Example sentences of "said the [noun] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But this afternoon Aylesbury 's magistrates clerk said the magistrates had done nothing wrong . |
| 2 | Prof Biddle said the dig had not unearthed any archaeological evidence before about 900 . |
| 3 | Some said the sport came from the Norsemen , others muttered about the Romans who after all had been in the area for several centuries and left little else but stone , and one literary aficionado had just written a treatise tracing it back in direct line to Jacob 's wrestling with the angel . |
| 4 | At the time , Eurotunnel said the contracts had been placed on the assumption passengers would stay with cars , but that the rolling stock could be altered , if required , by the Safety Authority . |
| 5 | Ms Alter said the doctors had refused to meet people ‘ whose information would have been vitally important . ’ |
| 6 | You see a woman see a woman and your man did n't know where he was , and then she walked out one night and put her hand through the window and she ripped it from there to there and she said the doctors told her the only thing that stopped her the arm from coming off was the bone . |
| 7 | Mr Anderson said the factory failed to report the injury within the required seven-day period . |
| 8 | ‘ He also said the factory included many novel and revolutionary schemes not operational in any other part of the world , although he stressed that all equipment had been tried out elsewhere ’ . |
| 9 | Lord Justice Lloyd said the judge had been the victim of ‘ inexplicable confusion ’ in reaching this decision . |
| 10 | British Rail Maintenance said the session had been ‘ extremely useful ’ . |
| 11 | He said the debacle had been very important in Czechoslovakia : it had shown that ‘ people can make a difference ’ . |
| 12 | Charles Foster , prosecuting , said the officer arrested Kelly for a breach of the peace after he struggled with him and pushed the officer away . |
| 13 | Tribunal chairman David Williams said the employers had acted reasonably . |
| 14 | Mr Reynolds , speaking on the eve of an expected Progressive Democrat walkout of government , said the door remained open for talks to resolve the crisis . |
| 15 | At a meeting in London organised by the Flora and Fauna Preservation Society ( FFPS ) , RHS council member Alasdair Morrison said the society did not have a conservation policy because its interests were " too diverse " . |
| 16 | The unions said the minister promised them in a private April 19 meeting that the operator 's status would not budge for two years . |
| 17 | But Independent chief executive Andreas Whittam Smith said the name did not come from ‘ a political source ’ . |
| 18 | Committee chairman , Coun Handel Morgan , said the funding had been earmarked in the education committee estimates but was deleted by the policy committee and full county council . |
| 19 | He said the NYPD identified Mike by his prints . |
| 20 | Coroner Ronald O'Doherty said the boy had died five hours after the insecure steel goal-posts fell on him at the Derry City Council ground . |
| 21 | Ian Dixey , proscuting , said the boy approached the two girls as they sat on the pavement , and demonstrated with a match how an aerosol can be used as a flame-thrower . |
| 22 | Professor Richard Alderslade , Trent Regional Health Authority 's regional medical officer , said the authorities had received approval to make payments ‘ without delay ’ . |
| 23 | Vernons chief Malcolm Hughes said the plans went against the Government 's free market philosophy . |
| 24 | The Cuban leader said the election had been a success in the face of intense pressure from the United States , hostile radio stations run by Cuban exiles in the US had called on Cubans to abstain or spoil their votes . |
| 25 | Insp Dennis said the injuries appeared to result from a flare-up between two groups of men . |
| 26 | It said the scripts showed ‘ errors of judgement and taste . ’ |
| 27 | Posters said the SED stood for Sauwirtschaft ( piggery ) , Egoismus ( selfishness ) and Diebstahl ( theft ) . |
| 28 | Posters said the SED stood for Sauwirtschaft ( piggery ) , Egoismus ( selfishness ) and Diebstahl ( theft ) . |
| 29 | The airport 's external marketing manager , John Williams , said the airport welcomed the news . |
| 30 | You nearly said the microwave did n't you ? |