Example sentences of "said [adv] [that] [pron] be [verb] " 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 | 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 . ’ |
| 3 | In his initial statement Casey said only that he was resigning for " personal reasons " . |
| 4 | She said only that someone was coming to see her . |
| 5 | Neighbours of the middle-aged couple , whom they knew as Audrey and Jimmy , said yesterday that they were held by about 20 armed officers in plain clothes at their home in Islip Gardens , Northolt , on Monday night . |
| 6 | Apple Computer Inc said yesterday that it is licensing its Newton personal digital assistant technologies to a number of companies in an effort to make Newton a pervasive standard ’ available to the computer , consumer and telecommunications industries . |
| 7 | Cap Gemini Sogeti SA said yesterday that it was making the offer for the remaining 28.8% of London W-based software and computer services company Hoskyns Group Plc as it promised when it bought its majority stake from GEC Siemens Plc . |
| 8 | THE United States said yesterday that it was studying the possibility of parachuting relief supplies to civilians in Bosnia , but it emphasised that such an operation might not be successful in the rugged country . |
| 9 | Mr Bob Balchin , chairman of the Grant-Maintained Schools Foundation , said yesterday that he was expecting an avalanche of parental ballots after the Easter holidays . |
| 10 | However , Highland Regional Council 's deputy chief executive , Chris Claridge , said yesterday that he was awaiting clarification on the health issue . |
| 11 | He said yesterday that he was approached by headhunters for the £150,000 a year stock exchange job in August . |
| 12 | The Minister of Education , Mr Yitzhak Navon , said yesterday that he was suspending a ban on the songs by the state-run Broadcasting Authority pending a final decision by the attorney-general . |
| 13 | He said once that he is going to close the churches and put maternity hospitals in their place where ‘ the new man ’ will be born . |
| 14 | Peter said feebly that he was thinking of going to India next year . |
| 15 | McConville said today that he was considering an appeal . |
| 16 | But Wallasey MP Angela Eagle said today that she is to raise the matter in Parliament . |
| 17 | But Wallasey MP Angela Eagle said today that she is to raise the matter in Parliament . |
| 18 | Er certainly the surplus was used to er create a new scheme for the present contributing members and er to the maximum benefit of the new sponsoring company , which er in the pensioners view er certainly er caused a great lack of security to the fund in our view of what they have done and er it is of in our opinion a matter of public concern and that we welcome the opportunity and I believe that you said previously that you 're gon na come up on the ownership of surplus , so perhaps getting away from it |