Example sentences of "saying [conj] it [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Later , in exile , she defended the festival saying that it brought to Iran purist , traditional art form all over the world . |
| 2 | And , at one point , Malcolm must have asked him if he 'd consider coming over to join the band , because Hell wrote to us via him saying that it sounded interesting but that because money and visas would be a problem he just could n't . |
| 3 | Enterprise 's managing director Ted Tuppen defended the supply deal , saying that it had not been a condition of the sale that Enterprise take its beers from Bass . |
| 4 | But London Ambulance Service categorically denied that it had plans to cut off phone lines , saying that it had only authorised one disconnection at Park Royal Ambulance Station , West London , because crews had locked themselves in . |
| 5 | It is the equivalent of a British government refusing to appear for questions in the House saying that it had been elected and therefore did not need to defend its decisions before parliament . |
| 6 | In Better Schools ( 1985 ) the government singled out ‘ peace studies ’ for criticism , saying that it had no place on the school curriculum because it failed to deal with certain issues in a balanced and objective manner . |
| 7 | Mr. Downham also presented the financial account , saying that it had been decided not to increase the parish council 's share from the community charge , by more than five percent . |
| 8 | After the judgment , Price Waterhouse issued a statement saying that it had acted in good faith according to its understanding of the conflict of interest rules at the time . |
| 9 | By the week 's end the proctologist was saying that it had been the best goddamned vacation he had ever taken , and as we passed the bunkering moorings near McIllvanney 's yard I saw him take Ellen aside and I guessed he was offering her a job . |
| 10 | Helen asked no questions about Chris , only saying that it had been a lovely evening and Moira was still talking about the tinned peaches and jelly . |
| 11 | Saying that it had gone straight to court , it was in court , you know , |
| 12 | Doreen , loyal to her role of concubine , had tried to cheer him up by saying that it had never been so good . |
| 13 | Downing Street sought to explain the decision by saying that it had not been on his diary anyway . |
| 14 | At a banquet hosted by Yang Shangkun on Nov. 1 Nixon described the June crackdown as " excessive and unjustified " , saying that it had damaged US respect and confidence in the Chinese leadership and , speaking to Li Peng , he argued that the two countries ' differences over the events in June were " huge and unbridgeable " , but that Sino-US relations should not be allowed to founder over the issue . |
| 15 | The MNR responded with a statement issued in Nairobi saying that it had accepted the mediators ' invitation to direct talks but that Chissano was delaying " to extend his time in power " . |
| 16 | Aquino , who had insisted that foreign nationals were safe in the Philippines , criticized the decision to suspend the volunteer programme , saying that it had been made hastily and without consultation with the host country . |
| 17 | The Justice Ministry issued a statement denying that the Minister 's remarks were racist , but on Sept. 25 , after a US State Department statement describing his remarks as " offensive to the American people " , Kayijama apologized and retracted his statement , saying that it had been " completely inappropriate " . |
| 18 | Baker immediately praised Assad 's response as positive , saying that it had demonstrated that Syria was now more willing to enter direct peace talks with Israel than at any time in the past . |
| 19 | On Sept. 24 the Deputy Prime Minister , Tariq Aziz , justified the detention of the team , saying that it had wrongfully seized personnel records . |
| 20 | The order , issued at the end of talks between IAEA and Iraqi officials in Vienna on March 20-25 , was described as " unfair " by the chief Iraqi negotiator , Khalid Ibrahim Sa'id , who had reportedly argued against Al-Atheer 's destruction , saying that it had originally been conceived as a civilian facility and should be allowed to continue operating as such . |
| 21 | In a formal letter addressed to the UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali on July 11 , Iraq renewed its demand for an end to international trade sanctions , saying that it had met its obligations under Gulf ceasefire resolutions . |
| 22 | They were on weak ground , for there were no precedents for this , and on 8 March the Cologne assembly , now meeting at Mulhouse , divested Philip of this title and denied the validity of his election , saying that it had been carried out in an unusual place and that the count Palatine and the archbishop of Mainz had been absent . |
| 23 | Looking specifically at the arable sector , the SAC 's Sandy Ramsay highlighted the effects of the UK 's departure from the ERM , saying that it had worked greatly to farmers ' advantage . |
| 24 | The defendant agreed , and prepared a list of goods to the value of £7,950 which he submitted to the manager , Mr. Gilberd , saying that it represented a genuine order by one Johal and asking him to authorise the supply of the goods in return for a building society cheque in that sum . |
| 25 | The non-profit Open Software Foundation in Cambridge , Massachusetts has been quoted in the US press as saying that it shipped a total of 85,000 binary versions of OSF/1 to developers and users last year . |
| 26 | Later in October the government confirmed a change in cocoa marketing strategy , saying that it planned to sell cocoa in relatively small quantities through the London market , with the aim of stimulating competition and securing an increase in prices , rather than seeking to obtain large-scale contracts with overseas buyers [ for January 1989 cocoa deal with French trading house see p. 36413 ] . |
| 27 | R.B. Yes , another teacher mentioned this when I talked to her and I was saying that it seemed to me that it was a blind spot . |
| 28 | I 'm not saying that it achieved er a great victory |
| 29 | The American embassy in Lilongwe reacted at once , saying that it viewed his arrest ‘ in the most serious way ’ and urged his immediate release . |
| 30 | The state government , dominated by the Bharatiya Janata Party ( BJP ) , had on Oct. 11 acquired 1.12 hectares of land around the shrine , saying that it wished to provide services for tourists and pilgrims . |