Example sentences of "said they had been [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While the presiding officer in charge of a polling station has the right to ask questions of any voter whose identity or capacity to vote is in doubt , no one who attended at the station said they had been challenged . |
| 2 | All said they had been inundated with telephone calls from eager fans . |
| 3 | A director , Mr Ahmed Motala , said they had been informed by the Attorney General 's office ‘ that no request for a postponement will be entertained ’ . |
| 4 | Several small practitioners in the same area as the original complainant also said they had been approached by the company , but only one had parted with any money . |
| 5 | With regard to their own work , three of the four women said they had been criticised by White feminists for ‘ too much sex ’ or for ‘ collusion in the exploitation of women for the male gaze ’ , a criticism which they all felt was inappropriate and indicative not just of Western ignorance vis-à-vis questions of representation and cultural difference , but also of institutional and political constraints . |
| 6 | They said they had been abandoned during a row en route to London . |
| 7 | Detainees in Nylstroom said they had been offered their release on the condition that they agreed to become police informers . |
| 8 | Nearly two-thirds ( 27 ) said they had been told how to instil eyedrops . |
| 9 | A spokesman for Liat airlines said they had been told to expect a ‘ prominent personality ’ to arrive in Antigua today . |
| 10 | Management at the Hyatt hotel , situated above Seoul with dramatic views over the city , said they had been told not to discuss where the couple would sleep . |
| 11 | A spokesman said they had been overwhelmed by the number of applications when the new disability living benefit was announced and said it had taken longer than anticipated to sort out . |
| 12 | Labour frontbenchers said they had been shown a note written by Sir Terence Heiser , Permanent Secretary at the Department of the Environment , to Nicholas Ridley , the then Secretary of State . |
| 13 | Orton and Vera said they had been abducted by Malawian agents during a visit to a Zambian town close to the Malawian border . |
| 14 | At school , more than half ( 54pc ) said they had been bullied and 45pc thought their teachers could not cope with the bullies . |
| 15 | On ITV , for example , the channel which caused most concern , 17 per cent said they had been offended by bad language , and 11 per cent each by scenes of sex or violence . |
| 16 | When people thought that the difficulty had been the credit firm 's fault , about half said that the company had made some mistake — such as claiming that arrears were owed , when in fact payments were up to date ; about half said they had been refused some type of credit which they had applied for . |