Example sentences of "saying [conj] she [vb past] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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1 | Then she took me to the centre by saying that she had asked my husband and had given permission . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | In the morning , she 'd ask Marie-Christine to take him a note , saying that she 'd had to make other plans . |
10 | Saying that she 'd had |
11 | ‘ To eavesdrop is an unpardonable thing , Constance , ’ Miss Hatherby could not resist saying when she had finished . |