Example sentences of "he said [conj] [pers pn] did " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said that it did not matter how the £3. 1 million was acquired and that it was what the company did with the money that mattered . |
| 2 | There was nothing he said that I did not recognize as being the expression of my own heart . |
| 3 | He said that he did not see the point of a central control over pay beds which was a relic of the Labour governments of the 1960s . |
| 4 | He said that he did it because everybody wanted him to do it , and he even agreed with me that bits were like Simon and Garfunkel and it sounded like a hundred songs written before , and admitted that he was cashing in on the moon landing but thought he could make some money doing it . |
| 5 | He said that he did not mind discussing changes to National Insurance with me , but he did not want to involve the whole Cabinet committee . |
| 6 | In reply to yet another question from the impromptu baby-sitter , he said that he did not know where his wife was , but he did believe that poor Maria had left him . |
| 7 | He was now , in any case , extremely happy ; " I 'm the luckiest man in the world , " he told Robert Giroux , and to Joseph Chiari he said that he did not think he deserved such happiness . |
| 8 | And he said that he did not consider that Skelton should be allowed to expand so far northward . |
| 9 | With as much robustness as he could spare , he said that he did n't think the director had meant to be flippant . |
| 10 | He said that he did n't mind who was present , that he had something to communicate which might slightly affect the convenience of everyone in residence here , and therefore could be stated in everyone 's presence . |
| 11 | ‘ He said that he did n't want to be a fashionable doctor . |
| 12 | He said that he did not think that it was a high priority to ask the Home Secretary to take £40 million out of his budget and put it on to the Secretary of State for Transport 's budget . |
| 13 | He said that he did not wish to block the legal process , however , and asked the government to find " a legal solution in which the need of the good functioning of parliamentary democracy can be reconciled with the right of the King not to act in violation of his conscience " . |
| 14 | Babangida reaffirmed his government 's commitment to civilian rule and denied that the creation of the new states would prolong the life of the military regime ; speaking on Sept. 3 he said that he did not believe in the perpetuity of military rule . |
| 15 | Franco repeated the message of his 2 December letter when he said that he did not " see any advantage in change " and that if he were ever to delegate the leadership of the government , it would only be when he was no longer able to carry out the functions of that position as well as those of head of state . |
| 16 | He said that he did n't sound like ‘ The Master ’ and was frightened of upsetting him , but the label checked with the composer and the approval was granted . |
| 17 | He said that he did not favour an increase in taxation but ‘ when it has to be done it has to be done ’ . |
| 18 | ‘ He said if I did n't go out with him he would run me over , ’ she said . |
| 19 | I did n't like doing it — seemed a bit hole-in-the-corner , you know — but he said if I did n't take it , no-one would . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ And I 'm very pleased that you have , ’ he said when she did n't continue . |