Example sentences of "[noun prp] said [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE wife of President François Mitterrand said yesterday that at least six Kurdish civilians died and many were hurt when Iranian planes bombed a French-run hospital on the Iran-Iraq border at the weekend . |
| 2 | Cap Gemini Sogeti SA said yesterday that it was making the offer for the remaining 28.8% of London W-based software and computer services company Hoskyns Group Plc as it promised when it bought its majority stake from GEC Siemens Plc . |
| 3 | Pakistan said yesterday that it would seek UN help for its estimated 20,000 nationals in Libya . |
| 4 | Dear Donna said virtuously that she had to write her report , and disentangled herself from the conversation before she was asked to babysit . |
| 5 | ‘ Duw , course I will , ’ Hari said firmly though she had no idea how she was going to live up to her word . |
| 6 | Hari said softly and Craig looked at her and sighed heavily . |
| 7 | ‘ Yes , there 's a catch , ’ David said quietly as he made room for Josh in the bed . |
| 8 | Suffolk county surveyor Jeffrey Stansfield said yesterday that the project was the ‘ number one ’ priority . |
| 9 | THE United States said yesterday that it was studying the possibility of parachuting relief supplies to civilians in Bosnia , but it emphasised that such an operation might not be successful in the rugged country . |
| 10 | PLO chairman Yasser Arafat said today that his mainstream Fatah faction approved a self-rule deal with Israel and mutual recognition could be only days away . |
| 11 | " Now , do n't be silly , Kate , " Mrs Blakey said firmly when Kate was helping her to make lemon meringue pie . |
| 12 | ‘ Oh , Joe , ’ Lucy said sadly as she drew out Chrissie 's knife and , holding it away from herself , released the blade . |
| 13 | Shevardnadze said also that the Soviet leadership had sent a message to Saddam Hussein . |
| 14 | Hennessy said incredulously as Windeler took the clinic turnoff without slowing . |
| 15 | Borg said afterwards that he and Lloyd were just getting the feel of the game when they lost it . |
| 16 | ‘ They are all caught sooner or later , ’ Edward said sagely and Craig stared at him . |
| 17 | Mr Samra said yesterday that police had arrested two people , including one , Schultz Frankson. with a German-sounding name . |
| 18 | At the general election of 1929 the landlady could be heard telling a Tory canvasser that everyone in the house would vote Conservative and Ramsey said forcibly that he was voting Labour ( there was no Liberal candidate ) . |
| 19 | PETER CHAPPLE-HYAM said yesterday that Rodrigo de Triano , a disappointing fourth in Saturday 's Singer & Friedlander Greenham Stakes at Newbury , will miss the 2,000 Guineas at Newmarket on May 2 if the ground is at all soft . |
| 20 | ‘ I told you not to bother , ’ Ellen said disparagingly as she climbed the main companionway , and I guessed that she had been listening to my conversation with Billingsley by standing just under the saloon skylight which was propped open . |
| 21 | And Ann said well if you going to fucking be like that do n't bother to buy my kids anything . |
| 22 | ‘ He has no ‘ side ’ , ‘ my Aunt Lyallie said approvingly for she had always thought Americans were a stuck-up , boastful lot . |
| 23 | Except that while she was loving him , gazing wonderingly at his blind eyes , Dr Neil said suddenly and hoarsely , ‘ Quick , McAllister ; put the baby in the drawer over there and bring me as much towelling as you can . ’ |
| 24 | Mr Walker said yesterday that he was not optimistic that the deal would be concluded in time to stop the family being thrown out of their home . |
| 25 | ‘ I remember just before Steve Jones had his big breakthrough in Chicago 1984 , Alan said half-jokingly that all you have to do for a marathon is overtrain at 10,000m . |
| 26 | ‘ Do n't tell Ana , ’ Maggie said urgently and he spun round to glare at her . |
| 27 | ‘ I think only because of Mitch , ’ Maggie said hastily but Ana disagreed . |
| 28 | ‘ I seem to have been here so often before , ’ Briant said heavily and moved wearily back to his chair . |
| 29 | " Let me tell you what I think , " Jane said slowly and evenly . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'm the only boyfriend she 's going to have , ’ Nigel said bitterly as he read her note . |