and democracy . |
| 11 | Vyacheslav Shostakovsky , a Democratic Platform leader , on April 11 denounced the letter as an attempt to restrict political debate ahead of the congress and said that the Platform could not be accused of trying to steer the party off course since that course was still being defined . |
| 12 | Then the lady wept a little , and said that the tailor had now twice saved her , and was in every way worthy of her hand . |
| 13 | The Master of the Rolls in the Court of Appeal rejected these arguments and said that the purpose of the Directive was to co-ordinate the authorities ' discretion in member states and not to provide additional protection for investors . |
| 14 | Lewis opposed the idea that Parliament should let the scheme be taken out of its hands and said that the Government would apply for a vote during the session to acquire land for the Foreign Office at first , followed by land for other offices . |
| 15 | They also emphasized the " right of Jews to settle in all parts of Greater Israel " , and said that the government would " enhance , expand and develop " Jewish settlement in the West Bank and Gaza Strip . |
| 16 | In reply Cresson denounced the opposition for being " demolishers " damaging France rather than " builders " , and said that the government intended to stay in office until the end of the parliamentary term in 1993 . |
| 17 | In the 1992 budget presented on March 5 , Finance and Trade Minister Molwyn Joseph predicted a surplus of EC$81,196 and said that the government would seek to reduce public spending and to spend " more wisely " . |
| 18 | He issued a detailed list of demands and said that the government 's response would determine the speed with which genuine negotiations could resume . |
| 19 | The PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan , in an interview published in an Istanbul newspaper on Aug. 25 , repudiated this version of events and said that the government had " mounted a provocation against the Kurds of Sirnak " . |
| 20 | The Select Committee recommended the first course and said that the life sentence should be interpreted and administered in the same way as the sentence to which a reprieved murderer is subject at present . |
| 21 | Vasile Ionel , a Deputy Defence Minister and Army Chief of Staff [ wrongly given as Ionel Vasile on p. 37105 ] , urged continued vigilance against isolated attacks by Securitate officers still at large , and said that the Army would withdraw to barracks " only when we are fully aware that there is no one to endanger people 's lives and security " . |
| 22 | When the relevant Finance Act was being discussed in 1976 , the then Financial Secretary to the Treasury , Robert Sheldon , referred to teachers ' children educated at fee-paying schools and said that the benefit would be ‘ assessed on the cost to the employer , which would be very small indeed ’ . |
| 23 | Mars-Jones J agreed with the dictum in Taylor v Yielding ( cited at 15.3.2 ) and said that the clause in the lease was not conclusive . |
| 24 | PW senior partner Shaun O'Malley welcomed the news and said that the affair underlined the critical need for tort reform in the US . |
| 25 | Mr Jones has criticised Mr Mandelson for announcing his candidature in a newspaper article and said that the spirit of the party 's selection code , which says the media should not be used to promote a candidate , may have been broken . |
| 26 | Vacaroiu promised a " receptive and open " government and said that the continuation of reform was his absolute priority , but that the government would " assume special care for the social costs of that process " . |
| 27 | Layfield ( 1976 ) criticised this confusion and said that the centre must make up its mind whether it wanted to adopt a centralist or localist view . |
| 28 | Here she pause and said that the handbook advised a ‘ nice but firm reiteration ’ of the latter . |
| 29 | An Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman dismissed the report as " nonsense " and said that the charges were " outrageous " . |
| 30 | A Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesperson on May 13 stressed that Turkey had repeatedly said that " Iraq 's territorial integrity must be preserved " and said that the election document drawn up by the Kurdistan Front went beyond the 1974 autonomy agreement between the Kurds and the Iraqi government . |