Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [noun] [noun prp] said [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Former racing driver Stirling Moss said he was absolutely staggered , adding : ‘ I saw him not too long ago and he was exceptionally fit . |
| 2 | Nichol 's teenage girlfriend Alana Jeanette said she had seen scratches on his face the day of the attack . |
| 3 | But this week Mr Milburn said he is writing to Mr Peter Lilley , trade and industry secretary , calling for a switch in status so more Government grants would be available . |
| 4 | Another MP William Powell said he was disappointed Mr Clarke was still committed to the VAT policy . |
| 5 | Former Middlesbrough central defender Gary Pallister said it was an unusual experience to return to Ayresome Park in the opposing side . |
| 6 | But Infas chief pollster Hans-Juergen Hoffmann said it was wrong to assume that the sudden explosion in neo-Nazi violence meant Germans as a whole were reverting to past attitudes . |
| 7 | Some of the benefit came from a pick-up in the US music industry but chief executive Colin Southgate said he was cautious about sales prospects this year and wanted to continue tightening belts and getting out of fringe businesses . |
| 8 | The Test and County Cricket Board 's chief executive Alan Smith said he was satisfied with assurances he had been given about the safety of Graham Gooch 's 16-man squad . |
| 9 | Chief executive June Roberts said it could mean an extra £80 on pensioners ' bills . |
| 10 | Chief executive Mike Blackburn said he was encouraged that the Leeds emerged from ‘ such an appallingly difficult market in such good shape ’ . |
| 11 | Chief executive John Wyatt said he was still hopeful the target of 78 house sales by the end of the year would be achieved , with 41 sold so far . |
| 12 | Wales YFC chief executive Martin Pugh said it was a constant battle for young people to get planning consent for a home . ’ |
| 13 | North Yorkshire chief executive Ron Leyland said they were glad to be among the first considered but felt the present system worked well . |
| 14 | Liberal Democrat Peter Bergg said he was disappointed with the party 's failure to rise above 10pc but added : ‘ I think the fact that there are so many people still undecided shows they are disillusioned with both Labour and Conservatives . |
| 15 | Liberal Democrat Peter Bergg said he was disappointed with the party 's failure to rise above 10pc but added : ‘ I think the fact that there are so many people still undecided shows they are disillusioned with both Labour and Conservatives . |
| 16 | Liberal Democrat Ken Walker said it was important for the council 's policy to be reviewed to take account of changes in South Africa . |
| 17 | Assistant divisional officer Peter Thorpe said they were called to release the front seat passenger at 1.09pm . |
| 18 | Contemporary dealer Yvon Lambert said he was very pleased with the Salon , after selling one gouache and two small black chalk on paper works by Jean-Charles Blaise at FFr18,000–25,000 along with eight white and red chalk drawings by Robert Combas at FFr12,000 , mainly to French buyers . |
| 19 | Labour leader John Williams said it was the authority 's policy not to have an official contact with the South African government . |
| 20 | The police have declined to comment , but in a brief statement Mr Girven said he was conducting an inquiry to ensure that officers in the force have behaved correctly , and that in the circumstances he was seeking an independent investigator from another force to undertake it . |
| 21 | The police have declined to comment , but in a brief statement Mr Girven said he was conducting an inquiry to ensure that officers in the force have behaved correctly , and that in the circumstances he was seeking an independent investigator from another force to undertake it . |
| 22 | Justice For All spokesman William Smith said he backed the committee 's call for an independent probe into the cases . |
| 23 | Unix International spokesman Dave Sandel said he took at face value assurances that USL would honour its commitments to customers . |
| 24 | She had a foal with us during the dreadful winter of 1947 , and her behaviour became even worse , so much so that our good neighbour Mr Britton said she was n't fit for a young woman like me to work with and insisted I borrow his horse Bobby , a very even-tempered animal . |
| 25 | Socialist Prime Minister Pierre Beregovoy said he would tell EC partners that France opposed the Gatt deal . |
| 26 | Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt said he expected the project to proceed , but did not say whether the government would take the unprecedented step of overriding the commission ; environmentalists have pressed for a tunnel to be built instead . |
| 27 | Prime Minister John Major said he was ‘ very sad ’ to hear of Sunnie 's death . |
| 28 | PRAGUE ( Reuter ) — The Czechoslovak dissident playwright Vaclav Havel said he had received a message from Poland 's Prime Minister , Tadeusz Mazowiecki , that he would work for the release of two Czechoslovak human rights campaigners , Jan Carnogursky and Miroslav Kusy . |
| 29 | Late last night , the Hungarian news agency MTI said it had received telephone calls reporting more than 30 killings in clashes in Cluj , while another source reported clashes in Arad , 60 miles north of Timisoara , where demonstrators were massacred last week . |
| 30 | Last night Darlington Labour candidate Alan Milburn said he had visited the site and was impressed with the work being done there . |