Example sentences of "[noun sg] saying he [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And then , in Camus , who made the most immense journey from his origins ( his mother was illiterate ; a neighbour read her the telex saying he 'd won the Nobel Prize ) , I found someone who stated , in the most affirmative and human terms , the ways in which he remained dependent on them . |
| 2 | He has me fetch the plastic bucket from under the sink , then returns to the caravan with the bigger bits in the bucket saying he has some letters to write . |
| 3 | He encoded a message to Control saying he had decided to abandon the DEA assignment and would await clearance for departure . |
| 4 | He smuggled out a message saying he 'd discovered who in London had betrayed him and that he was going underground to escape . |
| 5 | I got a DOPACS report saying he 'd worked thirteen shifts out of fourteen . |
| 6 | He is said to have signed a sworn statement saying he spied on the couple alone together — and has sold the story to a Sunday newspaper . |
| 7 | The official told me that the form was not enough and that I needed a letter from my dad saying he lived alone . |
| 8 | I remember my dad saying he knew something was up because he could see it in my eyes , ’ says Charman . |
| 9 | Perhaps only three or four keys on the typewriter keyboard that the computer will have need to be pressed at all , and if a child presses the wrong one it does n't all stop and funny , you know , impersonal messages come up on the screen saying he 's done something wrong , it just ignores them and waits for one of the correct responses . |
| 10 | While I was out , Reg Pybus dropped in a note saying he had been invited to Wrexham with a view to joining them as coach . |