Example sentences of "say they [vb past] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thames Water , who built the plant , say they had to spend the money to stay within European law , money which is ultimately paid by their customers . |
| 2 | Police say they had to enforce the law after 1am when the clocks went forward an hour . |
| 3 | The nursing home say they did consult the council … and have promised to carry out sensitive landscaping … along the gap . |
| 4 | For the Germans say they DID make the offer . |
| 5 | Conservative leader , David Walden , says they managed to convey the extent of the County 's problems . |
| 6 | He says they refused to accept the import licence because it was written in German . |
| 7 | THE Forestry Commission this week began felling 120 fine old beech trees in the Crown-owned Savernake Forest in Wiltshire , saying they had to protect the public from dangerous boughs . |
| 8 | Magistrates said they 'd thought the bail conditions were strict enough to stop Hagans re-offending . |
| 9 | But the magistrates chairman said they 'd used the vehicle as weapon , with no regard for the life of their victim . |
| 10 | They said they 'd changed the wheel in about three minutes flat , I said well it was n't Friday the thirteenth was it ? |
| 11 | ‘ Jimmy said they 'd left the gates open specially … . ’ |
| 12 | They said they went to get the food at Waitrose , and I heaved , and I said , I do n't want to see |
| 13 | A spokesman for Merseyside Development Corporation , which is spearheading the multi-million pound regeneration of the resort , said they hoped to start the housing scheme in January . |
| 14 | Mr Lamb , a former mayor of Darlington , said they hoped to reenact the opening of the station with Victorian period costumes . |
| 15 | Federation legal sources said they hoped to launch the appeal in December and added they were ‘ very hopeful ’ the Ohio decision would be overturned . |
| 16 | Some said they had seen the quizzical , grey-whiskered faces staring up at them as they crouched on the two boards above the refuse pit , peering at the nervous men from beside the walls of the cubicles and showing no apprehension . |
| 17 | He said they had to allow the Japanese to retain their arms because they had not enough men to collect them . |
| 18 | A fire brigade spokesman said they had fed the name of the compound into a computer and the print-out said it could be toxic if it caught fire . |
| 19 | The gypsies claimed the right to the fair under the charter and said they had obtained the permission of the lord of the manor . |
| 20 | But a few minutes later they said they had detained the wrong woman and the real suspect was still at large . |
| 21 | Urbina said they had taken the embassy in protest against President Violeta Chamorro 's policy of allowing left-wing Sandinistas to retain control of the police and army after she had beaten them in elections in 1990. — AP |
| 22 | Police said they had surrounded the area . |
| 23 | Mr Everett said they had forwarded the claim for Charmaine separately and exactly the same problems were occurring . |
| 24 | Sources close to the meeting of G7 senior government ministers , who had invited the deputy prime minister , Boris Fyodorov , as a last-minute guest , said they had laid the groundwork for fresh aid but no promises had been made over cash . |
| 25 | They had become suspicious after two men with Irish accents said they had spent the night in a pub that did not exist . |
| 26 | All those who said they had had the first operation had an appropriate scar and ab absent gall bladder on ultrasonography . |
| 27 | Heather Lloyd , defending , said they had committed the crimes more out of ignorance than malice and that their customers had not been unhappy . |
| 28 | Many of the girls wanted to ask about domestic details such as rationing , clothes and saying goodbye to boyfriends while the boys frequently said they wanted to interview the men to find out if they had been on active service or if they had killed anyone . |
| 29 | They said they wanted to confront the crews with what the plane does . |
| 30 | Senior ministers were clearly disappointed last night at the news , but said they wanted to study the papers before commenting publicly . |