Example sentences of "[noun] said it [vb -s] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I think like Lucy said it has made you think about the really . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Separately Caci said it has arrived at agreements to settle shareholder lawsuits pending in Delaware Chancery Court and in the District of Columbia . |
| 4 | Eastman Kodak Co has filed a patent infringement suit against Sony Corp and Sony Corp of America over use of a magnetic recording system that was patented by Kodak which uses a record head with a reduced magnetic gap length : Kodak said it has tried to negotiate a licence agreement with Sony over its use of the patent since the late 1980s . |
| 5 | The Northern Regional Health Authority said it has received the report it had requested from Dr Lawler and had now asked South Tees Health Authority to investigate . |
| 6 | Unix System Labs Inc last week said it has started delivering early access versions of Distributed Computing Environment DCE/SVR4 secure code to its OEMs , calling it the first tangible results of its new-found rapprochement with the Open Software Foundation . |
| 7 | Tandy said it expects to take a $70m charge against current quarter figures to cover the shortfall between the price to be paid and the value in its books — it says the sale has the potential to increase operating earnings and provide more cash for debt reduction , retail growth or share buy-backs . |
| 8 | The FBI said it has ceased negotiations for the time being with Texas cult leader David Koresh , holed up with his followers in a fortified compound , to allow him to talk with his lawyer . |
| 9 | Meanwhile , AT&T said it has introduced a flexible benefits programme to help control health-care costs . |
| 10 | Siemens AG held its annual meeting in Munich yesterday , and according to Reuter said it expects to cut the losses at its computer and semiconductor divisions this year , although it was still not satisfied with the results of the two divisions : chairman Heinrich von Pierer told the meeting that the combined losses of Siemens Nixdorf and the semiconductor division last fiscal was over $625m , casting doubt on whether cost-cutting programmes already announced would suffice ; at Siemens Nixdorf , there is now a stronger focus on products with a bright future and a reduction in the amount of work done in-house . |
| 11 | MCI Communications Corp said it has gained 10,000 new toll-free telephone numbers since portable numbers were brought in on May 1 , including about 6,500 new numbers acquired from AT&T Co : a total of more than 1m commercial 800 numbers were ‘ officially freed ’ to change . |