Example sentences of "said that [pers pn] [modal v] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two thirds of those questioned said that they would visit a betting shop in the evening . |
| 2 | Meanwhile more than 40 per cent of respondents to an opinion poll said that they would prefer a return to more centralized economic management and only 25 per cent wanted a market-oriented system . |
| 3 | Of 10,000,000 workers polled , only 10 per cent said that they would support a strike in protest at the government 's economic policies , although 86 per cent expressed willingness to participate in protest demonstrations . |
| 4 | The range of speakers , sizes of groups and value of Richard Holloway as a keynote speaker were all praised , and two out of three participants said that they would attend a similar event again . |
| 5 | He said that they should see a speech therapist . |
| 6 | Some of us said that we would keep an eye on what happened to that Act in the years that followed . |
| 7 | When I said that we would need a plant in our team , then would he be seen as being more of an innovator ? |
| 8 | They say Wednesday erm activity at Latton Bush , thanks for sending that information , I 've sent off the letter and said that we will take a stall and if anyone 's free to help |
| 9 | Butch said that she would favour a dark-complected co-star . |
| 10 | They decided on the following Friday for the party and Lee said that she would make a chicken and pasta and fruit and nut salad and make borscht and buy black bread and invite Philippa and Conrad if Larry would buy cheese and wine and serviettes and invite two friends of his own . |
| 11 | The medical social worker said that she would request a home help for Mr Brown and also Meals-on-Wheels several times a week . |
| 12 | My brother said that I would make a good banker . |
| 13 | A contract engineer called to my machine at work said that I should have a least eight inches of space all around it to prevent it from overheating or , if that did not solve the problem , it would need a new hard disk . |
| 14 | He also said that he would prefer an audience that could neither read nor write . |
| 15 | Lightheartedly , the Earl agreed and said that he would hold a Tournament . |
| 16 | He said that he would impose a state of emergency if necessary , but did not want to do anything which would have a negative effect on democracy . |
| 17 | Reynolds said that he would support a formal attempt to oust the Prime Minister and on Nov. 8 said that he would seek the Fianna Fáil leadership if Haughey was defeated . |
| 18 | At a post-summit press conference on July 17 , however , Major said that he would convene an emergency G-7 summit " if it looks as if the GATT talks will fail " . |
| 19 | Following a short interview about the further offence , the officer whom he had requested to see told him that he could not ask him any questions about the early offence for which he had already been charged but said that he could make a statement if he wished . |
| 20 | Now there was one other thing if you would care to take it is that you said that it would involve a great deal of organization for concessionary tickets for Alton Towers or Tussauds or any others . |
| 21 | Originally , ICI said that it would license a Rhône-Poulenc SAR technology and develop it further , but the new process has been developed in conjunction with Air Liquide . |
| 22 | It also said that it would cancel a planned meeting with the Bucharest Government to discuss the future of the EC 's co-operation agreement with Romania . |
| 23 | Escom GmbH , Peripherals Europe 's parent , signed an OEM agreement with Conner to buy disk drives for use in Escom products over five years ; separately , Conner said that it will open a new European logistics centre alongside its manufacturing facility in Irvine , Scotland . |