Example sentences of "and said they " in BNC.
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| 1 | He strongly denied the suggestion that the militias were unruly , and said they were being slowly incorporated into the regular army . |
| 2 | Those anti the showing declined to give their names and said they had come as individuals . |
| 3 | Those anti the protestors declined to give their names and said they were there as individuals . |
| 4 | They swallowed it and said they were charging me with handling stolen goods . |
| 5 | This was so severe a problem that in the early twentieth century a petitioner to the asantehene protested against such death duties and said they had |
| 6 | They reported that lorry-loads of files and documents had been taken from the bunker during the last few days , and said they had found glowing ash as evidence that papers had been destroyed . |
| 7 | Delegates at the congress , in East Berlin 's Dynamo sports hall , last night called for a ‘ grassroots renewal ’ and said they were bitter and disappointed over the ‘ criminal acts ’ of their former leaders . |
| 8 | Queen 's Park Rangers earlier yesterday granted Kendall permission to approach Reid , who joined the London club from Everton on a free transfer in February , and said they would ask no fee for the 33-year-old player in recognition of his ‘ marvellous attitude ’ in his time at Loftus Road . |
| 9 | Another amusing incident to come out of ‘ Space Oddity ’ was when I got a phone call from David one day , who said he had to record an Italian version of the song because two kids in Italy had apparently done a cover version of it and as it looked as if it was going to do quite well , the Italian record company wanted a version by the original artist and said they would send someone along to teach Bowie phonetically how to sing the song . |
| 10 | The army decided enough was enough : the generals arrested Mr Traoré and said they would move towards elections . |
| 11 | He refused to say whether seven or eight voting slips had been handed to him , and said they were all destroyed soon after . |
| 12 | He refused to say whether seven or eight voting slips had been handed to him , and said they were all destroyed soon after . |
| 13 | The protesters broke down the parliament 's doors and said they would occupy it until the leaders of all three ethnic communities resigned . |
| 14 | ‘ One of the people I talked to was a salesman for Allied Dunbar and said they 'd do a great job . |
| 15 | Wholesalers reported an improvement in sales both year-on-year and compared with February , and said they expected volumes to keep up the pace this month . |
| 16 | In winter they were often the only ones to see stock in daylight and said they needed to know more about health disorders and their control . |
| 17 | Other law chiefs came to see us and said they would help me to get a healthy country . |
| 18 | On a visit to Scarborough with Janet Rigby , they walked over a bridge and said they would meet up again on it one day . |
| 19 | The photographer got pissed off and went back to the paper and said they were uncooperative and really difficult , ’ says Houghton . |
| 20 | If someone said , ‘ just taking £5 off you , ’ and said they ‘ knew me son ’ and all that rigmarole and ‘ so I gave them £5 ’ , then your knowledge of the law came out immediately . |
| 21 | ‘ Supposing for instance someone came and said they were Mr Unwin , you would check that his name was on the list and let him in ? ’ |
| 22 | The gypsies claimed the right to the fair under the charter and said they had obtained the permission of the lord of the manor . |
| 23 | His sentence was terminated when Sahara officials bailed him out and said they would pick up the tab for the room but he would have to pay for his food and drink himself . |
| 24 | She told how the police and social workers came into her house , and said they 'd come to remove the children . |
| 25 | He stood by his Department 's actions , and said they had had no option but to do what they did , in the way they did it . |
| 26 | ‘ 3i looked at the business and said they might be interested in buying an equity stake , ’ says finance director Penny Smith . |
| 27 | I tried to get Dad to tell me where they 'd gone but he was tipsy and only laughed and said they 'd gone on their ‘ funnymoon ’ . |
| 28 | ‘ They were fantastic and said they understood . |
| 29 | Sainsbury 's asked for our number and said they would call us back . |
| 30 | Klaus Kabelitz , duty manager at the Inn on the Park , said : ‘ Police came in and said they had received an alert with a bona fide code . |