Example sentences of "he claimed [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A SOLICITOR 'S clerk stole a wig from a barrister he claimed racially insulted him , the Old Bailey heard yesterday . |
| 2 | ‘ I can feel it turning , ’ he claimed obstinately . |
| 3 | ‘ Oh , hey , it 's just struck me ! ’ he claimed dramatically , beaming at Maria and Luke . |
| 4 | ‘ You still want me , ’ he claimed softly — arrogantly . |
| 5 | He claimed later that he had done so for the reason that a few months earlier he had sold a stallion to Dunlop which had died within a few weeks and that his motive had been to recompense Dunlop for his loss . |
| 6 | Simultaneously the ball reached Breig at silly mid-off. he claimed later that he reacted instinctively on seeing Kalli several yards out of his ground , threw down the bowler 's wicket and appealed . |
| 7 | Gubbins got the job , he claimed later , because there was no one else in the office at the time . |
| 8 | Though he claimed merely to have followed the Protector 's orders , he was put out of the commission of the peace . |
| 9 | Asked about apparent defections from his cause , he claimed never to have said that he was counting on anybody . |
| 10 | He claimed too that the Reeve is presented as indicting the Miller for a judgement he does not make , i.e. that he had criticized the Reeve for being over-ready to see himself as a priest , the agent of God 's punishment , through John 's naive readiness to see himself as a second Noah . |
| 11 | He claimed only one Minister has children at state schools , and Mr Straw claims the government has always maintained that state education is good enough for everyone . |
| 12 | She responded , he claimed afterwards , by emerging from her depression like a sleepwalker . |
| 13 | However , manager Brown was full of optimism as he claimed afterwards : ‘ We are far from being dead yet . |
| 14 | In 1985 , he claimed defensively , ‘ There 's black and white proof I 'm not the killer I 'm supposed to be , I 've only been sent off twice . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ It 's eel-proof too ! , he claimed proudly . |