Example sentences of "[noun] [noun] said [pers pn] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Socialist Prime Minister Pierre Beregovoy said he would tell EC partners that France opposed the Gatt deal . |
| 2 | Bradshaw and Millar found that only a quarter of lone mothers on income support said they were managing all right financially and 52 per cent said they ‘ almost always ’ worried about money . |
| 3 | Bradshaw and Millar found that 24 per cent of lone mothers who were or ever had been on income support said they had been , or would be , unwilling to give such information to the DSS . |
| 4 | After the opening of his much acclaimed film of Henry V , Kenneth Branagh said he was worried that his high media profile could lead to a ‘ Branagh backlash ’ , and that people might get ‘ bored rigid ’ reading about him . |
| 5 | Jim Aiken said he would love to co-ordinate the contest , while Noel C Duggan , the entrepreneur dubbed ‘ Mr Millstreet ’ , said such a move would be ‘ terrific ’ for cross-border relations . |
| 6 | Lord Justice McCowan said it was impossible to hold that the Home Secretary 's political judgment was one that no reasonable Home Secretary could hold . |
| 7 | Lord Justice McCowan said he found it quite impossible to hold that Mr Hurd 's political judgment — that the appearance of terrorists on programmes increased their standing and lent them political legitimacy — was one that no reasonable home secretary could make . |
| 8 | Lord Justice Watkins said he agreed with reluctance . |
| 9 | Rijkaard had flu and Van Basten said he was still tired after the trip to Tokyo at the weekend for the World Club Championship . |
| 10 | Lord Justice Balcombe said it was unlikely that a pending court application by the mother , who is divorced from the children 's father , for access to her children would succeed . |
| 11 | but they did n't explode , so the RAF lads said they were made of macaroni . |
| 12 | William Hill said it refuses to accept wagers on the state of royal marriages and has often turned down bets on a Charles and Diana split . |
| 13 | The outlawed Ulster Freedom Fighters said it tried to kill the three Roman Catholic taxi drivers . |
| 14 | Mr Justice Arlott said he was ‘ lost in admiration ’ for Steven , who is now studying A-Levels . |
| 15 | Sarah 's mum Valerie said she and husband Richard were ‘ thrilled ’ by the award . |
| 16 | Prosecutor Edwin Beltrami said she had been arrested after failing to appear before Thames magistrates , London , in May . |
| 17 | DUP leader Rev Ian Paisley said he had submitted a bid to Commons Speaker Betty Boothroyd to debate on Thursday the upsurge in terrorist activity . |
| 18 | A very famous person in the guitar industry said you ca n't build guitars with machines . |
| 19 | A very famous person in the guitar industry said you ca n't build guitars with machines . |
| 20 | In his judgement Mr Justice Latham said he had every sympathy with the couple . |
| 21 | In his judgement Mr Justice Latham said he had every sympathy with the couple . |
| 22 | His Defence Counsel said he 'd suffered a great deal since his arrest and said the real punishment had already happened away from court . |
| 23 | We could report Ellen Blair said she 'd like to come . |
| 24 | Miss Armstrong said she hoped the College would forge greater links with Durham University under Labour 's plans to introduce a degree course for nursery nurses . |
| 25 | ‘ The programme notes said you 'd been in Cats . ’ |
| 26 | Miss Warburton said she had not told him how she felt , but once he had asked her if she loved him . |
| 27 | Miss Warburton said she had never had a sexual relationship with Green . |
| 28 | A charity bookshop in Darlington is seeking a new home after its landlord Vaux Brewery said it could no longer stay at cramped premises in Priestgate . |
| 29 | In announcing the large fines for conspiracy to steal , Judge Brooks said he had listened to the account given to the court of the information given to the police by both defendants about how they had committed the fraud and had put some of the proceeds in foreign bank accounts . |
| 30 | Miss Stonehouse said she feared the worst when she saw her son flung from his pushchair after it was in collision with a car . |