Example sentences of "said he was the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her mother said he was the pick of the bunch . |
| 2 | ‘ Nicola said he was the man sent over to organise things for the Mafia . |
| 3 | But airport official Frank Walton , who is in charge of private plane facilities , said : ‘ I spoke to the man who said he was the pilot of the plane several hours after the landing and he definitely was n't John Travolta . ’ |
| 4 | Of course , David 's bodyguards were guarding the door and I went to see what they wanted and this guy , who said he was the night detective , announced that unless we emptied the room in five minutes , he was going to close the party down . |
| 5 | He 's not the King of the Jews , put it up , he said he was the King of the Jews . |
| 6 | A man who said he was the manager of the Bates ' 270-acre spread later blocked the track leading to the farmhouse with his Rover car . |
| 7 | McDermott , in a book released as the West Indies begin their tour of Australia , said he was the target of abuse by some West Indian cricketers during Australia 's 1991 Caribbean tour . |
| 8 | Presently a man with greying hair and specs came in and said he was the doctor who was going to remove the polyps . |
| 9 | Newton said he was the victim of a late sliding tackle by Mr Hallam . |
| 10 | Just said he was the brother of one of the French officers killed in the brawl in the Leopoldstadt . ’ |
| 11 | Ella Pringle only let Luke into the Old Rectory because he said he was the Rector 's son . |