Example sentences of "say that [subord] [pers pn] could " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nigel says that if he could only win one more race then it would be the British Grand Prix at Silverstone |
| 2 | Mr Clerides , who beat incumbent George Vassiliou with a narrow majority of 1,998 votes in Sunday 's election , said that before he could go to the peace talks in New York he needed to consult with the Cypriot and Greek political leadership . |
| 3 | Det Chief Insp Dave Sinclair said that although they could not rule out the possibility of someone else having fired the machine , the incident was now being treated as an accident . |
| 4 | In reply , Sir Derek said that though he could not speak for other directors , ‘ my resignation has been available to the board from the day all this started . |
| 5 | Martin Hyman of British Aerospace got five enquiries and said that though he could have wished for more , those that he had talked to had , he felt , benefited considerably . |
| 6 | When my mother and I called on him he said that if we could wait a few days he would find the right frame and have it stove-enamelled black . |
| 7 | Sara said that if they could n't do better than last year 's holiday , a caravan in the rain in West Wales , then it was n't worth bothering … |
| 8 | and she said that if you could n't go , or telling him . |
| 9 | ‘ I always said that if I could not break 80 then I would not play . |
| 10 | He wears it always , never taking it off , but he said that if I could steal it back without him knowing , then I could keep it . |
| 11 | When he saw the saxaphone he told his father about it and his father said that if he could save half the money , he would make up the other half . ’ |
| 12 | Suffice it to say that if I could afford it , there would be pieces of bogwood where I have shown rocks at the back ! |