Example sentences of "said that [pers pn] [verb] [be] " in BNC.
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| 31 | His brother said that he had been more excitable lately , and more ineffective , and running up and down more . |
| 32 | He said that he had been charged with 10 counts of breaking police regulations by talking to reporters about police brutality . |
| 33 | He said that he had been given no information about the departure and even late yesterday , had been unable to reach government officials responsible for refugee matters . |
| 34 | Doyle said that he had been ‘ totally frustrated ’ by his two years on the board . |
| 35 | Bitov said that he had been interrogated by Lieutenant-Colonel James Westoll at Flat 4 , 34 Redcliffe Square , Earls Court , London , and 118 Sheen Court , Richmond . |
| 36 | Kenneth Orbinson , an Ulster Television cameraman , gave evidence at the trial of those arrested on 5 October : he said that he had been sprayed while filming from the window of a flat in Duke Street ; but his film was not admitted as evidence . |
| 37 | He said that he had been allowed to go on stage as an attendant to a goddess in Howes 's Pastoral , a ballet to Beethoven 's Sixth Symphony . |
| 38 | Edward Ellice , an MP for Coventry , said that he had been asked to accompany his friend Lord Elcho , and although he seems to have been a political ally of Elcho 's his view of Scott 's design was very different . |
| 39 | He said that he had been in a corner of the bar talking to the landlord and friends during the time that the incident took place . |
| 40 | Speaking after the hearing , Lord Spens said that he had been ‘ staggered at the degree of malevolence shown to all Guinness defendants by the prosecuting and other authorities , with the exception of the police ’ . |
| 41 | The latter , a cashier with the company , immediately protested his innocence and said that he had been away on holiday at the time . |
| 42 | He denied all charges and said that he had been severely tortured . |
| 43 | The man said that he had been alone in a cell 4 metres by 5 metres , with only loudspeakers for company for a week . |
| 44 | At his trial in September 1989 , Suh Kyung-won testified to having been ill-treated during his interrogation and said that he had been forced to make false statements under duress . |
| 45 | Barth himself later said that he had been like a man who , tripping in the darkness of the church tower , had accidentally caught hold of the bell-rope to steady himself and alarmed the whole countryside . |
| 46 | He said that he had been knocked down by the labour master ( who was present ) . |
| 47 | They said that he had been ambushed while unarmed and slain by a thrust in the back . |
| 48 | Stephanie said that he had been seriously ill and was convalescing . |
| 49 | The hon. Member for Tottenham ( Mr. Grant ) said that he had been misquoted . |
| 50 | Thorpe who was to have headed the bill said that he had been in touch with the promoters earlier in the year and had agreed to come over provided he was given details in writing . |
| 51 | After his talks with Li , Maude said that he had been " encouraged " by the Chinese administration 's muted attitude to issues of contention between the UK and China , including the British Nationality ( Hong Kong ) Bill which provided for full British citizenship to be given to some 225,000 Hong Kong citizens . |
| 52 | In a graveside address he said that he had been a political opponent of Allende , but that he was present to give his " testimony to the truth " . |
| 53 | A government announcement on Jan. 27 , detailing corruption charges against Ershad , said that he had been accused of misappropriating funds in 1990 amounting to between £3,000,000 and £4,000,000 ( US$5-7,000,000 ) in the purchase of three advanced turbo prop aircraft from the British company , British Aerospace . |
| 54 | Early reports said that he had been replaced by Col. Elias Tutsoane Ramaema , another Military Council member . |
| 55 | At a press conference on April 22 after talks with the Amir , the US Secretary of State , James Baker , said that he had been assured that human rights abuses had ceased and that the government " would be pleased to invite human rights organizations to interview minorities — Palestinians and others " . |
| 56 | At the end of his visit Hogg said that he had been assured by Lebanese leaders that all three British hostages in Lebanon were alive . |
| 57 | On Jan. 14 Richard Goldstone , chair of an independent judicial commission of inquiry established in September 1991 under the terms of the national peace accord [ see p. 38422 ] , said that he had been asked by both the government and the ANC to investigate allegations of SADF complicity in killings in black townships . |
| 58 | On Jan. 14 the EC Commissioner for External Relations , Trade Policy and Co-operation with other European Countries , Frans Andriessen said that he had been " disagreeably surprised " by Bush 's criticism and stressed that the EC had approached the trade negotiations in a spirit of co-operation . |
| 59 | A report from a Tajikta correspondent on March 8 said that he had been stripped of his deputy 's immunity by a two-thirds vote in the Supreme Soviet and arrested in the parliament building . |
| 60 | He also indicated that he had disagreed with other members of the government on the running of the education department and said that he had been " gradually marginalized within the government " . |