Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] said that " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I once gave a speech where I said that most of recorded music was like stuffed birds in a cage , that do n't sing . |
| 2 | Where we said that looked ever so nice ! |
| 3 | David showed prudence in doing the things committed to him by Saul ; Job exemplified simplicity ( in the good sense ) for it was said of him that he was a simple man ; Solomon , in Proverbs , highlighted patience , where he said that a prince is made mellow by patience . |
| 4 | At the same time he said that new rules would be drawn up on the ownership of property , in preparation for the privatization of numerous state enterprises ; in this context he demanded a cut in bank interest rates , from a typical level of 50 per cent to around 20 per cent , so as to encourage private investment in industry , where he said that productivity had fallen by 10 per cent since the start of the year . |
| 5 | This was explained by Lord Diplock in Pioneer Shipping Ltd v BTP Tioxide Ltd , AC 1982 724 at 736 , where he said that the English system treated the construction of written agreements as questions of law because of the legacy of trial by juries who might not all be literate . |
| 6 | ‘ As to your first point , although I said that the members do n't necessarily all know each other , I have personally recognised every resident here in this Lodge . |
| 7 | Brenda explained , ‘ Mr Sharma wanted to see the dogs , so I said that he certainly could if he would provide a written statement first . |
| 8 | Okay so you said that the most important concern really is that you have some money for your daughter 's future |
| 9 | But we have n't actually had a set amou , although they said that there would be money coming |
| 10 | So erm anyway , so they said that yo they can order you some ring |
| 11 | Although it said that he would be ‘ interrogated and tried according to the country 's law ’ , to AI 's knowledge no formal charges have been brought against him in court . |
| 12 | In Britton , the actions of the defendant took place late at night , and at some distance from the street , and the court took the view that these facts militated against calling this a distribution , although it said that had there been evidence that the documents were visible to whoever passed by , this might amount to publication , with which the particular defendant had not been charged . |
| 13 | On July 31 the Commission issued an " essentially positive " opinion ( or recommendation to EC governments ) on Austria 's application , although it said that the government needed to give assurances that its neutrality policy would not obstruct EC moves towards a common foreign and security policy . |
| 14 | He did say that he disagreed with the choice of John Hill 's ‘ Karen ’ for first prize in the PORTRAIT section , he reckoned that it was quite ordinary and not up to John Hill 's normally high standard , although he said that John Hill 's first and second prizes in the ARCHITECTURAL/BUILDINGS/RECORD were very well deserved and entirely right . |
| 15 | We had none of those commitments from the right hon. and learned Member for Monklands , East , although he said that education and training would be key priorities . |
| 16 | He knew that I had always stopped and got off if there was anything else on the road — and that was back in wartime remember — so he said that with the sort of traffic that 's on the road now I would never be on for getting off ! |
| 17 | ‘ So he said that if he caught Springsteen in his back garden again , he would heave a half-brick at him . |
| 18 | Perhaps I would be a bit churlish if I said that they could have scored even more in the second half , but that 's a minor complaint . |
| 19 | ‘ I intended her to fall , and if I said that , where would it leave me ? |
| 20 | ‘ If I said that I trusted you , ’ she whispered , forcing the words to form , ‘ if I told you that , come what may , I trusted you , would you still be confused ? ’ |
| 21 | Many systems and many faces may have changed over the last year or two and I do n't imagine you would believe me if I said that none of these changes had saddened me but , in a changing market-place , the basics have n't changed and the most basic precept of all is that there are no healthy banks where there are no health customers to sustain them . |
| 22 | They do n't ca they do n't care I used to say that a if I said that to Steven pack it in , somebody will hear , he 'd say well open the bloody windows and let them hear ! |
| 23 | There , there is planes , but there is no want the , the world 's most efficient because like I said that the efficiency changes at different , different level |
| 24 | again which they 've had have n't they ? , for how many weeks in the year do you actually attend cos I said that you do n't get grant for the holidays and it stipulates the term |
| 25 | But you see she erm Julie 's a bit upset over things cos she said that er they 've got ta sell the house and they 've got ta sell the car . |
| 26 | Yeah , cos she said that she wanted to buy |
| 27 | If you said that Liveseys ' do twenty per cent of the mixing and all of the marketing , you would get an approximate idea . ’ |
| 28 | But , as their pint-of-water escapades suggest , you could n't get further from the truth if you said that the NHS was a financially viable concern . |
| 29 | If you said that maybe they 'd get it the next day would n't they ? |
| 30 | Freddie the Nark 's impersonation of a police officer had sounded convincing to him , until he said that Peggie had fallen at her home . |