Example sentences of "claim [adv] that [pers pn] had " in BNC.
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| 1 | A GROUP claiming to represent Abu Nidal 's Palestinian assassination organisation claimed yesterday that it had murdered a leader of the Jewish community in Belgium because he was ‘ one of the main leaders of Israel 's Mossad secret service ’ . |
| 2 | A UNIFORMED police constable accused of raping a young mother on the front seat of his patrol car claimed yesterday that she had handed him ‘ sex on a plate ’ . |
| 3 | He claimed later that he had done so for the reason that a few months earlier he had sold a stallion to Dunlop which had died within a few weeks and that his motive had been to recompense Dunlop for his loss . |
| 4 | Ashraf claimed later that she had wanted to leave with her father but he insisted that she remain because " your brother needs you more " . |
| 5 | Pask stonewalled , claiming variously that he had no staff to answer questions , that only one boiler-maker in Britain was capable of making unit boilers for large sets , that they would encounter operational difficulties , that there would be economies to replication of smaller sets , that larger sets were more expensive than small ones , and that station layouts would not accommodate them . |
| 6 | Many of the protesters , together with much of the black press , attempted to publicise the jogger 's name and to vilify her character , claiming variously that she had never been attacked , that she had been raped by her white boyfriend , or that she had gone to the park in search of sexual adventure . |