Example sentences of "said they [vb past] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Judge said they 'd made a strong case about how they 'd be affected by noise from the road . |
| 2 | The Judge said they 'd made a strong case about how they 'd be affected by noise from the road . |
| 3 | The horsebox driver and his son said they 'd felt a bump but thought it was a hole in the road . |
| 4 | So the letting officer from one of them said they 'd got a house for me . |
| 5 | instead of saying , telling the er insurance people that they 'd give them the bills and they could pay them as they came in , he said they 'd got a lump sum . |
| 6 | and I 'm sure it said they 'd nicked a full street in this one . |
| 7 | Her father , Peter Few Brown said they 'd had a good visit . |
| 8 | Mind you it seemed that they had a test at school last week and he was n't terribly happy with it , he said he could n't understand it , he tried to explain to me what it was , but erm , it 's not , not easy , but Ga Gavin said erm , he said they 'd had a test and he said it took him time to get into it but once he got into it , you know , he did alright in it , I think he said how many he got , he did n't seem to do too badly , but he said Alex did n't really do anything and what he did do he thought was wrong so he did n't hand it in , he said and in actual fact what he had done was right , so I do n't know , I told , I told Alex to go and see , you know , and ask about it and sort of erm , apparently he did do that so at least he 'll know , but erm , it 's strange really because normally Alex |
| 9 | However , directors of the 60 per cent-owned member of Robert Maxwell 's stable of companies , said they expected to maintain a final year dividend of 3p ‘ in view of the satisfactory progress ’ of Pergamon 's £90m-plus disposal programme . |
| 10 | When people said they had noticed a Labour or Conservative politician other than Thatcher or Kinnock we asked them who had caught their attention . |
| 11 | Meanwhile , Germany 's employer , trade and industry associations said they had formed a committee to fight xenophobia , which is now said to be putting off foreigners from investing in the country 's impoverished East . |
| 12 | Although Suzanne lived with friends , John said they had planned a family Christmas with her sister Michelle , 20 , and brother Steven , 14 , |
| 13 | The Alliance and Leicester Building Society said that 31 per cent of people questioned said they had delayed a move because of the poor state of the housing market , an increase of three per cent on May . |
| 14 | Last night the investigating team said they had made a breakthrough when a missing hood from James 's anorak was discovered by officers searching the area . |
| 15 | Police in north India , meanwhile , said they had found a cache of 6lb of RDX plastic explosive , similar to that used in the Bombay bombs . |
| 16 | Leeds said they had offered a six-figure sum for Fairbank and manager Doug Laughton wanted the player in his side for the home game with St Helens on Sunday week . |
| 17 | Lady Henrietta Tavistock said they had demanded a meeting with the Chipperfield organisation which owns the monkeys at both parks . |
| 18 | Mr Lawes and Mr Whatling said they had signed a partnership deal once it became clear how important the find was . |
| 19 | The Edinburgh Solicitors ' Property Centre , which handles 85 per cent of second-hand home sales in Edinburgh and the Lothians , said they had experienced a steady growth in the first two months of the year . |
| 20 | Many of these hoped to start this course in the next academic session ( 46% of enquirers ) and 58% of those who said they wanted to do a course in the future had made enquiries about it . |
| 21 | More non-enrollers than migrants said they intended to do a course in the future ( 63% compared with 40% ) and the non-enrollers were also much more likely to say they wanted to start the course very soon and had made enquiries about it . |
| 22 | ( In a recent survey of large law firms 88 per cent said they intended to have a computer on every fee earner 's desk . ) |
| 23 | According to a Midland Bank survey published this week , only 10 per cent of those questioned said they preferred to use a cheque rather than an electronic debit card . |