Example sentences of "say it had [verb] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 BRUSSELS ( AP ) — An unknown group called ‘ Young Palestine , Proud and Free ’ , in a letter to Belgian newspapers yesterday , said it had killed Joseph Wybran , a leading Belgian Jew .
2 Asda said it had cut prices by up to 50 per cent on more than 1,500 lines .
3 I said it had done Eddie a power of good .
4 In what looks rather like the thin end of the wedge for eventual privatisation of the phone company , BellSouth Corp yesterday said it had reached agreement to buy a 12.5% stake in France Telecom Mobiles Data SA , a newly formed unit of France Telecom .
5 Late last night , the Hungarian news agency MTI said it had received telephone calls reporting more than 30 killings in clashes in Cluj , while another source reported clashes in Arad , 60 miles north of Timisoara , where demonstrators were massacred last week .
6 The Northern Echo , based in Darlington , Co Durham , yesterday said it had received pictures of 150 terrorist suspects from a former soldier who said he wished to illustrate ‘ shambles ’ of Ulster security .
7 The Northern Echo yesterday said it had received pictures of 150 terrorist suspects from an ex-soldier who said he wished to illustrate ‘ the shambles of security in Northern Ireland ’ .
8 It said it had contacted Greece and Kenya .
9 The beater said it had happened years ago in a quarrying accident .
10 He said it had taken years .
11 BR said it had taken steps to control overtime and to ensure engineers were taking breaks in the hard pressed Southern Region , where skills shortages are most acute .
12 At that point , only one authority said it had offered training to staff on sex and sexuality , and many workers felt unable to talk directly to young people about sex .
13 Officers of the Muslim-led Bosnian government said it had urged President Alija Izetbegovic to return home immediately from Geneva , where he met international mediators , to underline the gravity of the crisis in the enclave .
14 Keith Hayes , treasurer of Middlesbrough and District Philatelic Society , which hosted this year 's convention , said it had attracted dealers from all over the North from the Tweed to the Humber .
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