Example sentences of "say he was [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In both , defendants say they were tortured in detention ; one says he was kidnapped from neighbouring Uganda . |
| 2 | He says he was captured by armed police and was probably planning an armed robbery . |
| 3 | According to one account , Moorcroft caught a fever and died near Ladakh ( now in north-western Afghanistan ) in 1825 , while Smith says he was murdered on 27 August 1825 , ‘ doubtless by the ‘ cup of medicated tea ’ that he had so frequently described as being his destined end' . |
| 4 | Gironella has said he was drawn to this painting because Lezcano is holding some playing cards , so his disconcertingly direct gaze is inviting us in to test our wits and/or our luck against him . |
| 5 | The club 's community development officer , Mike Rigg , said he was looking for eight unemployed young men and women , aged 19 or over , to organise soccer schools as part of the 12-month Employment Training plan . |
| 6 | Glasgow businessman Douglas Timmons , 42 , said he was ambushed by gun-wielding rioters who hurled a brick through the windscreen of a car he was in . |
| 7 | Mr Gruson went upstairs where he said he was threatened by one of the gunmen . |
| 8 | He said he was circling in that round of despair where you do n't care one iota what happens to you or anyone else . |
| 9 | ‘ She said he was laughing at that time and she just wanted to frighten him . ’ |
| 10 | I wondered what he wanted , so I did it ; and in the interval of the rehearsal he came and said he was suffering from nervous shock because the moment I started he realized I was doing exactly the contrary of all the things he had taught the orchestra . |
| 11 | Cos he said he was coming between ten |
| 12 | He said he was coming for some gnocchi tonight . |
| 13 | Afterwards , Mr Major said he was used to political turbulence and the ‘ rough and tumble ’ . |
| 14 | Police had not named the man last night , but locals said he was known as Big Leo , of Thorntree . |
| 15 | Yesterday the Rev John Wilson , minister at Corporation Road , said he was encouraged by local people 's response to efforts the church is making to provide a focus for a range of activities . |
| 16 | He said he was going at 40 to 60 miles per hour . |
| 17 | ‘ He said he was going to trained to go on a crash team . |
| 18 | At a hurriedly called top-level Communist Party meeting , Mr Mladenov said he was responding to public pressure and requests from Communist Party members by removing Mr Zhivkov from the central committee . |
| 19 | I was gon na say you you s I thought you said 1950 and you said he was directing in 1961 , you know I |