Example sentences of "[adj] [coord] said [conj] " in BNC.

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1 I had it in big letters — ‘ Father ’ Arrien ( the father in inverted commas ! ) will preach on the blasphemy of the Roman Mass on such and such an evening — and the priest of the town , he went up to the council and objected to this and said that Wylie 's a trouble maker .
2 Most appreciated this and said that , provided the timing and subject of the course were right , they could fit in a 6 hour course .
3 He was delighted with this and said that he would send his advisers to see me — on a Sunday afternoon .
4 She smiled at this and said if I wanted a change I could knit up navy blue wool for the Royal Navy , which I did .
5 He was still convinced that there was something wrong and said that he had noticed some urethral discharge first thing in the morning and also a slight ‘ tingle ’ when he first passed urine in the day .
6 Does the Prime Minister recall when , as Minister for Social Security , he cut mortgage support in half and said that there would be no reason to suppose that repossessions would increase ?
7 The plaintiff was not interested but said that the defendant could do this work as long as the resultant program was not marketed in the UK .
8 An engineer 's report had condemned the spire as dangerous and said that it must be dismantled .
9 Erm that 's the one that , wanted respectability , acceptance amongst respectable citizens , very much and said that it would never print anything that would bring a blush to the cheek of a young
10 N'Zau Puna contacted the British Broadcasting Corporation ( BBC ) in London on March 10 and said that he and Fernandes had left UNITA because of " mistakes and irregularities at the heart of the organization " .
11 Secondly I think the sad thing is is that at one time the idea of the foyer bar was the fact that er mother 's and children go in for a coffee facility or tea facility now I 'm I 'm one of one of the problems about criticism is is perhaps they do n't know all the facts and one of the facts which I think astounded me was the actual local police stopped that and said that that was n't permissible for if you were selling alcohol then it did n't it was n't right that that children under age and young children were allowed in the same area and that was that was changed then we got a new a new police superintendent and he said it was permissible and then we got another super he went they do n't stay very long in Harlow and we got somebody else came along and he said no that is n't permissible so we got very schizophrenic about what you could do with the foyer bar one minute you could have and the idea of about telling people and there young mothers going shopping come here for coffee , cakes for the children etc stop that we 've now got a new superintendent in Harlow and I think with applied going back to him and saying well please advice us can we or ca n't we ?
12 Erm , but the training contradicted that and said that they they showed them how they should be used , but , but they should n't tackle a fire and they
13 Mackie denied he had been told that and said that if he had been told the meeting was confidential from the start there would have been little point in him , as an analyst , being there .
14 Well erm according to erm Ben Gil the R F U doctor , he 's told me erm no alcohol and he stressed that and said that erm in your case no alcohol for a while .
15 Her husband then became extremely emotional and said that if she did not sign , the whole company would go bankrupt and their son John would lose his home as well .
16 Al-Shara in his speech brandished a wanted poster showing Shamir when younger and said that " he himself recognizes that he was a terrorist and that he participated in the assassination of Count Bernadotte [ the UN mediator ] in 1948 " .
17 He claimed repair works were urgent and said that although the public had responded magnificently , councils and businesses had not followed suit , with the exception of ICI which had given £500 .
18 Anyway , she was very tired and said that if I did n't tell her she was going to go to sleep .
19 Baldwin agreed that the request for a special bill was reasonable and said that he would commend it to his colleagues .
20 He called the council tax the poll tax mark II and said that the new tax was to be bulldozed through the House .
21 He agreed that this advice had been good but said that things had now gone too far .
22 The Lord Lieutenant responded with his personal congratulations to all concerned and said that making a double presentation was a first for him too .
23 It assigned a doubleA-minus rating to the company 's $100m 5.75% senior unsecured notes due May 1 2000 and said that the ratings reflect the company 's improving cost structure and regulatory flexibility authorised in most of its jurisdictions .
24 The Government 's announcement suggested a possible date beyond 2000 and said that it could be delayed up to 2005 .
25 I was nice about it at first and said that business and pleasure do n't mix ; and that I do n't go out with married men and so on . ’
26 Age Concern Scotland claimed that the VAT decision was irresponsible and said that income support was already inadequate to maintain tolerable conditions .
27 Peter had set aside this one bottle when I won the Catalan Open in 1989 and said that he would open it when I won my next Tour event .
28 He claimed that he was struck on the left leg and was knocked off-balance and said that afterwards he had difficulty moving .
29 And at the end of the village there lived an old woman who was very very wise and said if you want to live for ever then you must speak to the person who 's the oldest person I know .
30 frightened and said that he would
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