Example sentences of "[coord] [noun prp] say [that] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The headnote in the Weekly Law Reports is wrong : it states that the lease provided that disputes were to be referred to arbitration , whereas in fact the lease between Ipswich and Fisons said that if Fisons did not accept Ipswich 's terms the matter should be referred to an independent expert . |
| 2 | Dolly hopped back to the bedroom just in time , for a moment later up came Linda and Ella to say that as Sergeant Joe was out , their mum had asked them to keep her company for a bit . |
| 3 | Buckets of water were thrown in the bull 's face and Harrod says that if a ‘ bad bull ’ was produced , the bullards were known to have ‘ sawn on his horns , cut on his tail , fired a train of gunpowder along his back , and poured aqua fortis ( vitriol ) on the same ’ . |
| 4 | ‘ My weight was 14st 4lb , and Walter said that if I did not lose a stone while Rangers were at their pre-season training camp in Italy he would sell me and keep Chris . ’ |
| 5 | But Mortimer said that if it had been him he would have hit the roof . ’ |
| 6 | But Washington said that while it had prior knowledge of the plot hatched by three disaffected officers , it did not actively back it . |
| 7 | But Hunt said that if the race were officially started and the cars lined up on the grid , he would have no choice but to race . |
| 8 | But Davies says that when Eubank is not obviously strutting and posing , his appearance can be positively deceptive . |