Example sentences of "said he [vb past] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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1 | Mum said he had to watch the house and the food in case anyone slipped in while we were out and helped themselves . |
2 | He said he had to conduct some business with the grain merchant . |
3 | He said he had to go back to work tomorrow . |
4 | Those were the last words he said to me , apart from when he woke up and said he had to go to the toilet but you do n't count that , do you . ’ |
5 | Tom finished his drink and then said he had to go . |
6 | So anyway , erm they met me and Bert had to go back to his office and Will said he had to go back to his office , but he said , What would you like to do ? |
7 | When I mentioned this to my father he said he had to drive up that way and would take me in the car and call back for me within a couple of hours . |
8 | Another amusing incident to come out of ‘ Space Oddity ’ was when I got a phone call from David one day , who said he had to record an Italian version of the song because two kids in Italy had apparently done a cover version of it and as it looked as if it was going to do quite well , the Italian record company wanted a version by the original artist and said they would send someone along to teach Bowie phonetically how to sing the song . |
9 | He said he had to resign because he felt he was being made the ‘ fall guy ’ for breaches of the law he had no control over . |
10 | He said he had to drop Mr Jefferson back . |
11 | When the guard was told that no one had moved from their seats he became very worried because he said he had to make out a report to British Rail as to the cause of the delay and he then said , ‘ I 'll have to put it down to person or persons unknown ’ . |
12 | ‘ He said he had to meet another woman . |
13 | Pensioner Frank Bevan , at a Press conference with Darlington Labour candidate Alan Milburn , said he had to pay tax on his war disability pension as it was classed as income . |
14 | The policy was working and inflation was falling , but Mr Lawson said he had to admit that it was ‘ proving a slow process ’ . |
15 | died as , whatever and they went to his eldest brother he said he had to burn all because he only lived in a small flat , he and his wife and two children and they 'd got no room for them to so he had to burn them . |
16 | all well and good , but for twenty year , we should n't be talking about this , when I was in Ireland a couple of years ago the skew over overseer said he had to get rid of his television for the same reason , he er could n't turn it up |
17 | Ardiles said he began to mistrust Swindon Town 's former chairman Brian Hillier , who 's on trial with Macari , and former club accountant Vince Farrar.Ardiles said in 1990 he stopped offering the cash bonuses , and players were soon paid a monthly salary direct into their bank accounts.Macari , Hillier , and Farrar deny the charges , and the case continues . |
18 | Mr Carey , 46 , a distinguished BBC journalist for 23 years , said he expected to liaise constantly with broadcasters on what footage they required . |
19 | Mr Wiseman said he expected to announce the name shortly . |
20 | Kinnear , who said he expected to make one more signing this week-end , looked forward to Jones the manager with a wry smile . |
21 | Prosecution witness Isham Chandra Dutta said he agreed to set up a dummy gems company in Bombay , for a £20,000 fee , which included a mail message centre with false letterheads and invoices . |
22 | The next morning Benjamin rose early and said he wished to watch the clerks at work in the scriptorium . |
23 | Lord Spens said he wished to continue with the trial as he was confident of undermining the prosecution and exposing Argyll 's tactics in the battle . |
24 | The Northern Echo , based in Darlington , Co Durham , yesterday said it had received pictures of 150 terrorist suspects from a former soldier who said he wished to illustrate ‘ shambles ’ of Ulster security . |
25 | The Northern Echo yesterday said it had received pictures of 150 terrorist suspects from an ex-soldier who said he wished to illustrate ‘ the shambles of security in Northern Ireland ’ . |
26 | He said he learnt to do it in the field during the Falklands War . |
27 | Michael Gough , my editor , works for me in New York and he said he went to get a key to get back in after they had closed and they said why and he said because I think that I will be back later than your gate is locked . |
28 | Mr Endara said he planned to continue his hunger strike to support a civil disobedience campaign to press General Noriega to step down . |
29 | And Reynolds said he planned to return to indoor competition in the next couple of months and hoped to compete in both the world indoor and outdoor championships . |
30 | He said he planned to fly to Libya with leading Scottish defence QC Lord Macaulay to meet the accused men . |