Example sentences of "said [pron] [noun] [verb] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | I said my wife has been giving me two and three bits every day thinking you 're having one of them . |
| 2 | ‘ He said my hair had been badly cut , ’ says Susan . |
| 3 | They said their lives had been ruined , but Mr Lanaghan says it 's his family who 've really suffered |
| 4 | ‘ From then on , Paula said their marriage had been better and they had resolved their differences . |
| 5 | His wife Ann-Marie Turnpenny , of Sheerwater Avenue , Darlington , said their marriage had been going through a difficult period . |
| 6 | Brenda Holmes , Age Concern 's deputy chief officer who started work as the scheme co-ordinator five-and-a-half years ago , said their efforts had been rewarded . |
| 7 | The Superintendent was delighted and said their programme had been the best so far . |
| 8 | Since the fifties , the law has ratified tenants ' right to freedom from damp , but nearly 40 per cent of the tenants in Shepherd 's Nottingham estate said their health had been impaired by damp . |
| 9 | Tania 's mother , Jackie May , said her daughter had been due to attend a court hearing in Gloucester the day after her disappearance last Wednesday . |
| 10 | ‘ I said her illness had been traumatic enough without … ’ |
| 11 | On the same night , a follow up to a known address in the village in a hunt for a missing suspect led to vehement denials from a mother who said her son had been in bed all the evening . |
| 12 | Lady Bell said her son had been returning to his Land Rover , parked on the opposite side of the road to the farm . |
| 13 | One woman , whose son is an epileptic , said her son had been to hospitals in Newcastle , Middlesbrough , Northallerton , Oxford , Sedgewick near Kendal , and Cookridge near Leeds , before Thornton Lodge . |
| 14 | East Clwyd coroner David Jones read a statement by Jacob 's mother , Alison Bates , in which she said her pregnancy had been normal but she was warned that intervention might be necessary because of the position of the baby 's head . |
| 15 | Said her husband had been a member for years . ’ |
| 16 | But his wife , who 's the Mayor of Cirencester , said her husband had been under a lot of pressure recently . |
| 17 | Bowler said her husband had been out drinking and when he returned home there had been an argument . |
| 18 | Nicaragua said its army had been placed on ‘ a maximum state of alert ’ because of the ‘ brutal aggression ’ by the US . |
| 19 | The heckler said his cousin had been killed by the IRA and that he hated all Irish . |
| 20 | Said his wife had been in need of a holiday and he had been unable to get away . |
| 21 | But Koch , sporting a crew shirt with a bullseye target on the back — ‘ when anything bad happens I seem to get blamed ’ — said his camp had been caught out by the light winds in the semi-final . |
| 22 | Mellor 's wife Judith and son Freddie , eight , watched from a gallery as the ex-Minister said his family had been a tower of strength throughout the whole ‘ sorry mess . ’ |
| 23 | In mitigation Michael Rayner said his client had been deeply depressed in the days leading up to the incident . |
| 24 | His solicitor , Raymond McMenamin , said his client had been in a hurry to get to Edinburgh . |
| 25 | Police said his throat had been cut . |
| 26 | Pathologist Ernest Walton said his death had been brought about by a combination of internal bleeding due to multiple injuries and alcoholic liver disease , which caused liver failure . |
| 27 | The victim 's father , Raymond Smith , said his son had been ‘ good mates ’ with both the accused men . |
| 28 | Meanwhile , the father of James Kelly said his son had been forced to go to England to escape harassment from the security forces . |
| 29 | His father , Jonathon said his son had been in trouble with the police before but had never stolen cars . |
| 30 | David Livingstone , father of Andrew and of the same address , said his son had been at home weight training when he was supposed to be out throwing stones . |