Example sentences of "[pron] said that [pron] was " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I said that something was set on fire today . ’ |
| 2 | When the Frenchman signed for Leeds at the start of the year , I said that he was more a Manchester United player than a Leeds man — and I still believe that now , and hope he will prove it . |
| 3 | Let me then say a little bit about Newstat and presidential power and , and if you remember my last lecture I said that he was the man who coined the phrase that presidential power is the power to persuade . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's nothing to cry about , ’ said my mother contemptuously , and I said that I was n't crying . |
| 5 | I said that I was . ’ |
| 6 | I said that I was going to take you away to Arrancay with me — and keep you there away from all the bitterness and the lies . |
| 7 | I said that I was willing to see him and his colleagues to consult on how best and how quickly to abolish the poll tax and on how best and how quickly to introduce a new and fairer system . |
| 8 | ‘ You must need your head tested ’ , was one of the more polite reactions when I said that I was going to spend two weeks holiday walking some 120 miles up-and-down mountains rather than lying in the sun . |
| 9 | I am in everyone 's bad books because I said that it was only a shop . |
| 10 | I said that it was , and they were welcome to come in . |
| 11 | So , I gave you two examples and I said that it was often |
| 12 | I said that it was all right , because I 'm not a Catholic either but if you wanted to talk , I was willing to listen . |
| 13 | When I was chided by someone for seeming oblivious of ‘ the magnitude of the accounting operation ’ I said that it was because of my consciousness of the magnitude of all other operations that I dared to make these demands of Mr Whalley , who perfectly understands in any case . |
| 14 | And I said the Leeds have told her I said that it was you know something might come this afternoon . |
| 15 | I find this a little strange since he was quite happy to support us when my colleague and I said that there was a greater good to be considered and that people had issues that had to be raised in that area above and beyond the local community . |
| 16 | Somebody said that it was a colder day than any we had morning I read Houghton 's Life of Keats and copied out some passages from Keats ' letters . |
| 17 | The policewoman shot her a look which said that it was not for her to say so , even if she , herself , had been thinking it . |
| 18 | She was elected , in part , on a manifesto which said that it was her intention to take Whitehall off the backs of the town halls . |
| 19 | There was a still earlier view which said that he was an arrogant little brat and that what he liked best was having fun , preferably at the expense of others . |
| 20 | As I quickened my pace in the direction of Brigade H.Q I was thinking : ‘ That is the Officer who said that I was mad ! ’ |
| 21 | Some of the beef classes were judged by an Argentinian , M Rodman , who said that he was particularly impressed with the easy-to-manage British breeds like the Angus and Hereford , and that there was scope for wider use of them in his country . |
| 22 | It seems likely that when he received these papers , Palmerston , to forestall those critics who said that he was out of touch with current architectural ideas , instructed Donaldson to arrange for him to meet Lamb and other architects who agreed with his views . |
| 23 | González , who said that he was pleased by the progress made in the past two weeks in stabilizing the economy , announced further measures on Jan. 15 . |
| 24 | Mr Scott 's removal from office was demanded by one shareholder who said that he was at the helm when the company 's finances went in to the red . |
| 25 | Before I do that , may I deal with the intervention of the Hon. Member for Tayside , North ( Mr. Walker ) , who said that there was a difference between asset stripping and freeing capital for use in a company ? |
| 26 | There is certainly a case for subsidy on the social railway , but I am sure that my hon. Friend will agree with the judgment of the previous Labour Government , who said that there was no case for subsidising inter-urban services , nor was there a social case for subsidy with regard to inter-city services . |
| 27 | It was Macaulay who said that there was no more absurd ( and after the scenes in Liverpool I would say horrifying ) spectacle than ‘ the English having one of their periodic fits of morality ’ . |
| 28 | WHILE my heart goes out to the parents in the baby-swop drama , I have to agree with the midwife interviewed on TV who said that it was ‘ a disaster waiting to happen ’ . |
| 29 | A framework allowing Iraq to pump and sell oil under strict controls [ see p. 38406 ] was approved by the UN sanctions committee on Oct. 15 , but rejected on Oct. 24 by the Iraqi Oil Minister Usamah Abd al-Razzaq Hummadi al-Hithi , who said that it was a scheme aimed at unseating the government and that " it 's not going to happen " . |
| 30 | The measure was criticized by opposition parties including the Rally for Culture and Democracy ( RCD ) led by Said Saadi , who said that it was an attempt to " return to power the regime which ruined the country " . |