Example sentences of "[noun pl] said it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Traders said it was too early to price the first contracts . |
| 2 | Although our guards said it was irrelevant to our situation , we were worried that any hopes of freedom might just vanish . |
| 3 | Top designers said it with flowers this spring : a floral jungle by Bill Blass ( above ) ; black and floral trousers by Krizia ( above left ) ; a splash of colour from Chanel ( far left ) and Ungaro 's tropical sarong-style fantasy ( left ) . |
| 4 | The United Nations said it was considering evacuating foreign aid workers . |
| 5 | The United Nations said it was planning to build on its success and was hoping to get another aid convoy through to the embattled town tomorrow . |
| 6 | The United Nations said it had arranged a ceasefire between the government and Unita on Sunday night , but it was largely ignored . |
| 7 | And despite his smile and the teasing note in his voice , the look in his eyes said it was an order . |
| 8 | At the moment it was the traditional tale of going up to Jackson 's at 10 in the morning after an all-night session at Dobell 's — wine we drank in those days , Poppet , wine that was wine not this filthy MUCK — and demanding double portions of oysters all round and when it came to pay no one had a penny , so Dobell , who even then still had the charm of a boy of twenty , and a slim waist to go with it , said he would bring in one of the engravings from his collection , and Gaston , who always recognised a gentleman — not like the CLODS who run hostelries nowadays — with tears in his eyes said it was an honour , an honour to serve Mr Dobell and his friends . |
| 9 | He nodded , and his eyes said it was feasible ; but his voice said : ‘ It is n't necessarily that easy . |
| 10 | His green eyes said it all : ‘ You can look but do n't touch . ’ |
| 11 | What Qaddafi means here is that people should not make alliances outside the nation ( just as many Libyans said it is preferable to marry close — for example , to a father 's brother 's child ) . |
| 12 | The outlawed Ulster Freedom Fighters said it tried to kill the three Roman Catholic taxi drivers . |
| 13 | However , supporters said it was the answer to Richmond 's declining trade and was the only available site in the town . |
| 14 | Then I said , or perhaps one of my voices said it for me , " I do n't know . |
| 15 | Yet businessmen said it was far more important to reduce Interest Rates . |
| 16 | Up to now the US airwaves have been free , but there are moves to license any new frequencies that become available to the highest bidder — some argue that television should go entirely by cable to free capacity for radio communications : the US Federal Communications Commission is supporting a bill in Congress to free 200MHz of government-controlled radio frequencies for commercial use , in part through auctions ; the National Association of Broadcasters said it would support the bill if broadcast frequencies were exempt from the auctions ; McCaw Cellular Communications Inc is also a supporter of the bill . |
| 17 | The registration plates said it was only two years old but I stopped believing registration plates about two years before I gave up waiting for the tooth fairy . |
| 18 | In a terse statement the board of directors said it had ‘ considered the Great Britain management set-up and individual talks will take place over the next few days before a formal announcement is made ’ . |
| 19 | In a terse statement the board of directors said it had ‘ considered the Great Britain management set-up and individual talks will take place over the next few days before a formal announcement is made ’ . |
| 20 | Morland 's board of directors said it considered the offer inadequate and recommended shareholders took no action . |
| 21 | Lyndall Sachs of the Belgrade office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees said it was hoped that another convoy could be sent in as early as today . |
| 22 | Although East Germany managed to staunch the flow on the eve of its 40th birthday , observers said it was still in danger of bleeding slowly to death , or of suffering convulsions brought on by repression on its streets . |
| 23 | After the president 's office had released his controversial decree without any reference to a ‘ special order ’ of rule — the provision that had most alarmed the legislature — observers said it was not clear whether he had revised the decree to meet the demands of the Constitutional Court and parliament or had exaggerated its harshness in his weekend speech . |
| 24 | But ministerial aides said it was better to get the increase out of the way this week , rather than have it happen during the conference . |
| 25 | Royal watchers said it was significant that Diana had not mentioned Morton by name , nor had she referred to the main allegations in his book . |
| 26 | Little over FFr 250,000 sold , and some dealers said it had been difficult to get collectors to concentrate on highly priced items , let along sign cheques , in the crowded conditions of the George V basement . |
| 27 | Governors ' chairman Chris Graves said it would be a big step forward for the school . |
| 28 | The pound dropped yesterday by almost 4 1/2 pfennigs as foreign investors switched into the powerful German currency — and economists said it could fall under 2.40 by next week . |
| 29 | Promoters World Wide Productions said it was likely to be the last party of its kind before new legislation comes into effect . |
| 30 | Police sources said it was the detonator — with a small package of Semtex at its core — which failed to ignite and set off the bags of nitrate-based fertiliser which were packed into the rear of the van . |