Example sentences of "say [that] he [vb past] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In John 10 v. 10 Jesus says that He came so that ‘ you may have life , life in all its fullness ’ . |
| 2 | Gildas had said that he felt too tired to be continually renewing his amazement , he had other troubles . |
| 3 | He would have said that he had as reasonable an acquaintance with sorcery as anyone in Ireland . |
| 4 | It was widely said that he had long resented the Shah 's great oil wealth and the independence that it gave him . |
| 5 | But it has to be said that he tried more consistently and more self-consciously than most political leaders to insulate himself from external pressures and to personalize decision-making . |
| 6 | It has been said that he gave too much of himself in his idealistic way , and that the ‘ political football ’ aspects of the CBC in eastern Canada , where he was finally transferred , caused a breakdown in health and his early retirement . |
| 7 | Charles hedged by saying that he 'd never imagined the BEF would be at all like this . |
| 8 | The Mukhabarat demanded he sign an affidavit accusing his brother of all sorts of other crimes and saying that he had always been a traitor at heart . |
| 9 | He wound up his reply to the delegation by saying that he had only put the £30,000 for the foundations into the estimates for the present session and would ask Scott for elevations in a different style . |
| 10 | But he often said that he owed as much to Oscar Browning [ q.v. ] , who had to get his Baptist parents ' permission to take him to the theatre . |
| 11 | Williams said that he glanced away and suddenly heard several single shots . |
| 12 | Yet I knew a Wiltshire man who said that he burned hardly anything else ; and it was very fine , he said , when well seasoned . |
| 13 | When I said that I had read it , the hon. Gentleman said that he had also read it . |
| 14 | Giving government corruption and the violation of human rights as reasons for his decision , Njoroge said that he had also left the ruling Kenya African National Union ( KANU ) and was joining the opposition Forum for the Restoration of Democracy ( FORD ) . |
| 15 | It 's a symbolic embarrassment to have man in a graveyard outside a church , not getting any sanctuary , especially when you consider not only that background you 've mentioned , Jesus himself actually said that he had nowhere to lay his head . |
| 16 | Andrew Stavanger was not on board , and her Master said that he had certainly not sailed in her . |
| 17 | In a further television appearance on June 24 , he said that he had twice called the conference to order and would do so again . |
| 18 | When he returned he said that he had only £15 but could get the balance ‘ in a few days ’ . |
| 19 | Dr Tydeman said that he had only once seen a patient suffering from the condition and he found it particularly frightening and disturbing . |
| 20 | James Baker said that he had always believed that a professional should never admit to hurt or personal problems . |
| 21 | Mr Major then angrily turned on Labour leader John Smith : ‘ There was a time when the leader of the Opposition once said that he had always believed that Britain 's future lay in Europe , and we must take a confident and leading role in the Community . |
| 22 | There was evident a very strong determination on the part of Prof. Barker to remove all obstacles likely to prevent agreement being reached and , in the course of a subsequent conversation with Elvin , he said that he had recently come to the conclusion that it was of primary importance that the WEA should have the full assistance of the Extra-Mural Board in all its work throughout the whole of this District . |
| 23 | He also said that he had never talked in terms of prospective violence nor had he suggested that ‘ any of these people ’ were in any way inferior to anybody else . |
| 24 | He said that he had never heard of ‘ the place ’ [ the seat of Compton or Burnett ancestors ] . |
| 25 | If he said that he had never entertained a suspicion , it would be a lie . |
| 26 | Numbers may , of course , bring increased power and in the Crofter case Viscount Maugham said that he had never felt any difficulty in seeing ‘ the great difference between the acts of one person and the acts in combination of two or of a multitude , ’ but , as Viscount Simon L.C. remarked in the same case : |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Sir Lionel Russell , with a view from within the CNAA and the local authorities , said that he had never understood Crosland 's Woolwich speech and why he made it , and had doubts about the concentration in polytechnics because of the disappointment it meant to other colleges . |
| 29 | John , from Durham , spent the whole night locked in the shed and said that he regretted ever letting his dog copy him when he locked up . |
| 30 | In a letter to Klaus on Aug. 21 , he said that he considered further talks " unsuitable " and accused the Czech side of failing to live up to previous agreements , and on Aug. 24 he turned down the Czech Prime Minister 's formal invitation to the talks . |