Example sentences of "said that at " in BNC.

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1 Mr Lightman said that at the time of the libel trial the defence had no idea that this payment had been made .
2 He said that at the original trial , the magazine had no idea £25,000 had been paid to Mrs Sutcliffe by Mail on Sunday reporter Barbara Jones - and nor had the jury .
3 Sir Geoffrey said that at Labour 's Brighton conference last week , hope had been nurtured that the Thatcher generation of voters , ‘ like youngsters offered a sickly-smelling cigarette at a party , will experiment as their elders did with the notion that Labour knows best .
4 Ian Scott , co-ordinator of its rural adult education project , said that at times the enthusiasm of the groups being taught had to be dampened : ‘ At the opening class of a course being run in Co Durham , the students frightened the tutor by demanding that there should be a march on County Hall .
5 He said that at the recent mission in Cambridge Billy Graham had taught the grossest doctrines .
6 Mr Clarke said that at present no one in the service had any particular incentive to reduce waiting lists .
7 I ONCE read a book by Bertrand Russell in which he said that at the age of seven years ( as I remember ) he got up one night to see whether there were , in fact , four angels round his bed :
8 But as the same people said that at every quarter day for the past year nobody took much notice .
9 In the Abridgement of 1754 , Miller listed fifty-one roses and said that at least three variations of the Provence were sold ‘ promiscuously ’ by the nurserymen .
10 Zak , keeping up the tension , said that at the last of our brief stops at minor stations he had been handed a telex about Angelica 's missing friend Steve .
11 As we drove back to the airport Smith said that at the end of the war he had been executive officer at a naval air base in California , and that one of the officers there had been a certain Lieutenant Richard Milhous Nixon .
12 One switchboard operator said that at this moment in time she did n't know .
13 Antonia , talking in London , said that at the end of the day ‘ you are responsible for your own actions ’ .
14 He said that at moments I reminded him of Simon .
15 Mr. Collins recognised that this could be so , but said that at least there must be a duty to consider whether time admits of the receipt of representations and in this case there was no such consideration by Lautro .
16 The Victorians said that at the dinner table you should not discuss sex , politics or religion .
17 Dorrainge said that at any minute Cathbad would start talking about holding a pig-sticking party , and Cathbad , who was plunging about happily in the wild sorrel , said , ‘ And if we could only hold a pig-sticking party …
18 The NCC said that at best one in seven problem debtors can expect help from money advice centres .
19 Mr Anthony Scott-Gall , prosecuting , said that at first Messam started chatting ‘ amiably and mundanely ’ to all his victims , girls and women aged between 16 and 20 .
20 Independent reports said that at least 170 had died .
21 UNITA accused the government of using chemical bombs in the eastern province of Moxico , and said that at least 500 civilians were killed there between May 1 and 13 .
22 The ANC said that at least 900 political prisoners remained .
23 The report said that at least 50 people were being held without charge in " preventive " detention , and further stated that many hundreds of people were being held without proper trial , among them at least 90 political prisoners who were tried by special courts , over half of whom had been sentenced to death .
24 The South African National Maize Producers ' Organization said that at least three-quarters of the harvest had been destroyed and expected that up to 3,500,000 tonnes would have to be imported .
25 Addressing the Assembly , Yeltsin said that at the forthcoming Congress he expected an attempt to retreat from reforms .
26 They said that at , someone from third year last year er , she said that Professor is having an extra lecture you know , telling what 's on the exam those things .
27 Bill Webster of Hilton said that at first it might be voluntary for guests to use their towels twice .
28 I 'd go a little bit further and say well it 'd be much more likely that husband and wife would be in the master bedroom with in the small bedroom , but as you say er the adults or anybody indeed in the flat is likely to be in the bedrooms at that time , but Sergeant you see went a bit further and said that at the briefing , somehow he got information that was likely to be in the master bedroom so I understand your evidence , you certainly did n't get that impression at the brief .
29 He said that at the party conference , those who feared they had a weak leader , could take comfort from the belief that there was a strong man waiting in the wings to take over .
30 Mr Teague said that at no time was Paul Jones ever hit with a cane or whip , at no time was he tied upside down and hit , he was never forced to get up early to feed the animals , or ill-treated in any way whatsoever .
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