Example sentences of "said they would [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The US administration has requested the extradition of 80 traffickers , but the drug barons have said they would prefer to die in Colombia than spend the rest of their lives in US jails . |
| 2 | Edgar and Arvin had said they would leave it entirely to me . |
| 3 | Secretary of the SL Board , Neil Perera , states : ‘ We have told the TCCB specifically that we are not interested in one-off Test matches and they have said they would reply shortly ’ . |
| 4 | Floy had said they would do their best , but Fenella and Caspar ought not to rely on it too much . |
| 5 | Anti-fascist demonstrators had said they would demonstrate outside the centre but there were no protestors . |
| 6 | TGWU members have said they would resist attempts to make Mr Scargill leader of a new energy section within their union . |
| 7 | The town 's MP , Mr Michael Fallon , and several councillors in Darlington had said they would fight the move . |
| 8 | Eldorado 's death knell has been heralded since the week it started on July 6 , although BBC bosses had said they would keep it going for five years despite the torrent of criticism . |