Example sentences of "[noun] say [conj] [pers pn] [verb] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the Shorter Oxford Dictionary says that it means that the person has drunk ‘ intoxicating liquor to an extent which affects steady self-control , ’ it is arguable that the person must have taken intoxicating liquor to excess so that he has lost the power of self control . |
| 2 | Mrs Singh said that she felt that Balbinder would always do what was wanted if it suited him . |
| 3 | I 'm disturbed with what Phil says as he argues that we should trust staff but we would not like them knocking on doors . |
| 4 | I believe that the opposition should have insisted on having a vote on a motion in which the government could have asked for support , and we would have put down an amendment saying that we thought that sanctions should have been given longer . |
| 5 | The problem with the Minister 's logic is that his colleague , the other Under-Secretary of State for Employment , the hon. Member for Wantage ( Mr. Jackson ) has recently gone on record saying that he believes that women should have pay parity with men in accordance with the law . |
| 6 | Silver said that he feared that if , as reported , Blackburn became involved , he feared Leeds may be outbid . |
| 7 | I am acutely aware of the importance of what the hon. Gentleman says and I hope that it may be possible to make further progress in expanding the programme . |
| 8 | Pooh only believes what Rabbit says because he believes that Rabbit believes it too . |
| 9 | Kozakiewicz said that he hoped that the President would now " act constitutionally and sign the draft law " . |
| 10 | Mr McAteer said that he felt that at times his flow of questions was interrupted . |
| 11 | The chief executive of Coats Viyella said that he thought that there were 10,000 jobs at risk in his firm from the Labour party 's proposals for a statutory minimum wage . |
| 12 | Both he and Delors said that they hoped that negotiations on an EC association agreement with Poland ( started in February 1991 — see p. 38115 ) would be concluded by the end of 1991 , although Delors warned against over-hasty accession to full EC membership . |
| 13 | But er , Danny says that they said that they were |
| 14 | The judges hearing the petition said that they hoped that the delay would cool protests which had already cost some 70 lives . |
| 15 | Couple of points that were made in relation to this particular report was the backing by the employee side , erm , to the wages board initiative that took when we wrote to the government saying that we felt that the abolition of the wages board was not in the best interests erm , of the people of Lincolnshire . |
| 16 | Other hospitals will also bring their rubbish to be burnt in Gloucester — the hospital says that it hopes that as far as local people are concerned waste wo n't now be a dirty word . |
| 17 | When the Thyssen Collection captured Mrs Thatcher 's imagination in 1989 , the National Gallery wrote a report saying that they thought that the Sutherland Collection was far more important to this country . |
| 18 | Commentators analysing the results said that they showed that voters had rewarded the NSF for its efforts over the past six months , had opted for gradual change , and supported a political grouping which showed far greater coherence than the fragmented opposition . |
| 19 | At a press conference on May 2 President Vaclav Havel said that he thought that racist attacks by groups of skinheads on Romanies , Vietnamese guest workers and other members of racial minorities were being provoked by supporters or agents of the former communist regime , who were also engaging in disinformation about the situation in the country . |
| 20 | Both students and lecturers said that they felt that lectures gave an opportunity for personal contact . |
| 21 | Mr. Newman said that he felt that the threatened closure of magistrates courts would mean there is no longer going to be a system of local justice in the country . |
| 22 | At a press conference on Aug. 3 , Baker said that he felt that " the commitment to genuine reform is real " . |
| 23 | On the teletext today it had a few words from Fergie saying that he reckoned that the no. of points they need to win the league is 84 . |
| 24 | When the series of sessions with the advisory teacher came to an end , Betty said that she thought that the work had gone well and that the children had enjoyed it , although she had noticed that the response of the ‘ difficult ’ children , whom she also described as ‘ poorly motivated ’ , was much the same as usual . |