Example sentences of "said [adv] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the general election of 1929 the landlady could be heard telling a Tory canvasser that everyone in the house would vote Conservative and Ramsey said forcibly that he was voting Labour ( there was no Liberal candidate ) . |
| 2 | At the close of the interview , I said forcibly that , if a press statement were to be released , on no account must it contain the usual smear phrases . |
| 3 | Aunt M. nags and nags , and Uncle John said outright that he did n't see why they should have to be responsible for me , when Mother was only half-sister to Aunt Millicent . |
| 4 | The sergeant at the other end said grimly that the bloke was quite thick enough to do just that , so due precautions would be taken . |
| 5 | Forced to reply the following July to acknowledge a sum of fifty francs from Theo , he said grimly that he was writing ‘ with some reluctance ’ because ‘ you have become a total stranger to me , and I have become the same to you . ’ |
| 6 | Maximilian said grimly that his special interest was humor , and Jo-Ann said that her topic in the thesis had been the theme of male chauvinism in Edward 's published legal opinions . |
| 7 | Simone said dourly that we were not to eat the croissants as there would n't be enough . |
| 8 | Charles said gloomily that he 'd drink to that . |
| 9 | Miss Glover , in one of her few interventions , said warmly that she believed such things could and did happen . |
| 10 | As he left court he said only that he would be seeking legal advice on a compensation claim . |
| 11 | Buckingham Palace said only that Charles was on a private weekend . |
| 12 | Paolo Guidi , president of Sprint International , said only that his company makes ‘ partnerships with people ’ , and Randall Tobias , chairman of AT&T International , said , ‘ I wo n't put constraints on what we might do . |
| 13 | She said only that someone was coming to see her . |
| 14 | Both sides said only that there was a " frank " exchange of views . |
| 15 | In his initial statement Casey said only that he was resigning for " personal reasons " . |
| 16 | However , an Indian External Affairs Ministry spokesman , when he was asked on the same day whether negotiations had been more constructive with regard to the long-standing Kashmir dispute , said only that " the talks should be viewed as a measured and gradual approach to stabilization of our relations " . |
| 17 | Today the department of transport said only that it ontinues to support the council 's road safety measures . |
| 18 | Nikki Richardson , head of Digital 's information directorate , said only that discussions had been candid . |
| 19 | The navy yesterday said only that ‘ a minor mechanical failure ’ had led to the 2,400-ton vessel ‘ operating on reduced power ’ . |
| 20 | Police said there was just one warning — to the Samaritans in Liverpool — which said only that there was a bomb outside an unspecified branch of Boots . |
| 21 | ‘ I remember just before Steve Jones had his big breakthrough in Chicago 1984 , Alan said half-jokingly that all you have to do for a marathon is overtrain at 10,000m . |
| 22 | Frederica said obviously that the sky and the sea and the boats were uncannily like Van Gogh , and Hodgkiss said that of course they would never have seen them in this way before he saw them . |
| 23 | so he said perhaps that it there was a fault in there it 's cured itself . |
| 24 | This present mayor was away on holiday at the time , he said perhaps that I should of seen that erm it would go to committee |
| 25 | Some said merely that the money was not available to fit out such an expedition a second time , even if the spirit had been willing ; and that was certainly true . |
| 26 | Both sides said afterward that " new ideas " had been put forward . |
| 27 | At the time I conjectured — and she said doubtfully that I might be right — that she was thus exorcizing the spirit of ‘ ferocity , brutality , violence ’ , which had tempted her artist in A Wreath of Roses away from her true world , and made her fearful of being ‘ ladylike , nostalgic , governessy ’ . |
| 28 | Joe was interested in John 's tales of his time in Spain , but when he spoke angrily about the condition of the poor in Liverpool , Joe said mildly that he thought things were improving . |
| 29 | Rangers assistant manager Archie Knox said tonight that Maxwell would definitely be in goal against Hearts tomorrow . |
| 30 | An MP who 's been campaigning for years to have the road improved said tonight that he 'll be pressing the government yet again to have it upgraded to a dual carriageway . |