Example sentences of "said that if [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ My husband said that if we got 50 per cent back it would be something but this is very good news , ’ said Mrs Lee . |
| 2 | Comrade Stokes said that if we took no action the Progressive Party would . |
| 3 | Another contributor said that if we asked ourselves the question : ‘ Do the agencies discriminate against West Belfast ? ’ , the answer had to be ‘ yes ’ . |
| 4 | When my mother and I called on him he said that if we could wait a few days he would find the right frame and have it stove-enamelled black . |
| 5 | The Government said that if we worked hard and trimmed down we would survive . |
| 6 | So then I got back on to Gwyllam and said that if we provided our own caravan , would you someone there be willing to do the from site to site and he said that would n't be a problem . |
| 7 | Somebody once said that if we do n't history we 're condemned to repeat history , and God forbid if that were erm to happen . |
| 8 | Political opponents such as Mr Chihana take great risks by returning to the country ; Dr Banda recently said that if they did , they would be ‘ meat for crocodiles ’ . |
| 9 | He said that if they had not gained the upper hand then the old Völkisch parties would certainly have picked a fight with Poland . |
| 10 | Mostly , these were people in lower socio-economic groups ; but it is worth noting that even in these groups people with high credit commitments , or people who said that if they had to arrange a loan it would be for a relatively large sum of money , generally said they would prefer monthly repayments . |
| 11 | Sara said that if they could n't do better than last year 's holiday , a caravan in the rain in West Wales , then it was n't worth bothering … |
| 12 | I could n't accept it ; my resolve to carry on snapped and I said that if they were going to do this , then 1 , too , would not eat . |
| 13 | After the case was adjourned , the couple said that if they lost their home , they 'd lose their livelihood too . |
| 14 | Mr David Hebblethwaite , secretary of the Liturgical Commission which helped produce the Alternative Service , said that if one translated the service back into the language of even 50 years ago , it would be ‘ pretty incomprehensible ’ . |
| 15 | Mr David Hebblethwaite , secretary of the Liturgical Commission which helped produce the Alternative Service , said that if one translated the service back into the language of even 50 years ago , it would be ‘ pretty incomprehensible ’ . |
| 16 | De Sade said that if one wants to know about death one should look at sexual excitement . |
| 17 | Filmer looked back towards Xanthe and the investigator and made a small gesture of impatience , and it seemed to trigger a response from the investigator because he said that if anyone remembered any helpful detail , however small , would they please tell him or one of his colleagues , but meanwhile everyone was free to go . |
| 18 | ‘ Well ’ , came the reply from Adam , ‘ he said that if you stayed longer than a week he 'd hit the roof ! ’ |
| 19 | ‘ You said that if you drop a clock into a black hole , and you watch it from a long way off , the hands appear to go round slower the closer it gets to the hole . |
| 20 | I went home and told my mum and she said that if you say it again she would come and sort you out . |
| 21 | There 's a rich lady of our family out at Trantridge , and mother said that if you claimed relationship with her , she 'd help you marry a gentleman . ’ |
| 22 | You called your wife a tart , which is your business and hers , but you also said that if you 'd known where she 'd gone you would have caught her at it . |
| 23 | and she said that if you could n't go , or telling him . |
| 24 | I said well Scott , you know , said that if you know , we ever take our dogs on there he erm would give us a ring and he has n't . |
| 25 | I 'll be telling most some of the tales about that time , and then the other tales will be about what happened to me in sixty nine when I started up , because the changing legislation s more or less said that if you had a vehicle of thirty hundredweight or less you could move an er wh whoever 's furniture you liked anywhere you wanted to . |
| 26 | ‘ 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 . |
| 27 | When I changed buses there was just time to get the sweets and bananas — the bananas were very good today ; and on the other bus there was a nice driver who said that if I sat near the front he would let me off at the crossing if he was held up in the traffic , instead of my going on to the bus stop and having to walk back ; because of the rain . ’ |
| 28 | The man came back to the telephone and said that if I was Linford Christie I was to go in and see them . |
| 29 | Anyway , she was very tired and said that if I did n't tell her she was going to go to sleep . |
| 30 | He was n't put off and said that if I would please stay he would dance every dance with me . |