Example sentences of "said they did [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The weekly paper for the young and independent , published today , asked 500 12 to 15-year-olds how happy they were at home and 79 per cent said they did not want to leave before the age of 18 . |
| 2 | Also , according to Aszal , they said they did not doubt that she was his wife . |
| 3 | In one recent poll 399 out of 400 patients at the Centre for Radiation Studies in Kiev said they did not believe what their doctors told them . |
| 4 | Police said they did not know why the gun had gone off , but believed it might have been triggered by the wind . |
| 5 | This question had little significance and was relevant only to the part-time farmers as most family farmers said they did not take holidays . |
| 6 | And those who said they did not find it a strain expressed themselves for example as follows : |
| 7 | Most said they did not find the actual tasks they performed for the dementia sufferer difficult , but two-thirds found one or more of the symptoms of dementia difficult to cope with , and most described feelings of strain . |
| 8 | In the end only 11 per cent said they did not particularly lose more inches than previous dieting attempts had produced . |
| 9 | Johnny Kirk , whose family had been connected with the ‘ mayor-making ’ over the years , said they did not want to make a big production of it or turn it into a tourist attraction ; they wanted to keep it as it was , ‘ a local event for local people ’ . |
| 10 | Deaf mothers often said they did not understand descriptions of the advance of the baby during the second stage of labour and would have liked to see what was happening . |
| 11 | ‘ It was all so quick — the judges just said they did not want to hear any more arguments , convictions quashed and then got up and walked out ! |
| 12 | Detailed cross-tabulations of our main survey results ( not included in Appendix I ) showed that people who said they worried about money fairly often or very often on average had a markedly higher credit commitment than people who said they did not worry about money . |
| 13 | And one in three of the women said they did not get enough respect from male superiors . |
| 14 | ‘ Nearly half of those interviewed said they did not trust retailers who were always cutting their prices , ’ said the report by retail analysts Verdict Research . |
| 15 | Mrs Priestley said they did not yet know the identity of the donor but she and her husband would like to express their gratitude to the donor 's family . |
| 16 | Neighbours in Walford Road , Stoke Newington , said they did not hear any shooting but told of screaming and said the face of one of the men who was arrested was bloody and bruised . |
| 17 | Then came the day of joy when doctors at Newcastle upon Tyne General Hospital said they did not expect any more problems . |
| 18 | Some taxi firms said they did not want blood in their cars . |
| 19 | System builders that Microprocessor Report spoke to at Comdex last month said they did not expect volume production of Intel Corp 's Pentium chip until mid-1993 at best , suggesting the part has slipped another few months . |
| 20 | In response to the question ‘ How do you currently assess the effectiveness of your teaching ? ’ 23 consultants said they did not . |
| 21 | Eighty-eight per cent of people interviewed were against the control of water services passing from regional councils and 60 per cent said they did not understand joint board arrangements for providing local services . |
| 22 | Migrants who said they did not want to do another course or were unsure , generally said that they wanted to finish the current course before considering anything else . |
| 23 | He said they did not get near enough to the 92-year-old Queen Mother 's third-floor room to pose a security risk . |
| 24 | On Aug. 1 , a Central Bank began operation , but the authorities said they did not intend to introduce an independent currency to replace the South African Rand until 1992 . |
| 25 | When questioned further very few of them thought of this God or power as a man , but either as a person without a body or as something like air or gas , and a few said they did not know or that there was no God . |
| 26 | As to the leading reasons why they did not recycle , 37 per cent blamed a lack of collection points ; 25 per cent said they did not have enough space to store materials awaiting recycling ; 10 per cent found it too much trouble to separate out different categories of waste ; and 8 per cent cited shortage of time . |
| 27 | Today the judge dismissed reports from two psychiatrists who said they did not believe Bourgois was dangerous . |
| 28 | Laura 's parents , Fran and Les Davies , who were also at the news conference , said they did not know how much the next operation would cost . |
| 29 | But there was a setback on Saturday when the French National League 's ( FNL ) disciplinary committee failed to make any ruling at a nine-hour meeting in Paris because they said they did not have enough evidence . |
| 30 | Dave Punshon , Age Concern 's chief officer , said they did not have the funds to bear such heavy losses . |