Example sentences of "but they said that " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had tried to head these off , but because they could slip into the lanes and wynds of the town , this had proved difficult , Ramsay interrupted to demand whether one of these fugitives had been a tall man in shirt and breeches ; but they said that in the darkness they could not tell . |
| 2 | But they said that it was a different matter over in the west , around Appleby way , where they generally paid more money but worked you very hard and gave you little meat . |
| 3 | The reason for this was not entirely apparent , but they said that the word power was too strong to describe their control over the employees . |
| 4 | I ca n't remembered who said it a little earlier but they said that the er , conservatives er dealt with the environment as it came along , and it 's it 's been all too apparent that they kep dealt with it as it came along . |
| 5 | I told them you were a general in disguise but they said that all the generals were back in London sound asleep in their beds . ’ |
| 6 | the green , I can , I , he 's says to buy four of them without thinking about it cos they 're so nice and that 's really the thing that we do n't do when we go to Basingstoke we start going around saying well which one shall I have , but they said that you have n't looked at it like I 've looked at those and you looked at yours because that oatmeal colour will be very , very handy for erm sticking with anything and everything |
| 7 | But they said that that was for us and we said the garages , it 's sort of run down now and no use in trying to build it up again . |