Example sentences of "said that [conj] [pron] was " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said that since he was seven he had kept that childlike outlook and attitude to life and this had enabled him to paint and compose . |
| 2 | But Mr Momper , faced with accommodating those coming from the East , said that while everyone was welcome , the question should also be asked whether people were not needed ‘ to create a better society in East Germany ’ . |
| 3 | Eddie Harrison , a land agent representing landowners and farmers on the route of the pipeline said that while there was no objection in principle to it , there was concern at the extent of the water authority 's powers . |
| 4 | The obituary in The Times said that while he was known as the ‘ chief engineer of a great ecclesiastical machine ’ , to his friends he was a ‘ most kindly man ’ . |
| 5 | Evening Standard Co Ltd v Henderson ( 1987 ) concerned a production manager whose contract said that while he was employed , ‘ on no account are you to engage in outside work ’ . |
| 6 | Mr Gardiner said that while he was in Gloucester prison in 1988 , he recieved packages of cannabis posted by his estranged wife Maggie . |
| 7 | He said that while it was difficult to give exact prices , an average funeral cost £932 . |
| 8 | DG said that while it was n't satisfied with its overall results , it was encouraged by the continued success of its AViiON family of Unix computers , which showed significant growth over the year-ago quarter , and it remains cautious for the short-term because of the weak worldwide economy and because it sees no evidence that industry-wide pricing pressures will abate in the near future . |
| 9 | It also said that while it was committed to the IBMulator business , it plans to expand its open systems products line because demand is increasing in that field . |
| 10 | Commenting on its reduced second quarter loss ( figures , page seven ) , Data General Corp said that while it was n't satisfied with its overall results , it was encouraged by the continued success of its AViiON family of Unix computers , which showed significant growth over the year-ago quarter , and it remains cautious for the short-term because of the weak worldwide economy and because it sees no evidence that industry-wide pricing pressures will abate in the near future ; the Westboro company is able to shrug off the small but steady and grinding losses because it still had $196.2m in cash and marketable securities at the end of the quarter . |
| 11 | Amdahl Corp is not known as an IBMulator for nothing : it too is cutting its dividend — to five cents a share this year from a dime last year , in an effort to conserve its capital base : the company , which reported a first quarter $240m loss after a $243m restructuring charge — figures , page seven — said its revenues were lower than expected because of soft economic conditions and competitive pressure on prices ; it also said that while it was committed to the IBMulator business , it plans to expand its open systems products line because demand is increasing in that field ; it is also enhancing our Huron applications development and production system , which creates applications that run without change in both proprietary and open environments and on both large and desktop systems , the company added , saying that its objective is to turn Huron into an industry standard and to develop a growing business in open systems for large-scale computing . |
| 12 | He said that while it was in the wrong place it would have hindered Liam 's breathing . |
| 13 | A spokesman said that although there was a hard core of users it was certainly not a mass medium . |
| 14 | He said that although there was a single clause there were in effect two separate covenants each taken with the plaintiff but for the protection of the respective business of each company . |
| 15 | One year later she and her husband were expressing their thanks to the Home Support Project for helping them to go on looking after Mrs Cummings at home , and said that although it was still a strain it was ‘ nowhere near as hard as it has been , now that we 've got other people to help us ’ . |
| 16 | He said that although he was personally quite happy with things as they were , he understood her doubts and perhaps a trial separation would resolve them one way or the other . |
| 17 | On May 4 President Ali Saibou said that although he was not opposed to multipartyism , such a system was premature . |
| 18 | Mr Nathan said that once he was jailed , members of the Knesset planned to try to call a special session . |
| 19 | Mr. Collins said that once it was accepted that Lautro operated in the public domain in the public interest , then certain consequences had also to be accepted . |
| 20 | I said that unless I was picked for the final leg I would n't run . |
| 21 | Then , in a letter to the company 's London headquarters , he said that unless he was paid , items would be injected by a qualified chemist , causing ‘ pain , suffering and possibly death ’ to customers . |
| 22 | That tribunal said that where there was uncertainty as to the duration of the stay it was proper to consider the application as if ordinary residence was contemplated . |
| 23 | ‘ I said that if I was turfed out by the trade union vote I would see Neil Kinnock and we would then both issue a statement afterwards , ’ he said . |
| 24 | The man came back to the telephone and said that if I was Linford Christie I was to go in and see them . |
| 25 | They said that if I was cheeky at Low Newton the screws would just hit me . |
| 26 | I said that if I was going to get into the guitar business , I 'd got to make a highly precision piece — I could n't live with a 32nd or 16th of an inch tolerance and then have some old violin maker filling up the gap with plastic wood , or just leaving a huge crack around the joint as some people do , I had to find a way of making precision wood parts . |
| 27 | I said that if I was going to get into the guitar business , I 'd got to make a highly precision piece — I could n't live with a 32nd or 16th of an inch tolerance and then have some old violin maker filling up the gap with plastic wood , or just leaving a huge crack around the joint as some people do , I had to find a way of making precision wood parts . |
| 28 | After spending some time with the injured fan , Baggio said that if there was any violence during last Sunday 's game between the same two sides he would ask to be substituted . |
| 29 | said that if there was true consent , the essential element of dishonesty was not established , I understand him to have meant this . |
| 30 | Masklin always said that if there was an Arnold Bros , he was sort of inside our heads , helping us think . |