Example sentences of "said it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Said it remains for me to find out . |
| 2 | She said it sounds like a good idea , till I get myself together . ’ |
| 3 | Well Marg I mean I phoned Margaret , she said it takes about an hour . |
| 4 | Yeah he said it takes a long time |
| 5 | Shares of Cirrus Logic Inc plunged 30% on heavy volume following the company 's disappointing fiscal fourth quarter figures ( CI No 2,158 ) : Cirrus reported earnings of 10 cents a share , and the mean estimate of seven analysts surveyed by First Call had put fourth-quarter earnings at 31 cents a share ; Cirrus said it experienced a decline in profitability because of demand fluctuations in the disk-drive industry , where inventories are high ; analysts said its earnings wo n't improve until the September quarter ; disk guru Jim Porter , president of Disk/Trend , said some of Cirrus ' earnings shortfall is likely coming from Conner Peripherals Inc , which also recently disappointed Wall Street with its own results , because the rest of the disk drive industry is still healthy ; analysts also told Reuter that Cirrus is facing tougher competition in disk controllers from Adaptec Inc , Milpitas , California . |
| 6 | IBM Personal Systems Business Unit Europe/Middle East/Africa says it had record volume of sales in the first quarter of this year , and points to Dataquest figures suggesting that it outshipped its nearest competitor by 66% during the last quarter of 1992 and the first quarter of 1993 — gaining 4% in market share over the previous six months ; the company also said it reorganised its manufacturing and distribution operations at its Greenock , Scotland , plant , cutting distribution costs for its ValuePoint and ThinkPad brands by more than 65% , cutting its inventory by 17% since the end of 1992 ; this magnitude of savings will also be realised for the PS/2 and PS/1 lines this year . |
| 7 | The Transport and General Workers Union said it saw seasonal workers as potentially ripe for recruitment precisely because a considerable number returned to the same job year after year ( see Financial Times , 7/1/87 ) . |
| 8 | Gordon Smith , Caledonian 's sales director — the company is increasing its sponsorship though it remains coy on an amount — said it viewed the association with Currie as long term . |
| 9 | Immacolata said it glowed prettily , the light was flattering , and this recollection passed across his mind at the same time as he registered the woman 's contorted face , her blotched cheeks and veined eyes , and began to hear what she was saying : |
| 10 | He said it opens up Teesside as an area for inward investment from the NorthWest and Leeds and will help expand the catchment area for the new universities . |
| 11 | He said it opens up Teesside as an area for inward investment from the North-West and Leeds and will help expand the catchment area for the new universities . |
| 12 | ‘ He said it belonged to his grandmother — his maternal grandmother . ’ |
| 13 | Belgian police said it belonged to Joahanna Van Der Mast and disappeared in 1988 from the village of Lanaken . |
| 14 | Endill found it funny but someone sitting next to him said it became very annoying year after year . |
| 15 | Even the partner was impressed at the end of the session ; with his dick freer to move around , he said it felt more like the real thing . |
| 16 | SCO said it felt no need to formally resign because of the loose construction of the initiative . |
| 17 | Bransby Cooper ( Sir Astley 's nephew ) who knew Coleman personally for many years , said it seemed impossible not to love one so agreeable , kind-hearted , and blessed with all those qualities which endear man to man . |
| 18 | One local radio contractor said it seemed unreasonable that the Home Office should be deciding between two competing claims on the spectrum when it was responsible for running one of them . |
| 19 | Warning that he would not be so lenient in the future , Mr Peter said it seemed to him that there was a warning for operators here generally , if they decided to go to a tachograph analysis agent . |
| 20 | However , a police spokesman said it seemed nobody had broken in , though children were seen running away . |
| 21 | And as you said it seemed to be erm the norm that people assumed that if you were pregnant that you did n't want to be and therefore |
| 22 | He said it seemed inevitable that free travel for pensioners in Cleveland would have to end . |
| 23 | Ian Frank , of the local environment group NEON , said it seemed to be coming from the ICI Wilton site . |
| 24 | Mr Allan admitted keeping houses secure was a problem and said it seemed that young children were to blame for most of the damage and fires in the street . |
| 25 | Emile Al-Uzaizi , the deputy leader of the council 's Conservative opposition group and a social services committee member , said it seemed quite incredible that the mother could call her neighbour and still not return home . |
| 26 | Erm they began the union just before I left Bellany and of course it was cried down and erm they had meetings and the lot , and then all the miners were on strike at the time , and er my father and brother were both miners and er my brother was very friendly with Mr and Mr next door and er anyway er we decided to come out on strike for Bellany 's union and of course erm they , the , one , I think it was Mr said Joey he said er did you know we 're out on strike here and my brother said it seemed to be catching does n't it he did n't say he could n't say I worked there you see but erm it , it caused an upset but still up to a point the unions were good because we 're all badly underpaid for what we did , and the hours we worked they would n't tolerate it nowadays , but erm I forget er I joined the union and if you did n't you were a blackleg you know you , they wanted you to join the union from then I 've been in the union all , until I finished work but erm they , they got us our rises and er as I say the , the money was n't er very good and then the union did fight for the rises and they 'd got to pay it or lose all the er employees but erm I was , I was satisfied with without it , I 've been satisfied with my life you know I 've had , there 's been humorous there 's been sad but erm I 'm still able to get around and that 's the main thing . |
| 27 | Motorola Inc 's UDS Motorola in Huntsville , Alabama said it cut prices by up to 25% on several V.32 and V.32 bis modems , effective immediately : the list prices of the V.32L , V.3225L , V.3227L and V.3229L CCITT V.32 and V.32 bis compliant modems , have been cut by $200 each . |
| 28 | Santa Clara-based 3Com Corp said it cut the prices on the LinkBuilder FMS TP twisted-pair stackable hub and accompanying network management software products : the hub is cut 10% to $1,000 , and a new six-port fibre hub , the third member of the LinkBuilder family , will would begin shipping in May at $2,300 ; core IsoView Network Management software is slashed to $645 from $3,000 . |
| 29 | They said it meant the latter ; they said they were ‘ prepared to see the ratio between profits and incomes preserved at a reasonable level by a tax which would become operative upon all industry when a certain figure was exceeded by profits as a whole ’ . |
| 30 | ‘ She still clung to me , but the social worker was thrilled about it , she said it meant she 'd bonded well . |