Example sentences of "they said the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They said the plans would clear up a derelict site , while providing a new community with its own character , which would relieve pressure on housing in surrounding villages . |
| 2 | They said the way children in trouble were dealt with should be decided by lay people . |
| 3 | But they said the type of attack bore all the hallmarks of the I-R-A . |
| 4 | They said the government had declared them ‘ protected species ’ and that killing them was now a criminal offence . |
| 5 | They said the Devil does his work when the world is dark . ’ |
| 6 | So after dinner I said and she rang the Leeds and they said the cheque comes back here . |
| 7 | They said the trend was an unusually low blip and it was possible that crime rates would continue to rise in 1992 . |
| 8 | They said the mules would go round by a good track but we 'd explore the river . |
| 9 | I saw this programme , about girls of fifteen who had had abortions , and they said the nurses made them feel they should n't be having abortions , they should keep the baby . |
| 10 | They said the massacre occurred on Sunday in the village of Sikdarpara , near Muangdaw , as the Rohingyas offered prayers at the end of the holy month of Ramadan . |
| 11 | and they said the beginning she 's , she 's sat there and she said oh wha what have I come to this for ? |
| 12 | They said the claims were untrue . |
| 13 | ‘ They said the conditions were the same for all teams and that they wanted to stay on and entertain the crowd ’ , said Sevens rules committee chairman Dave Crosbie . |
| 14 | They said the case was prejudiced by a campaign by the Communist party to mount a political attack on Fiat . |
| 15 | And she was so toffee-nosed as if they said the curtains . |
| 16 | They said the South Africans were ready ‘ to do business ’ with many of Darlington 's exporters and said further meetings to discuss trade links were planned . |
| 17 | THEY said the sun would never set on the Gateway to Wallasey . |
| 18 | They said the scheme could create 200 jobs . |
| 19 | They said the part was not on the Boeing checklist , even though it has been widely blamed for the crash , which killed at least 43 people . |
| 20 | They said the protesters let off stink bombs and covered four players with eggs and flour . |
| 21 | They said the failure to give full reasons for the intended slaughter and the absence of any factual basis for the action justified the High Court in blocking the order . |
| 22 | At 11am they said the baby was in distress and the six people in the room all began talking about the possibility of a Caesarean . |
| 23 | They said the car would enable them to take him to school and on holiday . |
| 24 | They said the group hoped its recommendations would be considered when ministers meet at the Anglo-Irish Conference meeting in London on Friday . |
| 25 | well all insurances have this year because they said the joy riding kids are flying around |
| 26 | They said the health authority had an obligation to fulfil its side of the bargain . |
| 27 | They said the discipline was as tough as a Guards regiment and the restrictions just as rigid . |
| 28 | Well on the news they said the weather was gon na be nasty . |
| 29 | They said the PLO chairman , Yasser Arafat , had discussed the proposal with the Egyptian president , Hosni Mubarak , in Cairo on Wednesday and Egypt had put it to the United States . |
| 30 | ‘ They said the programme was going to go out all over the worldbut we never saw it — we have n't got a TV , you see . |