Example sentences of "[noun] said it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Paris-based computer services and distribution group Metrologie International SA said it had an operating loss in the first quarter of 1993 due to a drop in activity and pressures to reduce gross margins : the loss was equivalent to about $3.6m and turnover on a like-for-like basis fell 15.9% to $73.5m . |
| 2 | The department said it had been decided not to invite competing tenders for Norcross because the contract award , worth between £17 million and £20 million over five years , followed so quickly the tendering exercise for Livingston that competition would have been ‘ unlikely to yield any improvement in value for money ’ . |
| 3 | The beater said it had happened years ago in a quarrying accident . |
| 4 | The agent said it had sold a commercial garage in Middlesbrough to a named company . |
| 5 | The association said it had no choice but to shoot hundreds more emaciated Merino sheep among a flock of 72,000 kept on land capable of sustaining only 17,000 sheep . |
| 6 | Supporting CCETSW 's anti-racist guidelines , the association said it deplored the actions of those ‘ seeking to destabilise the process . ’ |
| 7 | The Ramblers ' Association said it welcomed any measures that allowed more people to walk in the countryside , and assistant director David Baskine said : ‘ It is important that the proposals will not offer payment to farmers who own land where public access is already allowed . ’ |
| 8 | McKinsey said it had several programmes in place to build the information technology capability of its consulting staff , and Information Consulting could accelerate the process . |
| 9 | In a robust defence of the sector , Mr Scott said it performed outstandingly for its clients in Scotland and throughout the world . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | and Lucy said it fits him lovely , but she was saving all the blue clothes |
| 12 | Well I think like Lucy said it has made you think about the really . |
| 13 | William Hill said it refuses to accept wagers on the state of royal marriages and has often turned down bets on a Charles and Diana split . |
| 14 | The United Nations said it had arranged a ceasefire between the government and Unita on Sunday night , but it was largely ignored . |
| 15 | The outlawed Ulster Freedom Fighters said it tried to kill the three Roman Catholic taxi drivers . |
| 16 | New chairman David Mahony said it has been decided to concentrate on its electrical and electronic businesses . |
| 17 | NEC said it plans volume production of about 10,000 units a month in the spring of 1994 , increasing to about 30,000 a month by early 1995 . |
| 18 | NEC said it plans volume production of about 10,000 units a month in the spring of 1994 , increasing to about 30,000 a month by early 1995 . |
| 19 | Separately Caci said it has arrived at agreements to settle shareholder lawsuits pending in Delaware Chancery Court and in the District of Columbia . |
| 20 | The show came under attack before it even opened because one critic said it contained erotic love scenes , a roller skating comic and a simulated sex act . |
| 21 | Lord Morison said it had been argued that the unique and novel attempt by the Mullan family to establish something which the Crown had failed to do in a criminal case raised questions of general importance . |
| 22 | Regional Official Walter Ievers said it had been confirmed that schools are under no statutory obligation to report to parents of children finishing primary seven and third form in secondary and grammar schools in the way the Department has indicated in the recent Parents Guide . |
| 23 | A Brazilian said it reminded him of London during the Falklands war . |
| 24 | Brent Walker said it expected the buyout negotiations ‘ would be successfully completed shortly ’ . |
| 25 | Tory Bill Walker said it showed the German nation in its true colours . |
| 26 | Jacobsen flew back to Washington for the ritual photocall with the president at the White House on 7 November and when reporters asked Reagan about the arms deal story the president said it had ‘ no foundation ’ . |
| 27 | Sue said it rained on Gregory 's birthday last year . |
| 28 | While Nottinghamshire said it had messages of support from local authorities across the country , legal experts sided with the Appeal Court . |
| 29 | The 5ft 9in model and actress with a 38-23-36 figure said it made a change for women to be seen as tough and strong . |
| 30 | The committee said it had no reason to doubt Mr Gummer was out of pocket and it accepted there was no intent on his part to conceal the work . |