Example sentences of "said that [pron] [verb] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | And what you might need to start thinking about as well is how could you illustrate some of these , already around you in the room , going up , work from year nine where they have started writing that as a complaint to god , moaning about Hurricane Andrew , about earthquakes and floods and so on and they 've decided that they 're going to illustrate the work they 're doing with these paper cuttings of disasters and problems in the world , there 's one up here about a gorilla that 's been taken from the wild and is in captivity in London Zoo and they said that they think it 's wrong . |
| 2 | For the present , we can simply note that many of the women felt that relations between themselves and the staff were less formal than relations between the male students and the staff ; the women said that they found it quite easy to ‘ get round ’ the male staff , whereas several men complained that staff were quite unhelpful . |
| 3 | And apart from the garden that you said that you made it lovely while you were there , what other things did you do to make it look like a home ? |
| 4 | You said that you got it for a bet , well a bet is usually something like swimming in the North Sea on Christmas Day , I mean something sharp and brief , while working for a degree , however brilliant you are , takes years . |
| 5 | As she pulled the dress over my head she said that she thought it would still fit her , that she could see the hole at the neckline where my grandmother had pinned a pearl brooch as something old , that the classic line never dated . |
| 6 | But then you see , she said that she thought it was too many so she put it |
| 7 | from Pilkingtons and there 's little , she said you would n't notice it but there 's little like , little things on and when he did the grouting yesterday she said that she said it was awful , she did n't like it at all so she told him this morning |
| 8 | ‘ I said that she believed it , ’ she persisted furiously . |
| 9 | We did get through some pretty hot language , erm he did say that this would destroy the tripartite system and he quoted me and said that I said it was a system which was the end of the world . |
| 10 | I said that I thought it would be alright and made arrangements to meet him again at the church on the following Saturday afternoon to discuss details . |
| 11 | I said that I believed it would now be right to give some indication of the Government 's attitude to the building of a tunnel . |
| 12 | David Evans , head of geology at the Heart of England School in Solihull , said that he feels it is vital to develop good links between industry and education . |
| 13 | He said that he thought it wrong to encourage a military spirit , and that it was contrary to the ideals of disarmament . |
| 14 | Garbett said that he thought it would be right to go to London , for the sake of the Church ; that he longed for him to come to York , for the sake of himself , he wanted Ramsey as his successor . |
| 15 | Her father came up and listened for a while and then said that he thought it was all marvellous but he did n't understand a word of it . |
| 16 | Well I did think about it but the Careers Officer advised me no cos he thought that you have to be really really good before y get in and he asked me if I thought I was really good and I said that well I was not too bad but and he said that he thought it would be better to concentrate on something else . |
| 17 | Metternich said that he signed it to please the Tsar . |
| 18 | He said that he felt it was unfair that his wife should reprimand Jenny as she was so young and did not know how to share properly yet . |
| 19 | He said that he said it does n't happen in York , but it has happened in some places you know . |
| 20 | I must say , he said that he regretted it now . |
| 21 | On the first anniversary of the return to civilian rule President Shehu Shagari vigorously condemned party bickering in the papers and said that he hoped it would end . |
| 22 | When reforms were proposed in Star Chamber Francis Bacon said that he considered it to be ‘ standing with all equity and reason that new orders or favours should not frustrate ancient fees ’ . |
| 23 | ( He ) said that he considered it was impossible for Mr Asquith to form a Government after what Mr Bonar Law had said about his party . |
| 24 | Bromley Challener said that he found it inconceivable , nay incomprehensible that so many local people could stand by and watch two courageous policemen set upon by rogues , and do nothing while these same officers received such grievous wounds that one had since died and the other would be incapacitated for months to come . |
| 25 | 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 . |