Example sentences of "said [conj] he [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Patten also said that he believed in the validity of the present system for predicting what housing needs will be . |
| 2 | The judge said that he took into account McKie 's age in sentencing him . |
| 3 | He said that he took to writing novels to support himself and his family and to enable him to devote himself to his religious writings and poems . |
| 4 | Graeme said that he ran along the line , and pulled the trolleys off . |
| 5 | He got him to hospital and the doctors said that he lived for 70 minutes , but he was dead by the time we got there . |
| 6 | Yesterday , though , the resilient Dunwoody said that he hopes to be back in action at Ascot on Wednesday . |
| 7 | The minister said that he felt as if he were being pursued by a wild animal and could only throw off his clothes to distract its attention . |
| 8 | When allegations that Schnur had worked for the Stasi for at least 20 years were first made on March 9 his denials were supported up by the West German government which said that he had on the contrary been passing information on political repression in East Germany to them . |
| 9 | Andy Gray , on Sky , said that he sits on a panel to decide if a goal is an OG or not … and can then take goals off players . |
| 10 | This had caused such abnormal interest that the next time he was asked he said that he worked in a garage . |
| 11 | because of recession , but as soon as er anything will change he , he said Billy said that he wants to , to get rid of it because they want to go buy an |
| 12 | Chancellor of the Exchequer Norman Lamont said that he stood by what Lord Bingham had said . |
| 13 | In deciding to take no action against the licence , Mr Peter said that he bore in mind that it was due to be renewed shortly when he would want a report on the company 's arrangements in regard to drivers ' hours and records . |
| 14 | He said he made a mistake : he said that he talked about armchairs being ripped up at Madge 's house , even before you 'd told him about them . |
| 15 | Mr Clarke said that he commented to his wife : ‘ That must be the reason why he came across . |
| 16 | The pity of it is that the Prime Minister , who said that he wanted to be at the heart of the process , has instead condemned this country to be semi-detached from it . |
| 17 | He also said that he wanted to be " a bridge between the leadership of MPLA and UNITA " . |
| 18 | Mr Masduki , after attending the miners ' rallies in London last year , said that he dreamt of the day that ‘ this could happen in Indonesia ’ . |
| 19 | Claiming that the allied forces had a " game plan " which was being followed , he said that he sympathized with the motives of those who called for an indefinite air campaign , but that any decision on the launching of a ground offensive would be based on military advice ; there would be no " delay for the sake of delay , hoping that it would save lives " . |
| 20 | Well I mo moved because promotion was in the line for me , I was in the Royal Marine Police in island depot in Plymouth and er I 'd been put on plain clothes work and I 'd been doing acting sergeant you know when the sergeant was off sick and all that business and er I 'd put , been put in for this to move because we had a two bedroom bungalow but the twins were getting big and I realized that we 'd have to have another bedroom you know , very soon and er , this seemed an opportunity to get a house and also in Plymouth , that Plymouth was a naval town , you see , there was still those days there was still kind of a , a lower deck of sons , what they call lower deckers , in other words you know people in the lower deck of the navy , their sons did n't really have much , ever have much chance of getting into places like Dartmouth College or Cramwell to do as cadets , well the headmaster at Regent Street School had said to me that Keith was very keen on flying , he was aeroplane mad you see , and , he wanted to go in the Royal Air Force , well he said to me he said oh no put him in the Navy and as a chief art as an artificer , so I said oh no , I said if he goes in the Navy or the service I want him to go in the front door not like me the back door , I had ambition for him |
| 21 | I said if he played with Jim he 'd win each . |
| 22 | It says , the common folk , they heard him gladly , they listened to what he said because he taught as one having authority ! |
| 23 | He said as he stepped on the ‘ plane : ‘ I would love to come back for another season at Portadown — but no-one has said anything to me . |
| 24 | ‘ In the past , ’ he said as he returned to Robbie 's side , ‘ she 's been accustomed to sleeping at the foot of my bed . |
| 25 | ‘ I know you speak Russian , ’ Myeloski said as he waited for the Englishman , ‘ but it would be better if we spoke only English . |
| 26 | ‘ Nobody told me , ’ he said as he went towards the telephone , ‘ about any sonnet . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ This is a right palace of fun this morning , is n't it ? ’ he said as he came into their tiny staff-room for coffee . |
| 28 | ‘ It 's easy to be frightened , ’ Frick said as he walked round the table , behind them , their eyes following him . |
| 29 | ‘ That 's where you 're wrong , ’ I said as he reached for a pen . |
| 30 | ‘ So you are writing about those things , ’ another Israeli said as he stood in a narrow , shaded lane . |