Example sentences of "said they [vb past] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When she said they 'd just been to see their son in Rhodesia and you said ‘ Kenya for officers , Rhodesia for other ranks ’ it was awfully rude . ’ |
| 2 | Most corporate buyers we spoke to agreed that B A's doing deals much like those from other airlines , indeed Merrel-Lynch said they 'd just dropped B A having got a better deal elsewhere . |
| 3 | Cook 's skipped it , and the others said they 'd already talked to you . ’ |
| 4 | Many players said they 'd never seen anyone suffer so much pain . |
| 5 | Because they said they 'd always done it and they had nowhere else to put it . |
| 6 | erm , but again they said they 'd hardly , hardly anyone had taken any . |
| 7 | Women currently aged 45 to 59 said they 'd only had 2.6 lovers , while men the same age boasted of 13.6 girlfriends . |
| 8 | The thing is Danny is that they said they 'd only bought the thing in July . |
| 9 | Amongst readers of the same paper ( or paper-group as defined in Table 8.17 ) those who said they relied more on the press than on television were more likely to swing in the direction of their paper 's partisanship : Sun/Star and Express/ Mail readers who relied more on their papers swung more strongly to the Conservatives than Sun/Star and Express/Mail readers who relied more on television ; at the same time , Mirror readers who relied more on their paper swung towards Labour , while Mirror readers who relied more on television swung towards the Conservatives . |
| 10 | Of the remaining 21 , seven said they spent under half their time on training , and 14 said they spent between half and three-quarters of their time . |
| 11 | Customer Services Manager Phillipa Orriss said they raised almost £100 , and a great day was had on both sides of the counter . |
| 12 | 23 per cent said they became noticeably moody and irritable shortly after consuming sugar |
| 13 | yeah there 's , yeah , yeah that 's not bad then , you said they sounded alright did n't you ? |
| 14 | But when two officers showed up , they said they had officially seized the package , and wished to search his flat . |
| 15 | Angry neighbours said they had repeatedly alerted officers and council officials after Jason Harry , six , and his sister Natalia , five , were heard screaming week after week . |
| 16 | Neighbours said they had repeatedly reported hearing children 's screams . |
| 17 | She had tried to describe the origins of the Quakers — or the Society of Friends — to the police , but she said they had simply found it strange . |
| 18 | Only five per cent of those who bought for cash said they had even considered credit as an alternative . |
| 19 | She asked them about the child and they said they had just found him . |
| 20 | ‘ They said they had nowhere to go , so mum took them in . ’ |
| 21 | Table 4.6 takes all those who were able to give an answer at both first and second assessments ( third assessment is omitted as numbers able to give an answer on all three occasions were very small ) , and compares the action and control samples on : the number who admitted to worrying in the past month ; said they had been sad or depressed ; said they had often been lonely ; and admitted to being not very or not at all happy ( for analysis of all items in the depression scale used in the interviews see Lindesay & Murphy , 1988 ) . |
| 22 | But Arsenal said they had always made it clear that , while Bondholders would get priority for tickets , any still available would be sold . |
| 23 | David Macdonald , one of Britain 's leading fox experts , questioned 400 lowland sheep farmers in England : almost half said they had never lost a lamb to a fox . |
| 24 | Simmons was given a lot of width by the South Africans , who said they had never seen anyone hit the ball so hard since Graeme Pollock . |
| 25 | Many , however , said they had never known any other way of life and therefore could not give an objective view of the attractiveness of the work . |
| 26 | My waist was so small , they said they had never seen anyone with such a small waist . |
| 27 | Mr Siddle said they had never been given any written instructions by Redpath Offshore about safety , but as a skilled workman he knew about having to support loads . |
| 28 | Others said they had now decided to speak out because something has to be done . |
| 29 | Pauline Mitchell , Darlington council 's housing director , said they had now installed a humidistat and extractor fan in the house . |
| 30 | A workman who put the goal posts up said they had only been temporarily secured . |