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 .
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