Example sentences of "[noun pl] said [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Reports from the provinces said that former members of the Stasi are playing an active part in the crusade for revenge . |
| 2 | As mentioned above , several headteachers said that during June even the more academic pupils are tempted to take time off and this is sometimes condoned by parents . |
| 3 | According to the Jerusalem Post of Sept. 28 , pro-Israel lobbyists said that 62 senators had undertaken to endorse the guarantees in the event of a vote . |
| 4 | A former sales manager looking back on the time he had to juggle with the moral and immoral balls of corporate demands said that : |
| 5 | Tall and slim , without the usual broad shoulders of the pace man , he had excelled at athletics as a youngster , with the result that he was a fast bowler like virtually no other ; his approach to the wicket was so soft and silky that he hardly seemed to touch the ground at all , and several umpires said that they were not able to hear him running in . |
| 6 | Parlagi said that the new joint venture would be called Unisys Hungary and that initial founding capital would amount to $110,000 . |
| 7 | If one of this teamleader 's clients said that another dealer had been trying to sell him stock , he would bellow : " What 's his name ? " |
| 8 | Eyewitness accounts from Western journalists said that 200 troops fired on the unarmed crowd for several minutes before moving in to beat and arrest the survivors . |
| 9 | In evaluations of the length of time spent on supervised clinical allocation before employment , the vast majority of course tutors said that course members felt that time allowed was inadequate , and would happily have continued for longer . |
| 10 | THE United Nations said that 20 Brazilian and 50 Russian workers had been kidnapped by opposition soldiers in eastern Angola , where they were working on a Congo River dam project . |
| 11 | However , it was withdrawn after several speakers said that such a call would have little impact on Parliament and might have an adverse affect on the reputation of the federation . |
| 12 | Animal inspectors said that when they found the dog , it was practically skin and bone . |
| 13 | The inspectors said that there was poor provision in certain aspects of teaching children with reading difficulties . |
| 14 | The inspectors said that when pupils did reach the expectations of their teachers , they were often still substandard . |
| 15 | The inspectors said that when pupils did reach the expectations of their teachers , they were often still substandard . |
| 16 | The board 's inspectors said that about 40 per cent of incidents of pollution recorded there are due to contamination by silage effluent or slurry . |
| 17 | Council inspectors said that the building was a fire hazard . |
| 18 | Indeed , many of the homes said that the fees from supplementary benefit were so adequate that the people who came in on that ticket were given some of the best accommodation in the establishment . |
| 19 | Following this decree , a meeting of representatives of 130 opposition parties said that they would not participate in the conference unless it had sovereign powers . |
| 20 | In sharp contrast , three quarters of all newspaper readers said that the papers they had read on the day of the interview were biased in their coverage of the Conservative and Labour parties , though less than half said their papers gave biased coverage of the Alliance . |
| 21 | Some readers said that they would welcome four copies a year but most said they would like to receive Nonesuch twice a year . |
| 22 | London-based dissidents said that this was the third offensive since the beginning of March . |
| 23 | Vellayati said that Iran 's relations with the republics would be formulated " through Moscow " ; observers noted a rivalry for influence in the area between Iran and Turkey . |
| 24 | One lady who has arthritis in her knees and suffered from swelling feet said that she was ‘ able to walk better now with not so much pain — easier to go up stairs . ’ |
| 25 | Several West Indians said that they liked the ‘ lay-away ’ system , where they put a deposit on something which the shop then keeps until — perhaps paying instalments — they have settled the full price . |
| 26 | The Indians said that the loggers were using the area indiscriminately , driving off wildlife and polluting water courses . |
| 27 | Damanaki said that the Alliance would henceforward be an " autonomous political party " with its own strategies . |
| 28 | The defendants said that they were authorised by a warrant granted by the Secretary of State . |
| 29 | Leaders of opposition factions said that Mr Yeltsin 's easy ride meant they were simply holding their fire for a more opportune moment to challenge the government during the nine-day Congress . |
| 30 | The Parliamentary Committee on Religious Faiths said that his election as Patriarch of the Bulgarian Othodox Church in 1971 had not been legitimate , because proper procedure had not been observed . |