Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] said [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Trade associations have been informed but Customs & Excise said it was up to industry bodies to inform their members . |
| 2 | Both men were taken to the police station where Grannell said he had been drinking and had no recollection of what had happened . |
| 3 | If , in the 1980s a social worker or manager said they were ‘ working on the patch ’ , everyone would murmur reverentially : ‘ Alas , Professor Hadley , I knew him well ’ , or : ‘ I worked for East Sussex once ’ . |
| 4 | Marcus was still in there , probably sitting on the lavatory , where Irina said he liked to spend time . |
| 5 | The trouble was that Arnold said he had had a letter from a Mr Anderson who wanted to caddie for him as well . |
| 6 | I know that I laughed a lot , and that Will said it was a stupid play , with not a word of poetry in it . |
| 7 | ‘ Although Steven said he 'd heard arguing , I never had so it came as a complete shock . ’ |
| 8 | The reason is that Labour said it will retain the present National Insurance contributions ceiling for the self employed at £21,060 whereas employees will suffer an additional 9 p.c. deduction on earnings above that threshold . |
| 9 | The situation as regards the merger of their two respective companies in Japan — Unix Labs Pacific and Novell KK — is more complicated — so complicated that Noorda said he would need lawyers — anathema to the Japanese — involved even to discuss it . |
| 10 | Although DNs said they applied compression bandages to 73 per cent of affected limbs , 35 per cent of bandages used were inadequate to reverse the effects of chronic venous insufficiency . |
| 11 | A former prisoner from Cardiff has told the court that Gardiner said he 'd offered twenty thousand pounds to Chalky White not to give evidence against him . |
| 12 | Jim Lenehan , assistant manager at the Sheikh 's Kildangan Stud , confirmed that Royal Gait suffered a massive heart attack , and added : ‘ The sad part is that Graham said he had felt as good as ever as they came to the final flight . ’ |
| 13 | I got virtually equal marks across arts and sciences for O levels , so making a choice at A level was difficult , but I felt a bit swayed by the fact that people said it 's best to do science subjects as far as jobs and university places go ; it 's difficult to get on to arts courses , but it 's easier to get on to science courses … that 's really why I chose science , ultimately . |
| 14 | All in all , she thought she would give Walter Ash a try , despite the fact that people said he was very conceited , and despite his appearance , which was slightly against him , as far as his ears went . |
| 15 | More non-enrollers than migrants said they intended to do a course in the future ( 63% compared with 40% ) and the non-enrollers were also much more likely to say they wanted to start the course very soon and had made enquiries about it . |
| 16 | Oh Teres is Teresa 's the wo the one that Teresa said he 's al he 's a bit of alright ? |
| 17 | Although BT said they were continuing to look at the results of the experiment , initial findings included the fact that not only was BT satisfied with productivity achieved but the staff themselves were only too sorry to see it end . |
| 18 | What is worrying is that Yoarth said he may not play Speed ( but Goss ) so with Kelly not playing Macca could be the only Leeds representative playing tonight ( I think ) … just shows the state of British football managers : - ( |
| 19 | And then she said to me , and then , when I was going , she went to me , would you like to come on holiday , I went , then she went , because of me and mum and dad , we went another day to holiday , we went to beach , and er , mum said , that , yeah , mum said that she was saying , erm , to her , why , why is it not , what was it she said , about the weather , mum was moaning saying it was cold , and she went why , why are n't we go on holiday , mum , and mum said we ca n't , we ca n't afford to go on holiday , and she ah , why do n't we go to seaside when it 's cold . |
| 20 | ‘ I was talking about some of the funny things that happen there and Mum said it was the sort of place he should be going to . ’ |
| 21 | He sat me down roughly on the sofa and Mum said she was going to find out what I was on about . |
| 22 | And Zoya said she had got hold of the toilet rolls , and would bring them for Anna . |
| 23 | In London , the City Panel of Takeovers and Mergers said it was following the situation . |
| 24 | In the kitchen Mrs Blackham said Lavinia looked a little tired and Lavinia said she was , a little . |
| 25 | Course that was playing on Angie 's mind see and Miss said she 'd give Jason extra work . |
| 26 | Colette spoke of her as one of the things sent to try us , and Bernard said she was failing . |
| 27 | So anyway , erm they met me and Bert had to go back to his office and Will said he had to go back to his office , but he said , What would you like to do ? |
| 28 | And Jim said it . |
| 29 | And Jim said she was going far too fast , took up all three car lengths , parked cars to stop . |
| 30 | FEDERAL officials yesterday made one arrest in their search for the bombers of the World Trade Centre in New York and authorities said they were looking for other suspects . |