Example sentences of "[pron] said [ex0] had [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I said there had been an accident . |
| 2 | 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 . ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | But she said there had been no discussion about internment . |
| 5 | ‘ You said there had been an accident in the section where they were handling nuclear devices . |
| 6 | It said there had been seven votes cast and a clear majority for Prime Suspect . |
| 7 | Asked whether he had screened the Yugoslavs before they were sent back , he said there had been no requirement under the order . |
| 8 | He said there had been no talks with the new Mercury-US West consortium about establishing a joint transmission network for the new mobile phones network . |
| 9 | He said there had been sufficient time to bring an action , and awarded costs against the parents . |
| 10 | He said there had been a remarkable change in attitudes over the last few years in which those people still in work were determined not to give up their annual break , although they were being forced to cut down on other spending . |
| 11 | He said there had been fighting between Croat and Muslim militiamen around the town . |
| 12 | He said there had been difficulties in some committee meetings in trying to achieve a quorum and said payments should be made as an award for members who attended . |
| 13 | He said there had been an average of five cases in Darlington every week for the last two or three months . |
| 14 | He said there had been representations from the bookmaking and greyhound racing industries in Scotland opposed to evening opening , though there had also been comments from the bookmaking industry supporting the principle . |
| 15 | 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 . |