Example sentences of "he said [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 In response to his anxiety , perhaps he will send me quotations of what he said during the period of the last Labour Government when 30,980 jobs were lost in the mining industry in Wales .
2 ‘ The trip has really broadened by horizons , ’ he said during the World Cup .
3 Bunny buried his face in his beer and I only just caught what he said over the noise from the band .
4 The report by your lawyers on the contract is with Simon , and , as he said over the phone , he will be writing to you with our reactions .
5 He went to make Turkish coffee and he said through the door , you 're misleading .
6 ‘ You two take the car and go on home , ’ he said through the window .
7 No when he says when about working extra he said through the morning or something
8 Unfortunately for the government , it became clear that Mosley meant what he said about the scandal of mass unemployment and the greater scandal of Labour 's failure to do anything about it .
9 Secondly , while I heard what he said about the fact that , in the case of Mr. Thorpe , the process in north Devon was not exhausted , the theoretical position remains that the treatment may not have been available in north Devon , but was made available in London by virtue of the fact that Mr. Thorpe had two residences and was registered in two places .
10 I agree with what he said about the Association of British Insurers , the insurance industry and the motor car industry , here , in western Europe and increasingly in central Europe — not to mention Japan and Korea .
11 But what he said about the role technology would play in the war seems to have been as accurate as the laser-guided bombs shown on television .
12 When he spoke to her she could scarcely hear what he said for the thudding of her lovesick heart and the chattering of her teeth .
13 He said for the money we spent here you could have had a percentage off .
14 But she had n't been able to hear what he said for the roaring in her ears .
15 ‘ I can not associate what he said with the action of killing .
16 He said on the blower
17 ‘ When you count the goals up next May , I think you 'll find there has never been a season like it , ’ he said on the eve of tonight 's match at Crystal Palace .
18 ‘ We 've got the players to save this club , ’ he said on the eve of the survival clash with Portsmouth .
19 left them up , left them up or something I do n't He said on the night he 'll have to come again and have a look at it .
20 ‘ Ah , ’ he said at the finish , ‘ there was a rumour a few years ago that some Russo had managed to get to the top of the mountain . ’
21 ‘ Grant maintained schools can no longer be seen as a politically reversible gimmick , ’ he said at the union 's conference in Birmingham .
22 ‘ I know there will be those who are unhappy … but I am also convinced that millions of Argentines are applauding this measure , ’ he said at the weekend .
23 " I am the sentry who is never relieved " , he said at the opening of new rooms at the Military Museum in Madrid on 7 March 1946 , conveniently overlooking the fact that several unavailing attempts had been made to relieve him since 1939 .
24 ‘ The message is that the culture must be broken and that if anyone is found carrying a knife it must be viewed very , very seriously , ’ he said at the committee , which swiftly completed its stages last night .
25 ‘ I can not lovemake to you , ’ he said at the door , ‘ in the house of our ancient Danish friends where you are the nanny . ’
26 ‘ Right , ’ he said at the door of the sick room .
27 ‘ Either they can back the Union or they can take the first , irrevocable step towards separation , ’ he said at the party 's morning press briefing .
28 ‘ No sleep tonight , ’ he said at the corner of his lips .
29 This was not an opinion , simply the Catholic moral teaching , he said at the funeral of Henry Babbington , shot dead on Wednesday by IRA men who mistook him for a loyalist terrorist .
30 he said at the end of the day I 've had enough
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