Example sentences of "[pers pn] said that [pron] [adv] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I said that I just happened to have my travelling rod with me … though it hardly mattered as they had more than enough gear . |
| 2 | I said that I usually threw them out each week . |
| 3 | She said that it never occurred to her or her husband that her village would be harmed or its people endangered . |
| 4 | When she said that she only wanted £10 for looking after little Doris , and that her mother could come and visit as often as she liked , a deal was struck and a tearful Evalina waved goodbye to Mrs Stanfield and her small daughter . |
| 5 | He said that he too had lost an election ; he had felt very bad when the people of new York rejected him , and he could empathize with what the Shah now felt . |
| 6 | Giving his height as six-foot , he said that he always wore glasses except when playing football . |
| 7 | And when in 1937 a questionnaire was distributed to authors about their attitude towards the Spanish Civil War , he sent the reply ( which he said that he never expected to be published ) that , " While I am naturally sympathetic I still feel convinced that it is best that at least a few men of letters remain silent " . |
| 8 | He said that he much preferred the money they could afford for clothing to go onto the boys ' backs , and onto her . |
| 9 | He said that he really found enormous difficulty in understanding this , he did n't refer to how difficult it was when you have dwind dwindling intellectual powers . |
| 10 | Nevertheless Dr Neil encouraged Rose to help ; he said that he really needed two pairs of hands now that Effie was fully dilated . |