Example sentences of "said [indef pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Carr drove home fundamental points , but said nothing about the actual working practices of historians , and , in his inspirational advocacy of a new kind of socialist history , left students with the impression that the solid , source-based stuff which formed their staple diet might as well be cast into the dustbin . |
| 2 | Reagan said nothing about the diversion of money from these sales to the Contras . |
| 3 | The book had worthy intentions , and the text made some good points , but the illustrations were weak and said nothing about the real conditions of the poor . |
| 4 | The decision to go ahead with the press conference two days later was finalised ; Pons edited a note alerting his staff to this effect , called Jones on the phone to reconfirm the joint submission for Friday the 24th but , according to Jones , said nothing about the press conference planned for the day before nor of the 11 March submission by Pons to the Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry . |
| 5 | Mr Noyes will claim the MoD said nothing about the alleged landing because it wanted to save any embarrassment . |
| 6 | ‘ Much obliged for that , Albert , ’ said Joe , and explained that he 'd got a guest and how it came about , although he said nothing about the wallet or the men . |
| 7 | Police were searching for the missing bicycle , but the announcer said nothing about the missing hair . |
| 8 | The highway development survey commissioned for Greater London in 1936 , and carried out by Sir Charles Bressey and Sir Edward Lutyens , addressed the problem of the flow of commercial traffic in London , but said nothing about the reduction of central area congestion nor about the relation between traffic circulation , land use or environmental design . |
| 9 | But Huxley said nothing about the process that might have led one branch of the primate order to develop the upright posture and the enlarged brain that are the hallmarks of the human race . |
| 10 | I tried once or twice to reverse our roles , but he again made it clear that he did not want to talk about himself I said nothing about the glove . |
| 11 | When she had handed Tim his wallet , she said nothing about the pedlar . |
| 12 | He said nothing about the road being blocked behind us , or the man he had flushed out of the mist-shrouded mountainside and forced over the edge into the gorge below . |
| 13 | He said nothing about the letter . |
| 14 | I was interested that the hon. Member for Leeds , Central said nothing about the importance of separating inspection from advice . |
| 15 | He said nothing for the moment . |
| 16 | The two men said nothing at the time to their wives , but a day or two later , the question of an evening of cards cropped up . |
| 17 | Volker Rath , the German public prosecutor , tactfully said nothing at the time but later announced that Germany was suspending proceedings against the two Libyans for lack of evidence . |
| 18 | They said nothing to the family and no one else had noticed the men . |
| 19 | Mr Beechey , pictured here a few days after the body of his neighbour was discovered , said nothing during the hearing . |
| 20 | Stephen Leach , 35 , of no fixed abode , said nothing during the brief hearing before Liverpool magistrates . |
| 21 | He said nothing of the Soviet plan . |
| 22 | In a remarkable public statement , Anne insisted she said nothing of the sort . |
| 23 | Only the youngest brother , Goiko , kept his word and said nothing of the matter to his wife . |
| 24 | Tonson 's title-page said nothing of the sort ; only that the word-book offered for sale in 1693 was a new improved version . |
| 25 | It said nothing of the ! |
| 26 | Mr Carter said nothing in the Bible prohibited worship in a pub . |
| 27 | Gray said everyone at the club is deeply disappointed over the current situation but they all trying to put it right . |
| 28 | He said everyone in the front trenches was splashed with blood from the German trenches . |
| 29 | ‘ It was the theme , Gamal , ’ said someone across the table . |
| 30 | ‘ Give it to Chapman ’ said someone in the Kop as yet another high ball was fruitlessly aimed into the arms of Miklosko . |