Example sentences of "say it [vb past] [to-vb] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Mr Scargill says the Soviet pitmen 's present was intended for international purposes , but the Soviet democratic labour movement says it meant to ease the hardship of striking British miners .
2 Auspex says it needed to boost the power to keep ahead of the demand of the latest high-powered workstations , such as the HP 9000/730 and Sun 's Sparcstation 10s .
3 That firm , Badische Ruckstandsbeseitigung , says it refused to handle the waste .
4 Saga says it tried to force the hotel to honour the contract , but it refused .
5 I said women should have a choice : the hospital said it had to have a policy . ’
6 Last week the firm said it hoped to agree a sale of part of the 61 per cent stake owned by American Express as part of a deal to inject new equity into the firm .
7 Mr Don Aitken , a trust member , said it hoped to bring a test case .
8 The main opposition group , the National League for Democracy , said it expected to have an absolute majority when the final results are compiled in about three weeks .
9 The outlawed Ulster Freedom Fighters said it tried to kill the three Roman Catholic taxi drivers .
10 But CALA said it intended to pay a final dividend of 1.55p , for an unchanged total of 2.3p .
11 In a statement the Prison Service said it wanted to clarify the situation in view of misleading accounts of the operation of the Compassionate Home Leave Scheme .
12 The DTI said it wanted to avoid the risk of a ‘ disorderly collapse ’ which would have threatened the savings of those people who had already put money into the funds .
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