Example sentences of "said that for " in BNC.
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| 1 | One young farmer , Shermani Yussef , said that for the first time in his life he had been forced to lease some of his land to cover his losses . |
| 2 | The CEGB said that for Hinkley C this could total about £200 million , but ‘ since no large commercial nuclear power station in the world has yet been decommissioned , present cost estimates must be regarded as uncertain' . |
| 3 | While feeling a little sad at leaving , Mr. Offer said that for the first time he would be looking forward to an extra hour in bed in the morning . |
| 4 | Alec said that for him the daily instruction from the word of God in one 's quiet time was the place where , over a period of weeks , we should receive guidance from God . |
| 5 | There was a small cutter parked at the jetty , and a sign taped to the Eberhardt window said that for $15 each she would take us right up to the foot of the Balmaceda and Serrano glaciers which spilled from the southern tip of that immense high-altitude sheet of white that was the Patagonian ice-cap . |
| 6 | DEC said that for the first time in six quarters it generated positive cash flow from operations and investments , even with restructuring activities . |
| 7 | He also said that for prisoners serving mandatory life sentences for murder ( Hansard , Sixth Series , vol. 120 , p. 747 , col. 349 ) : |
| 8 | The survey said that for the first time , there was a shift in reasons given for cutting back on red meat . |
| 9 | The National Bank said that for 1990 it had to adhere to a strict monetary policy aimed at keeping the hard currency account deficit under $550,000,000 , that of the state budget under 10,000 million forints and inflation under 19 per cent — conditions imposed by the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) when it approved an agreement to pave the way for additional foreign loans to maintain the country 's creditworthiness . |
| 10 | Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze said that for Saddam Hussein it was no longer a matter of saving face but that he must save his country and the world by avoiding war ; if Iraq were to harm a single Soviet national , his government reserved the right to take appropriate action . |
| 11 | Commenting on the Khmer Rouge position at the talks , the Independent of June 27 said that for the first time in three years of diplomacy , the group appeared " unsure of themselves , and nervous of being outmanoeuvred " . |
| 12 | Perhaps he said that for the benefit of Signor fragolli , so I just said , ‘ OK . ’ |
| 13 | He brings with him his radio and prepares for — his — match with Lierse listening to BBC hoping for Leeds goals … and after the Wembley match he went straigth to Batty for changing shirts — i think he said that for the couple of last minutes that was the main thing — not that he had made a great goal or Norway getting a draw . |
| 14 | DUP councillor Sammy Wilson said that for the second year running he had been swamped with complaints from local people who feel they are living in ‘ eyesores ’ . |
| 15 | Welcoming the company 's plans , DBRW chairman Glyn Davies said that for many years the Development Board had sought to help the company to re-locate and expand while staying in Llanfyllin . |
| 16 | He blamed politicians and some sections of the media for whipping up anxiety about mortgage repossessions and said that for his company marital breakdown rather than poverty was still the main reason for such repossessions . |
| 17 | Prof Sargent said that for the past five years , Croda Universal — the British company which has produced the oil — had funded research on ALD at the university . |
| 18 | She said that for mothers struggling to bring up children , smoking was seen as a way of surviving . |
| 19 | I started it basically on my own initiative and I said that for six months I would use it on people that I was going to sentence just to maintain a one judge control over the project and see how it was going . |