Example sentences of "saying [conj] [pers pn] had [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | European observers were reported as saying that they had witnessed no serious problems during voting but did not comment on the claim of fraud after the close of stations . |
| 2 | Other UN inspectors in Baghdad have extended their stay beyond the planned departure yesterday , after saying that they had gathered fresh information on Iraq 's ballistic missile programme . |
| 3 | Many of the captains spoke against continuing on to Naggaroth , saying that they had achieved their goal , and that the loss of life was too great to continue . |
| 4 | However , presently a rider appeared , from Jardine , saying that they had heard the horn . |
| 5 | On Nov. 18 Koffigoh justified the " legal punitive measures " taken against the ministers , saying that they had acted " not in the supreme interest of the nation , but with … partisan considerations " . |
| 6 | Mr Macdonald praised Mr Young and Mr Smith for chasing Forman , saying that they had started the trail which led to his arrest , though the money had not been recovered . |
| 7 | For example , in English Hop Growers Ltd v Derring [ 1928 ] 2 KB 174 Scrutton LJ said " I have always for myself regarded it as in the public interest that parties who , being in an equal position of bargaining , make contracts , should be compelled to perform them , and not to escape from their liabilities by saying that they had agreed to something which was unreasonable " . |
| 8 | Officials from the fifth chemical weapons inspection team [ see p. 38548 ] , which completed its mission on Nov. 5 , were reported on Nov. 12 as saying that they had found Scud missiles fitted with crudely made chemical warheads . |
| 9 | On Oct. 29 an Israeli government commission of inquiry cleared the three crew members , saying that they had taken the right decision . |
| 10 | Ron was delighted too , saying that I had run well after my lay-off with injury and had beaten one of my main challengers for the European title . |
| 11 | When he started to inquire about my life , I deflected the conversation by saying that I had sold one of the famille rose vases . |
| 12 | It was not until Aunt Kit rang me up , three days later , and abused me for ten minutes between tearing bouts of coughing , saying that I had hurt ‘ poor Lil ’ quite unbearably , that he said I had been wrong to write it . |
| 13 | Then she took me to the centre by saying that she had asked my husband and had given permission . |
| 14 | She never said to whom that fresh statement was made , but it was apparent to the jury that she was saying that she had made a statement contrary to that incriminating one , and she was suggesting that the second statement set out her case as she was putting it in the witness box . |
| 15 | He would not report her fate to the Police , and he could divert enquiries by saying that she had gone to friends in the country . |
| 16 | Ronnie had written to me a few months before , saying that she had hesitated to get in touch but wanted me to know how concerned she was about John . |
| 17 | She had written to her mother giving no address , saying that she had left her husband and was going abroad , that she could do nothing more for her mother and had her own life to live . |
| 18 | She lied to Dr Wyn , saying that she had wrenched her shoulder , since although there was nothing inherently shameful about noises in the head she did not wish to confide in him . |
| 19 | Near panic had set in when Tass news agency quoted a woman who had just arrived in Novgorod , near St Petersburg , as saying that she had fled Kyrgyzstan a few days before the ‘ evictions ’ were to begin . |
| 20 | Senator Juan Ponce Enrile , leader of the Nacionalista Party , the main opposition party , called for her impeachment , saying that she had violated the Constitution by allowing US forces to stay without a treaty . |
| 21 | Baker immediately praised Assad 's response as positive , saying that it had demonstrated that Syria was now more willing to enter direct peace talks with Israel than at any time in the past . |
| 22 | Saying that it had gone straight to court , it was in court , you know , |
| 23 | In a formal letter addressed to the UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali on July 11 , Iraq renewed its demand for an end to international trade sanctions , saying that it had met its obligations under Gulf ceasefire resolutions . |
| 24 | At a banquet hosted by Yang Shangkun on Nov. 1 Nixon described the June crackdown as " excessive and unjustified " , saying that it had damaged US respect and confidence in the Chinese leadership and , speaking to Li Peng , he argued that the two countries ' differences over the events in June were " huge and unbridgeable " , but that Sino-US relations should not be allowed to founder over the issue . |
| 25 | The MNR responded with a statement issued in Nairobi saying that it had accepted the mediators ' invitation to direct talks but that Chissano was delaying " to extend his time in power " . |
| 26 | After the judgment , Price Waterhouse issued a statement saying that it had acted in good faith according to its understanding of the conflict of interest rules at the time . |
| 27 | Looking specifically at the arable sector , the SAC 's Sandy Ramsay highlighted the effects of the UK 's departure from the ERM , saying that it had worked greatly to farmers ' advantage . |
| 28 | Paul wrote to Dr Heatherton as he had intended , thanking him for his trouble and saying that he had called in the hope of meeting him . |
| 29 | Earlier , on July 12 , Saibou had announced that he would stand down as chairman of the National Movement for a Development Society ( the sole party until the legalization of opposition parties in March ) , saying that he had decided to place himself above party politics . |
| 30 | Dr Gerard fought back , by saying that he had seen a letter from Warburton to the printer , complaining that one half of Scotland 's clergy were fanatics , and the other half were infidels , but Johnson still gainsaid him ; Warburton , he believed , wrote as he spoke — without thinking ; ‘ Sir , the very worst way of being intimate , is by scribbling . ’ |