Example sentences of "said [ex0] had be [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Employment Secretary Gillian Shephard said there had been a lack of ‘ good quality , safe , stimulating and affordable ’ childcare for the over-fives . |
| 2 | She recollected fast and said there had been a development in the case during the evening . |
| 3 | I leant out of the bedroom window and there was a man waiting there who said there had been a car crash and could he telephone . ’ |
| 4 | ADSS secretary John Ransford said there had been a move away from domestic are to personal care . |
| 5 | He said there had been a number of occasions in the past two years where a helicopter from Prestwick had failed to reach the area due to low cloud , while Lossiemouth helicopters frequently had to make considerable detours round the east coast . |
| 6 | But she said there had been no discussion about internment . |
| 7 | Asked whether he had screened the Yugoslavs before they were sent back , he said there had been no requirement under the order . |
| 8 | The striker , married with two young daughters , said there had been no unpleasantness or ‘ aggravation ’ before the game . |
| 9 | Only one social worker among 25 respondents said there had been no change in any dimension . |
| 10 | The mother first went to the school which was by now shut , but she found the caretaker who said there had been no event that might have kept anyone late at school that day . |
| 11 | Airport officials said there had been no hint of trouble until radio contact was suddenly lost three minutes from touchdown . |
| 12 | Staff at the gaol said there had been no indication that he might try to take his life . |
| 13 | Police estimated the maximum at 70 and described the protest as quiet and said there had been no trouble . |
| 14 | In the television shop , probably the one place at a pinch where there might have been a red light , Bryan Whitehead said there had been an occasion when Hawes became confused with females of dubious character . |
| 15 | He said there had been an average of five cases in Darlington every week for the last two or three months . |
| 16 | I said there had been an accident . |
| 17 | ‘ You said there had been an accident in the section where they were handling nuclear devices . |