Example sentences of "[noun] said be " in BNC.
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| 1 | So Carol ran into the hall and fetched the broom — which her mummy said was properly called a besom , and which she had used as the witch 's broom in the play . |
| 2 | Mr Rifkind was opening a two day defence debate which Labour said was being rushed through before cuts in next months budget . |
| 3 | Mrs Johnston made a claim to an industrial tribunal that she had been a victim of sex discrimination ; but the Secretary of State issued a certificate ( which the relevant statute said was ‘ conclusive ’ ) that she had been dismissed on grounds of national security . |
| 4 | Lawyers went on strike from Nov. 9 to protest at what the bar association said were the arbitrary arrests of four of its members in North-West Province . |
| 5 | How much of what the informants said was discarded by the interviewer because he did not find it useful — and by what criteria did he decide what was useful and what was not ? |
| 6 | So they 're the ones then that like Linda said are paying two pound fifty |
| 7 | All the card said was ‘ dinner ’ . |
| 8 | She wondered if this might be anything like the bananas that Mrs Parvis said were so exceptional . |
| 9 | Ken enjoyed his visits to Orton 's flat , with its crucifix on one wall surrounded by pictures that Ken said were ‘ almost porno ’ . |
| 10 | When the messenger arrived in his camp bringing news of his call to the throne , all Imrik said was ‘ Why ? ’ , and upon being told of the murders , he commented ‘ Bad , very bad ’ , which was considered quite long-winded for him . |
| 11 | Nevertheless there ought to be some control somewhere and we 're getting back to what I think Richard said was the original idea of some kind of development control that is a popular thing in order to be allowed , people ought to make money for the various charities and so on , we ought to try and prevent er certain unjust practices going on and so on . |
| 12 | The move follows six months of negotiations during which the City of London , which owns some of the land on which the polytechnic is built , stuck out for a rent that one expert said was three times the market value ( New Scientist , 6 January , p 7 ) . |
| 13 | The first was the ‘ cult of the generalist ’ or ‘ all-rounder ’ which the Fulton Committee said was ‘ obsolete at all levels and in all parts of the Service ’ . |
| 14 | My note indicates that what Mr Curtis said was that on a pro rata to their existing |
| 15 | Boy crushed by a wall his parents said was dangerous . |
| 16 | Much of what Darwin said is , in detail , wrong . |
| 17 | ‘ What Maradona said is the most stupid declaration of the Eighties by a football player , ’ said the Fifa spokesman Guido Tognoni , who added that no disciplinary action would be taken against the player . |
| 18 | it 's up to him whether it 's , whether they say it 's right or wrong I think , I think what the council said is if they , if they want it , the thing shifting , they are strong enough to get it shifted if they , if they , if they really feel that the things rot , you see up in the Dales they , one chap built a house and er , and they said they had to pull it down because it would n't fit in with , of |
| 19 | Indeed , finally , David Frost asked : ’ I mean in the situation that if you find that those two moves , the tax at 50p and the National Insurance contribution raised £4.5 billion or £4.8 billion ’ — which David Frost said was more than the right hon. and learned Gentleman needed — ’ you would n't adjust what you 're going to do , downwards ? ’ |
| 20 | And my aunty Gwendoline said is were you asleep ? |
| 21 | Last October Paul Biya won Cameroon 's presidential election , in a vote that observers said was fraudulent . |
| 22 | This stride and those that have followed last week , as recently as last week as Mr said are already miles back along that road . |
| 23 | During the weekend , the IRA shot dead one man and injured eight more in a series of attacks which the terrorists said were the opening shots in a campaign to drive drugs barons out of the city . |
| 24 | The kind of things the carers said were : |
| 25 | One special , coming up very early on the Great Western , with a clear line all the way , made over eighty miles an hour — which even the engineer said was impossible . |
| 26 | And er she said Julie married your husband so er all Pam said was yes she said and he 's welcome to her . |
| 27 | All Mama said was , ‘ Do n't dwell on it . |
| 28 | The diary and what Tolby said Newley said are n't much use . |
| 29 | The replacement of Mr Burbulis , which the decree said was at his own request , will go some way to placating those in both the liberal and conservative camps annoyed by his somewhat high-handed manner . |
| 30 | Little that John le Grant said was ever reassuring , no matter how right he might be . |