Example sentences of "a [noun sg] said the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Reports in a newspaper said the couple planned to move as they were being continually hounded by Vic fans . |
| 2 | A spokesman said the Longmont , Colorado-based firm ran in the black in the first two quarters but the colour turned blood red in the last half , particularly the third quarter . |
| 3 | A spokesman said the hotel hoped to be operating at 55 per cent occupancy within its first year and up to 70 per cent within three to four years . |
| 4 | A spokesman said the consortium was considering a judicial review . |
| 5 | A spokesman said the council would continue to work with associations and the government towards securing earmarked money . |
| 6 | A spokesman said the council would reply to Mr Harper 's letter in due course . |
| 7 | British Rail has launched an inquiry , but a spokesman said the alarm bells and gates appeared to be working properly . |
| 8 | The airport was set to remain closed today as talks continued , but a spokesman said the management was ‘ fairly hopeful ’ of a successful outcome . |
| 9 | A spokesman said the complaints made so far have tended to be of a civil nature , but added : If we receive a complaint which can be substantiated then we will investigate it . |
| 10 | A spokesman said the majority of thefts took place in the West End but there were also a series of car break-ins in the Parkside area . |
| 11 | A spokesman said the Government was confident of winning the vote and would not be drawn on ‘ hypothetical ’ discussion about defeat . |
| 12 | A spokesman said the fur ban had been introduced purely on commercial grounds . |
| 13 | A spokesman said the level of liquor in an evaporator was ‘ higher than it should have been ’ . |
| 14 | A spokesman said the cash could unlock projects such as the proposed University of the Highlands and Islands , a vehicle ferry or causeway linking Lewis , Harris and the Uists , major upgrading of single-track roads , and provision of new factories , workshops and offices . |
| 15 | A spokesman said the priority list for Middlesbrough , Eston and Redcar from the Department of Social Security grouped claimants into the deserving poor and the undeserving poor . |
| 16 | As customers packed the gift departments , a spokesman said the break with tradition was inevitable . |
| 17 | But a spokesman said the murder was painstakingly investigated by professional officers . |
| 18 | A spokesman said the outcome of the meeting would not be revealed publicly until later in the week , after shareholders had been informed . |
| 19 | Although the costume designer James Hendy has dressed the cast in disturbingly bright colours and given Katisha fingernails which would do credit to the monstrous Freddy Krueger from Nightmare on Elm Street , a spokesman said The Mikado had been produced in the spirit of compromise . |
| 20 | A spokesman said the dispute could be extremely damaging to the warship builder but the offer was final . |
| 21 | A spokesman said the inspector would report back to the boy 's father , Bernard Grainger , of Melland Street . |
| 22 | A spokesman said the workload is unusually high for the time of year . |
| 23 | A spokesman said the effect on borrowers will be marginal and amount to an extra £10 a month on mortgages of £30,000 and above at the typical interest rate of 8 per cent . |
| 24 | After a meeting last night of the committee which runs the museum , a statement said the decision had been based on an ‘ amicable agreement ’ between the two parties . |
| 25 | A statement said the group would submit a revised proposal for senior financing for the deal ‘ in the near term ’ . |
| 26 | A statement said the TCCB had failed to take into account Lamb 's previously unblemished record and ‘ outstanding service and contribution to English cricket . ’ |
| 27 | She has stopped Keith from having cold drinking chocolate which he adores because a neighbour said the additives might be making him hyperactive . |
| 28 | A spokeswoman said the man had been making door to door calls , asking for donations . |
| 29 | Mr Horn works for Derbyshire County Council , for whom a spokeswoman said the hearing had not taken place and would not be held in the future . |
| 30 | A pal said the Crystal Palace captain left a man bleeding from the face after a brawl outside a south London nightspot . |