Example sentences of "[coord] said he [modal v] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , as he frequently did , he took a moral line , based on what he saw as natural law , and said he would not blame , and might even assist , the victim 's relatives in such a case , should they wish to exact retribution and then hide . |
| 2 | One young male reporter left in tears and said he would not cover such a case again . |
| 3 | ‘ Suddenly , ’ Mr Parker recalled , ‘ he calmly turned to me and said he would not negotiate for Taylor at all , would pretend he knew nothing about him , and would go all out for the other goalkeeper . ’ |
| 4 | Peterson backed off and said he would not ask Jones to cancel his talk . |
| 5 | He was treating it as a training exercise and said he would not have done it if the C1 had been before the C2 as he would not have compromised the C2 . |
| 6 | The life president of Malawi , Kamuzu Banda , bowed to opposition pressure and said he would not insist on having two ballot boxes , one for yeses , one for noes , at next month 's referendum on whether to move to democracy . |
| 7 | and , he 'd got her up and got her ready and sent her out and said he would n't come . |
| 8 | The Greek prime minister , Mr Constantine Mitsotakis , looks downright incompetent : at first he said he would pardon the guilty men , then took that back and said he would merely release them . |
| 9 | We were playing in France , in a place called Cognac and this kid came up to me , gave me a guitar and said he would really like me to test it for him . |
| 10 | He did n't like the sound of that much , so he changed his mind and said he might not have time , anyway , after his other reading in a church hall . |
| 11 | He said arrangements should have been made to actually take him to a medical officer and said he should not have been allowed to leave Comber and Newtownabbey RUC stations when he called that day . |
| 12 | Then I was angry , and said he should never come into my house , nor come near me , with my good will . |
| 13 | MacDonald spoke of his difficulties with characteristic self-pity , but said he would not resign , but go on with those of his colleagues who would follow him " . |
| 14 | Ken believed in a supreme being , but said he would never pray for help if he got into trouble . |
| 15 | He dropped hints that real alien implants have been discovered , but said he could n't reveal anything yet because , well , you know … … but something pretty earth-shattering may be on its way . |