Example sentences of "and said that [pron] was " in BNC.
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| 1 | A senior officer in the Royal Engineers poured scorn on the idea and said that it was impossible . |
| 2 | Dad wasted no words and said that it was his bird in the box whereupon C … tried to brazen out the situation by saying he had found the cockbird in the garden and was taking it to the market in the morning . |
| 3 | He came round at once , and said that it was nothing to worry about ; Susan was worn out , that was all , and must stay in bed for a few days . |
| 4 | Once , when they had gone on a nature walk , Eve had pointed to a small cottage and said that it was her house . |
| 5 | So I did — my mother had that drawing for many years — and then Mr Moore rang my mother and said that it was so nice having me in his class because I was so interested and keen , but there was n't really a lot of point , and would n't it be better if I played the piano ? |
| 6 | He showed me a speck on the map to the left of Hodges and said that it was named Banks Island , after Cook 's naturalist friend . |
| 7 | The coach was an Embassy staffer in Rome and said that it was twice as good having helpers who were n't parents . |
| 8 | The following year , the medical officer noted a great increase in maternity cases at St. Peter 's Hospital and said that it was ‘ absolutely necessary to have a staff midwife to relieve the maternity sister ’ . |
| 9 | Sir Nicolas Browne-Wilkinson described this submission as ‘ plainly ill founded ’ and said that it was ‘ no answer to the S.I.B . 's claim against the solicitors that an individual investor would have no right of action against the solicitors . ’ |
| 10 | He saluted Frederica and Alexander with his rolled newspaper and said that it was cold outside . |
| 11 | The Government complained about the cost and said that it was not a matter for them or that matters were not that bad . |
| 12 | In December the joint forestry committee of Indonesia and Malaysia called for retaliatory action and said that it was " unfair " for Western environmentalists to blame Association of South East Asian Nations ( ASEAN ) countries for global problems , and said that Indonesia and Malaysia had both taken steps " to sustain forest resources " . |
| 13 | Kinnock dismissed the proposed Charter on July 23 as " an election gimmick " designed to boost the Conservatives ' electoral ratings rather than tackle the relevant issues , and said that it was an implicit admission that the government had allowed the quality of public services to decline during its years in office . |
| 14 | Earlier , Sharon Freda McLean denied killing Linda McMullen and said that it was co-defendant Lisa Burgess who started to kick and stamp on her in the Wrexham Peace Gardens . |
| 15 | So I let her just pass , and said , ‘ Oh , darling , I am looking for a new ‘ element ’ … ’ ; and after half an hour the manager came back to me and said that she was sitting upstairs weeping . |
| 16 | He just came to me and said that he was unhappy and I said OK . |
| 17 | On 26th May , Hunt came to see him and said that he was taking over the purchase negotiations for the Downing Street scheme , and particularly upset Pennethorne by producing one of Pennethorne 's drawings to assist him in the work . |
| 18 | After a couple of minutes , one of them returned and placed a hand on Beattie 's shoulder and said that he was arresting him under Section 10 and Schedule 1 of the Northern Ireland ( Emergency Provisions ) Act . |
| 19 | He also claimed that Western imperialism was pressurizing the Soviet Union and China to break off links with Cuba and said that he was surprised by the terrible wave of " neoliberalism " currently " scourging " the world and especially Latin America . |
| 20 | In an Aug. 12 interview he referred to a split in the Polisario leadership dating back to 1988 and said that he was " rallying against those who are stubbornly persisting in imposing a disastrous situation on our people … a dead-end solution " . |
| 21 | The fact that nobody wrote and said that he was brilliant and was a genius convinced him that it was n't Robert Bolt who was at fault or the director Noel Willman , but himself as an actor . |
| 22 | When he came along erm was about he was more or less asked what terms he wanted and said that he was no to show no favouritism . |
| 23 | ‘ When we stopped at traffic lights , Warren took hold of my hand and said that he was becoming more attached to me and asked me if I would like to go out for dinner the next day . ’ |
| 24 | Now he called at this house and said that he was er visiting for |
| 25 | Yeah Jim came over before and said that he was er going off to do work tonight . |
| 26 | His Lordship rejected that argument and said that there was here no true analogy with personal injuries cases . |
| 27 | The ECJ insisted upon its sole right to interpret EC law ( as set out in the Treaty of Rome — see p. 15951 ) and said that there was a danger that the EEA court could pre-empt ECJ rulings . |
| 28 | Valdimir Dlouhy , Czech Trade and Tourism and Industry Minister , reportedly described retaining a common currency as " political suicide " and said that there was " no way " in which the Czech republic would commit itself through a common currency to financing Slovak budget deficits . |
| 29 | Valdimir Dlouhy , Czech Trade and Tourism and Industry Minister , reportedly described retaining a common currency as " political suicide " and said that there was " no way " in which the Czech republic would commit itself through a common currency to financing Slovak budget deficits . |
| 30 | Also on Sept. 18 UK Prime Minister John Major referred in a television interview to " fault lines in the ERM revealed over the past few days " , and said that there was no imminent prospect of the UK returning to the ERM , which itself needed reform , while Bundesbank president Helmut Schlesinger said in Washington on Sept. 21 that serious negotiations would be needed before sterling could be readmitted to the ERM . |