Example sentences of "said they [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A statement issued today said they regret any offence caused by the Magpie Column . |
| 2 | Mr Humphreys said they offered different versions of the number of beds in the hospitals ; the number of people working there ; the volume of traffic on Hollyhurst Road ; the number of parking spaces which were to be created by Bioplan and the shift patterns worked by staff at Bioplan . |
| 3 | Cos someone said that they went last year , George said they went last year brilliant . |
| 4 | Isa recorded the proceedings — no doubt simply to refresh his memory of the sense of the meeting — but men found the recorder inhibiting , said they feared secret police , reprisals , a black mark . |
| 5 | Observers said they expected pro-reform supporters of President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani to win 70 per cent of the 270 seats . |
| 6 | West German officials said they hoped similar arrangements could be made . |
| 7 | Two out of three voters said they wished other candidates were available . |
| 8 | Miss Tuckey said they made good agents . |
| 9 | Out of approximately one hundred prospective overseas students I spoke with , the majority said they had little intention of returning to China unless conditions improved in all aspects of life in the near future , but they were vague about what they would do overseas once their initial period of advanced education was complete . |
| 10 | Mr Lewis said they had great sympathy for the flood victims . |
| 11 | You said they had nice boys at Walthamstow . |
| 12 | Other employees said they had favourite sections of the roadshow , and everyone was enthusiastic about the Crystal Maze game that makes up part of the roadshow . |
| 13 | ‘ Then a stewardess said they had another passenger with stomach pains . |
| 14 | Among the most striking of its findings were that all those surveyed said they had more confidence in statements on biotechnology made by environment and consumers ' groups than in those issuing from government or industry . |
| 15 | In a statement the W.Midlands Regional Health Authority said they needed vacant possession for the property to be handed over to a private housebuilder for development . |
| 16 | She said , as you said , they s she said they used less swearing and more please and thank yous . |
| 17 | Er and then similarly to that they er were said to seek agreement by Lakehoff she said they used more questions and more tag questions . |
| 18 | If somebody said they wanted Ionic number five slightly different |
| 19 | Bosnian Muslims said they wanted more territory than had been offered under a proposed peace plan . |
| 20 | She was the target of a bomb attack during her visit and French officials said they suspected Iraqi government agents . |
| 21 | Interior ministry sources said they suspected ultra-rightwing groups were responsible for the murder . |
| 22 | Thought it was only a day , and they were talking to somebody else on the ferry who said they did this trip every year did n't they ? |
| 23 | A few days later he came back , said they gave tactile pleasure to his patients , a little on the lines of worry beads , and off he went with a boxful . ’ |
| 24 | Many retailing organizations said they gave fixed-term contracts to seasonal workers brought in to cope with the Christmas peak . |
| 25 | A spokesman said they found 22-year-old Joanne , of Gateshead , Tyne and Wear , nursing a swollen and bruised face . |
| 26 | People with bank accounts often like to pay credit instalments by bank standing order — half the people in our main survey said they preferred this payment method . |
| 27 | She says , Ali Carver , she said they 'd been to that last Saturday night with a couple from and she said they paid fifteen pound just them |
| 28 | They said they built 11,000 Sparcstation 10s and sent 10,000 out the door . |