Example sentences of "say it [vb past] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A couple are suing their bank for half a million pounds because they say it bungled advice on small business and forced them into debt . |
| 2 | IBM Personal Systems Business Unit Europe/Middle East/Africa says it had record volume of sales in the first quarter of this year , and points to Dataquest figures suggesting that it outshipped its nearest competitor by 66% during the last quarter of 1992 and the first quarter of 1993 — gaining 4% in market share over the previous six months ; the company also said it reorganised its manufacturing and distribution operations at its Greenock , Scotland , plant , cutting distribution costs for its ValuePoint and ThinkPad brands by more than 65% , cutting its inventory by 17% since the end of 1992 ; this magnitude of savings will also be realised for the PS/2 and PS/1 lines this year . |
| 3 | In a report to next month 's General Assembly , the Kirk 's Board of Social Responsibility — the largest voluntary social work agency in Scotland — says it spent £1.5 million from its own reserves in the past 17 months to keep its 42 eventide homes going . |
| 4 | The BBC says it chose Stewart Park , Middlesbrough , for a Bank Holiday special because it offered better car parking than parks in Stockton , while Stockton did not have an auditorium to compare with the size of Middlesbrough Town Hall . |
| 5 | Dista says it told health department officials ‘ verbally ’ in July about the evidence of Opren accumulation in the elderly . |
| 6 | Chicago-based R R Donnelley & Sons Co says it bought SoftCopy Inc , which duplicates floppy disks in Orem , Utah ; terms were not disclosed ; founded in 1984 , SoftCopy has about 200 people and provides floppy replication , inventory management , order processing and distribution for computer hardware and software manufacturers , it added . |
| 7 | Carrollton , Texas-based Westcott Communications Inc is to acquire some assets of TI-IN Network Inc , San Antonio , Texas , for 350,000 new Westcott shares worth about $11m , plus assumption of some liabilities ; TI-IN had audited revenues of some $7.3m and made a net loss of $697,000 for its fiscal year ended September 30 last ; it provides live interactive courses with two-way communication for school pupils in Grades K to 12 ; Westcott Communications says it pioneered satellite delivery of workplace training . |
| 8 | Novell has said it expected Univel to do over $5m worth of business during the quarter just closed . |
| 9 | It came on a day of positive signs for the British economy , with the Bank of England saying it thought inflation would remain below the Government 's target of 4 per cent for the next two years , and cautious indications of a pick-up in high street spending . |
| 10 | He welcomed the PAIN report , saying it raised issues to be tackled both locally and nationally . |
| 11 | Handel once threw a young composer 's music out of the window , saying it wanted air . |
| 12 | Since planes tend to fly by Greenwich Mean Time , it is convenient to say it took place on the evening of the Friday . |
| 13 | Motorola Inc 's UDS Motorola in Huntsville , Alabama said it cut prices by up to 25% on several V.32 and V.32 bis modems , effective immediately : the list prices of the V.32L , V.3225L , V.3227L and V.3229L CCITT V.32 and V.32 bis compliant modems , have been cut by $200 each . |
| 14 | They said it meant death . |
| 15 | Barrie Lamb , chairman of Darlington Railway Preservation Society , said it meant Darlington had lost out on a major attraction to the North-East . |
| 16 | And Barrie Lamb , chairman of the Darlington Railway Preservation Society , said it meant Darlington had lost the chance of a major tourist attraction . |
| 17 | The Science Museum , which owns the airfield , admitted it 's had to increase the amount it charges the Association , and said it regretted plans to pull out . |
| 18 | Got on one tube and that broke down from the end of she 's at Liverpool Street then she had to go different end to Oxford Street , but she ended up in Charing Cross then she got on another tube line at Charing Cross and then that broke down , so she said it took hours , then she gave a taxi , had to get a taxi back to Oxford Street and , and from Oxford Street back to Waterloo and it 's four pound and he gave her a change for a tenner instead , and she gave him a twenty pound note but , you know she 's absolutely haggard , so I said it 's just as well she can have a cup of tea before she goes , I just told her briefly about that so , erm , Carla 's a bit late ai n't she ? |
| 19 | Last night AA Roadwatch urged drivers to take care in the icy conditions and said it anticipated problems with heavy traffic during the holiday period . |
| 20 | Announcing half time results yesterday , the food retailer said it spent £384m in the first half of the year improving the quality and efficiency of the business . |
| 21 | The Ministry of Agriculture said it believed hemp , which can grow as high as 15ft , would be a minority crop and would not become a common feature of Britain 's rural landscape . |
| 22 | While Nottinghamshire said it had messages of support from local authorities across the country , legal experts sided with the Appeal Court . |
| 23 | The Iranian Foreign Ministry said it summoned representatives from Western capitals , where the incidents took place , yesterday to deliver a ‘ strongly-worded protest ’ . |
| 24 | Nine out of 10 said it made sense to carry condoms ‘ just in case ’ . |
| 25 | The way he said it made Sally feel like a parcel for delivery . |
| 26 | Something in the way he said it made Coffin sure he was right . |
| 27 | He said it contained engine components . |
| 28 | He said it lacked poetry . |
| 29 | Irvine , California-based Western Digital Corp has filed a patent infringement suit against Conner Peripherals Inc over a patent relating to intelligent disk drives — last year Conner and Alps Electric USA Ltd bought the patents of the bankrupt PrairieTek Corp and Western Digital said it expected Conner to sue it based on two of these PrairieTek patents and on two patents developed by Conner , and its own suit is a pre-emptive strike . |
| 30 | They said it gave people ideas , Dorcas gathered , which were not a good thing unless they were the right kind of ideas . |