Example sentences of "[unc] [noun] [conj] he said that " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , we have the form of expression ‘ when I said ‘ Napoleon was crowned in 1804 ’ I meant the man who won the battle of Austerlitz' and we are inclined to interpret the use of the past tense ‘ meant ’ as meaning that the idea of Napoleon having won the battle of Austerlitz must have been present in the speaker 's mind when he said that Napoleon was crowned in 1804 . |
| 2 | Clair George , who recorded the conversation in his usual bombastic way , noticed a twinkle in Casey 's eye as he said that , and wondered if his leg was being pulled . |
| 3 | To be fair , he echoed his party 's line when he said that of course the 20 per cent . |
| 4 | The season was short for tourists in Green 's time and he said that the expensively equipped inns made a frugal living in the two months of the year when they were busy , while for the rest of the year , no one came . |
| 5 | This is illustrated by Lord Wilberforce 's speech when he said that the bill of lading containing the exclusion clause : … brought into existence a bargain initially unilateral but capable of becoming mutual , between the shipper and the [ stevedore ] , made through the carrier as agent . |