Example sentences of "[coord] said [that] he [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After reviewing the procedure which had been in force since 1983 , he referred to the decision of the Divisional Court in Ex parte Handscomb and said that he accepted the conclusion of that court : ‘ that there are strong arguments for carrying out this consultation exercise as soon as practicable following the imposition of a discretionary life sentence . ’ |
| 2 | Yeltsin had given a dramatic description of tanks closing in and said that he believed that he had not much time left . |
| 3 | NO SNOW fell during the night and at 10.00 , after Erika had run her five kilometres under a dazzling blue sky , Karl ran and said that he thought he rather did that a brief tour of Berlin would be possible and that he would be waiting in the lounge of the Palast at 11.00 ; adding that Paul should meet them at the television Tower at 1.00 |
| 4 | He was able to express his own upset at his mother 's absence and said that he thought she had gone away because he had been naughty . |
| 5 | At his farewell , received various gifts from the company and workmates , and said that he plans to devote more time to his allotment and to his duties of vice-chairman and bar-chairman at the Ipswich Conservative Club . |
| 6 | As part of the process of opening up to the West , Kim used the occasion to give an interview to the Washington Times in which he called for improved relations with the USA and said that he wished to see a US embassy established in the capital , Pyongyang , " as quickly as possible " . |
| 7 | He acknowledged that the students may at first find difficulties in adjusting to the Scottish education system , the language , the weather and life in Edinburgh , and said that he hopes that these awards will remind overseas students that the University has confidence in them . |
| 8 | A United Kingdom Foreign Office spokesman welcomed the development and said that he expected the European Communities ( EC ) to move " swiftly " to lift its bans on the import of South African iron , steel and of gold coins . |
| 9 | Parry recommended a revision of the practices of the construction industry , and said that he expected insurance costs to rise . |
| 10 | He gave his condolences to the widow and said that he hoped whoever had perpetrated this terrible deed would soon be brought to justice . |
| 11 | On the first anniversary of the return to civilian rule President Shehu Shagari vigorously condemned party bickering in the papers and said that he hoped it would end . |
| 12 | Fagin described the hanging in terrifying detail , and said that he hoped he would never have to tell the police about Oliver — and see Oliver with a rope around his neck . |
| 13 | Following the talks , Bush defended Japan 's role in the Gulf war and said that he hoped that most Americans understood the constitutional constraints on Japanese military operations . |
| 14 | When they announced that Hodge was playing , this Leeds ‘ fan ’ behind me groaned and said that he hoped he 'd have his leg broken ! |
| 15 | He was still convinced that there was something wrong and said that he had noticed some urethral discharge first thing in the morning and also a slight ‘ tingle ’ when he first passed urine in the day . |
| 16 | On the day after the debate , Saturday , 19th February , ‘ Habitans in Sicco ’ wrote to The Times from what he called ‘ Broad Phylactery ’ , to ridicule the classical attitudes of the Opposition , and said that he had lived in a Broad Sanctuary house for three years and found that it possessed ‘ all the comforts and conveniences of any house in London ’ . |
| 17 | One day , Jimmy Coutts cycled in to work ( he ‘ lived out ’ with his wife and young family in a village near Cambridge ) , and said that he had seen a telegraph boy delivering a telegram at a house opposite his , where he knew the wife of one of the air crew officers at Oakington lived . |
| 18 | He looked round uneasily as Martin put down the phone and said that he had to go . |
| 19 | When an army investigator went to interview Ronald Haeberle , the army photographer who had been with Charlie Company , Haeberle produced some horrific colour slides of the killings and said that he had included some of them in an illustrated talk about the war he had given to various clubs , teachers ' associations and youth groups . |
| 20 | A policeman came to Beattie 's cell after teatime and said that he had a visitor . |
| 21 | The latter , a cashier with the company , immediately protested his innocence and said that he had been away on holiday at the time . |
| 22 | He denied all charges and said that he had been severely tortured . |
| 23 | Dick expressed his great sorrow at the news of LF363 and said that he had a very soft spot for it , having ‘ cut his teeth ’ on that Hurricane during his days with BBMF . |
| 24 | At his trial in September 1989 , Suh Kyung-won testified to having been ill-treated during his interrogation and said that he had been forced to make false statements under duress . |
| 25 | Moreover since he did not wish to have preying on his mind any malice or grudge by reason of which his father might later be offended , he revealed that he had pledged himself to support the barons of Aquitaine against his brother Richard and said that he had done this because Richard had fortified the castle of Clairvaux though it really belonged to the Angevin patrimony which he should inherit from his father . " |
| 26 | Matthei acknowledged the President-elect as the future " supreme " commander of the armed forces , while Stange emphasized the professional role of the police " whatever the government " and said that he had " great hopes " for the new administration . |
| 27 | He also indicated that he had disagreed with other members of the government on the running of the education department and said that he had been " gradually marginalized within the government " . |
| 28 | Michael 's idol was Buster Keaton , and he had at the time studied Keaton more than I had , and said that he had never used a double . |
| 29 | He seemed to accept that , and said that he had concluded after much thought that Lord Hailsham might be the best choice . |
| 30 | Emboldened by this , he had gone straight up to her and said that he had heard she had called him and wanted him . |