Example sentences of "said they would [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Fallon said they would no longer be subject to the constraints of poll tax capping and there would be an end to ‘ haggling ’ with Durham County Council . |
| 2 | They said they would rather have the cash . |
| 3 | " So many people in Nubia said they would rather die than move . |
| 4 | Eventually , the two men said they would not stand . |
| 5 | Zuwaya said they would not have wanted to win an election that way ; and some Magharba — admittedly few , the majority being unquestioningly jubilant — said that just ends had been achieved by improper means . |
| 6 | I asked the Czech manager if they would be at Rutland Water in June and he said they would not be able to afford it . |
| 7 | In Teheran 's poor southern suburbs , which supposedly form the bedrock of support for the Islamic revolution , many young people said they would not be voting . |
| 8 | A potentially crippling problem arose last week when hundreds of policemen from the 17,000-strong security force said they would not take part unless they were guaranteed proper living conditions and pay rises . |
| 9 | Newspapers said they would not report matches and carried a barrage of irate letters . |
| 10 | They all said they would not be involved again , though they would support it and wished the new committee luck . |
| 11 | Christmas plumbing problems could leave you with double the normal bill , though most contractors said they would not turn out at any price . |
| 12 | And Football League president Gordon McKeag said : ‘ When the Premier League was formed the FA said they would not sanction a second division . |
| 13 | Mr Adams made his offer to meet the four church leaders in a letter last August , but in their reply the churchmen said they would not talk until Sinn Fein publicly called for an end to violence . |
| 14 | Sixty-five per cent said they would like to pay extra for this , 26 per cent said they would not , the rest had no strong preference either way . |
| 15 | The foreman of the drilling crew said they would not work for any company that is in dispute with the local people . |
| 16 | ‘ They said they would not allow him to come otherwise so here I am , ’ says Marci . |
| 17 | Eighty per cent said they would not be offended if they were shown the most intimate moments of love-making . |
| 18 | More than half the 500 people quizzed in a poll said they would not use the Chunnel . |
| 19 | ANC leaders blamed President de Klerk 's government for the massacre and said they would not respond ‘ meekly ’ . |
| 20 | Last night , the Ministry of Defence said they would not be taking action against the ‘ snooper ’ trooper — unless the information he divulged breached national security . |
| 21 | The members of the Cabinet said they would not have it . |
| 22 | The guard appeared surprised and said they would not be fed . " |
| 23 | A study by Parker , however , using a national sample , reached conclusions which were slightly more supportive of labour mobility programmes : Only 13 per cent of his sample said they would not have moved without a grant but 56 per cent said they would have found it difficult to move without a grant . |
| 24 | They said they would not let my back into the village until I got them a ration card and some wheat . |
| 25 | Last February , we monitored their reactions and not one said they would not come back . ’ |
| 26 | A representative of the mainly-Muslim Bosnian army , which seized the village in fierce fighting over the last five days , said they would not be harmed if they stayed . |
| 27 | Both the ECGD and Bank of Scotland said they would not comment until the programme had been shown . |
| 28 | Labour 's Alan Milburn and Michael Fallon , who is defending the seat for the Tories , said they would not appear on the same political platform as Dr Clarke . |
| 29 | Most said they would not go into the town centre alone at night . |
| 30 | Prosecutors interviewed by the Polish daily Zycie Warszawy said they would not know how to deal with a case of illegal abortion as they had not yet received copies of the new law . |