Example sentences of "said [conj] it [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lord Denning said that it had to be so serious that it was of the first importance that offenders be brought to justice . |
| 2 | It seems that the guardian ad litem expressed some reservations about that decision to move the children in advance of the hearing , but by a letter of 24 January the father 's solicitors said that it seemed to them that the view of the guardian ad litem was ‘ quite wrong as a matter of law . ’ |
| 3 | When crossing by boat from West Loch Tarbert to Port Ellen on one of my early Journeys to Islay I was talking with an elderly minister who was coming to visit a crofter brother who was ill , and during our conversation said that it appeared to me that for a small island with a population of about four thousand it had produced an unusually large proportion of ministers , ship captains , marine engineers and doctors and asked him why he thought that was so . |
| 4 | So she said well I 'll put that on the thing , but she said if it goes to Crown Court you 'll have to , I said well |
| 5 | Carried by some freak of the acoustics of the place or by the mist , Jotan 's voice said as it seemed to Alexei in his ear , ‘ If you move or call out , I shall kill you . ’ |