Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun] [subord] [verb] that " in BNC.

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1 On 22nd July , Major Wood came to the Wallowa to investigate the killing , and reported Joseph as saying that ‘ the valley was more sacred to him than ever before , and he would and did claim it now as recompense for the life taken . ’
2 Reporting back to the Supreme Council on June 28 , Prunskiene quoted Gorbachev as confiding that the Lithuanians and the Soviets should be able to interpret the moratorium in whatever way suited them , so that honour could remain satisfied on both sides .
3 Local media quoted observers as saying that the visit opened new prospects for normalizing relations .
4 Simultaneous reports quoted Delors as saying that he was optimistic about a deal first with the USA and afterwards in the general framework of the Uruguay Round .
5 The Irish Times quoted Craig as claiming that a reason for banning the march had been that it posed a threat to the United States military base in Derry :
6 On Feb. 18 IRNA reported that Saddam Hussein had responded " positively " to Iranian peace proposals , and quoted Rafsanjani as saying that " Iran 's initiatives have fortunately produced positive results " .
7 The UN official alluded to in the Independent was named in Le Monde of Dec. 21 , in a report which also quoted Manz as saying that the UN had failed to take into account the complexity of Minurso 's task and had allocated " neither enough money , nor enough time " .
8 It quoted Street as saying that they were ‘ varied according to the use and size of the several rooms ’ .
9 Associated Press news agency quoted Meciar as saying that agreement had also been reached on the division of Czechoslovakia 's export quotas to the European Community ( EC ) countries .
10 Radio Tanzania on Sept. 18 cited Diria as saying that both sides were being given the opportunity to go home and clarify their positions .
11 The report cited Deng as saying that in the period to June 1989 the Chinese media had reported too widely on political change within the Soviet Union , spreading destabilizing ideas .
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