Example sentences of "[noun] said [pron] [vb past] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rain said she had been into the studio but not the flat . |
| 2 | His mother Diane and girlfriend Donna Williams said he had been at home with them . |
| 3 | Livingstone said he had been at home at the time of the trouble while Hardy said he watched the disturbance , although he did not throw anything . |
| 4 | Andrea McKemsley said she 'd been in the takeaway on the night David Nock died . |
| 5 | Although no evidence had been found that Gnassingbe had been present during the attack , the report said he had been at the scene of the attack " immediately beforehand " . |
| 6 | ‘ The programme notes said you 'd been in Cats . ’ |
| 7 | The evil wind that bombed Manhattan 's World Trade Center nevertheless blew some good to the disaster recovery specialists : SunGard Data Systems Inc says it has been contacted by four subscriber companies seeking disaster recovery services following the blast — two in Four World Trade Center , one in Two World Trade Center and one in One World Trade Center ; and Comdisco Inc said it is providing disaster recovery services to three financial services companies hit by the blast , while IBM Corp 's disaster recovery unit said it had been in touch with ‘ a lot ’ of its customers , but that so far none of its customers had had to declare their workplaces to be disaster areas . |
| 8 | Coun Russell said there had been at least two deaths in bedsit fires in Chester in recent years . |