Example sentences of "[noun sg] said that [pron] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His department said that it only kept records of strikes lasting more than three days and involving more than 100 people . |
| 2 | Concerning videotapes , the Head of Department said that he only held two which were shared with another department ( i.e. were constantly reused ) and that he could not afford to build up a library of them . |
| 3 | An FDA spokesperson said that they now anticipated approaches from companies proposing changes to their labels . |
| 4 | Of the three informants ( 10% ) who marked it , at this late stage , as an SF element , two indicated that they only read a small amount of SF , and the other said that she never read anything of the genre . |
| 5 | The hon. Gentleman said that he personally does not want a fourth boat . |
| 6 | In answer to this the respondents who were in favour of this clause and its enforcement said that they now deemed that the sale agreements were null and void and they began to sell another brand of petrol at both garages . |
| 7 | Government said that you now get |
| 8 | erm Somebody on this morning 's course said that they quite like answering machines , they use them like note pads , and they ring up people they know have got an answering machine so they can just leave a message , they say it 's quicker than writing a letter , and it 's easier than talking to them for hours , you can just ring them up and leave a message on their answering machine like a sort of note pad , which I had n't thought of , but I suppose it 's rather good , is n't it ! |
| 9 | Her tone said that she still loathed the Harlequin man , yet she felt compelled to be accurate . |