Example sentences of "said they would [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Americans and British , intent on not getting stuck in the town , wandered in and out talking of electricity and sanitation , then said they would send a few soldiers for a short time . |
| 2 | • only 8% of women who had children in the last 5 years said they would prefer a hospital consultant to provide their antenatal care . |
| 3 | ( ’ Canny ’ is echoed in the findings of a Gallup poll carried out for Shell last autumn which revealed that 60 per cent of Scottish motorists said they would buy a diesel car , compared to the national average of 49 per cent ) . |
| 4 | He led her up some stairs to a steel gallery from which he said they would get a bird's-eye-view of the operation . |
| 5 | Jesus said they would receive a severe sentence for their hypocrisy . |
| 6 | Goibniu remembered that Gnomes were reportedly extremely greedy , but said they would take a look at the designs now , if the Gnomes were quite ready , thus galvanising the Gnomes into anxious industry , resulting in much unpacking of knapsacks and unrolling of parchments and remarks such as , ‘ Who 's got the plan of the turquoise bracelet ? ’ and ‘ Why did we bring along four sketches for the everyday silver tiara ? ’ and ‘ Flaherty 's sitting on the Coronation sceptre ! ’ |
| 7 | Mr Cairns , a former Ulster teacher now lecturing in Japan who is home on a study project , said : ‘ They went for a meal to McDonalds and when the girls said they would take a taxi back to the Young Women 's Christian Association the boys told them not to take a black taxi because they were too expensive . |
| 8 | On a somewhat more controversial issue , Mr Milburn and Mr Bergg said they would support a ban on fox hunting . |
| 9 | They said they 'd give a lot of help . |
| 10 | ‘ One of the people I talked to was a salesman for Allied Dunbar and said they 'd do a great job . |
| 11 | But it was so costly so they said they 'd get a second hand one . |