Example sentences of "the [noun prp] said [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Afterwards the RSPCA said it was an approriate sentence . |
| 2 | The Pentagon said it knew of 59 dead and 66 wounded , and of 1,500 prisoners from the 6,000-strong Panamanian Defence Force . |
| 3 | Tonight the RAF said it was n't prepared to comment on speculation . |
| 4 | Meanwhile , the Vatican said it had accepted an unprecedented Chinese invitation to send a top official to Peking to attend a sports ceremony this weekend and meet government officials . |
| 5 | The DoE said it would be making a " robust reply " to the European Commission 's request for evidence that the directive was being applied . |
| 6 | The DoE said it considered the road to be ‘ capable of carrying the existing and projected traffic volumes for the foreseeable future ’ . |
| 7 | The CAA said it was because every division of the authority was seeking to prevent accidents . |
| 8 | The S.M.O. said it was not unusual for normally healthy people , particularly young people , to misjudge the gravity of their own symptoms and write off feeling so ill as a hangover . |
| 9 | The S.M.O. said you had been a very good night special in Hope . |
| 10 | Lucianne Sawyer , chairwoman of the UKHCA said she was ‘ very concerned ’ about the agency 's activities . |
| 11 | When the Ewe of Bé called for guns , the Kabye said they would find guns too . |
| 12 | According to police , the Macleans said they had no objection to the film , as long as they were n't involved . |
| 13 | The Feldwebel said he was going to the lavatory . |
| 14 | ‘ We were n't getting anywhere and the ANC said they were still to reach a decision . |
| 15 | The ANC said it had agreed to a ceasefire , nothing more . |
| 16 | Although the CEGB said it could happily live with these new limits , the situation at Sellafield , where radiation doses were much higher , was far less certain . |
| 17 | In Bosnia itself the Serbs said they would open an air link to the besieged Muslim enclave of Srebrenica and halted an offensive that brought their forces within a mile of its outskirts . |
| 18 | A neighbour of the Reillys said they lived like hermits . |
| 19 | The DSS said they were not paid because they were unavailable for work . |
| 20 | The Shah said he wanted the French to keep Khomeini ; if he went to Syria or Lybia he would be even more dangerous . |
| 21 | When we asked to see the tape on Thursday , the Beeb said it had mysteriously disappeared without authorisation . |
| 22 | The BBC said they had left viewers in no doubt that the programme was a spoof . |
| 23 | In a statement afterwards , the BBC said it had ‘ apologised to Mr Wright and his family and expressed their regret for the damage and distress caused ’ . |
| 24 | TV-am called it ‘ a technicolor yawn ’ and the BBC said it was ‘ too wild and wacky ’ . |
| 25 | The BBC said it regarded the criticisms as ‘ unfair , ’ and said the majority of shows would be coming from Stockton . |
| 26 | No financial details of the agreement were being revealed but the BBC said it represented an expansion . |
| 27 | She wanted to keep her telephone for emergencies , but " the DHSS said it was a luxury " . |
| 28 | Birth Control Trust spokeswoman Madeleine Simms pointed out that after last year 's survey was published , the DHSS said it was unlikely the results of a single poll would be a suitable basis for new and highly controversial legislation . |
| 29 | In its reply to the Commission on 11 December , the UK said it would now withdraw the derogations ( which happened on 10 April 1988 ) . |
| 30 | When the Laird said he preferred Paris , Johnson said there was ‘ not a Frenchman of letters now alive he would cross a sea to visit ’ . |