Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] says [pers pn] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | A woman whose home was wrecked by vandals in an attack which caused thousands of pounds of damage says she 's able to forgive them . |
| 2 | Steve White of Swindon says they 've still got some tough teams to play but they are in good form and if they do n't get into the play-offs it will be their fault |
| 3 | PRESIDENT NAJIBULLAH of Afghanistan says he has no intention of resigning and the United States and Pakistan should accept reality and negotiate with him . |
| 4 | The Department of Transport says they should have known about it before they bought the house . |
| 5 | But the Department of Transport says it 's important to ban the plates because simply having them on the car , changes the driver 's behaviour and the idea is that speed is always a danger on our roads and anything that contributes to safety is to be encouraged . |
| 6 | The Department of Transport says it 's ridiculous that after seven years Hereford is still no nearer getting its bypass . |
| 7 | The Department of Transport says it had hoped to complete the east-west route by the turn of the century , but that that 's now unlikely . |
| 8 | The estranged wife of the Marquis of Blandford says he 's making a real effort to get back on the straight and narrow . |
| 9 | An Oxfordshire branch of a travel agency which has announced it 's going out of business says it 's continuing to trade . |
| 10 | The law of averages says we 'll score a few . ’ |
| 11 | Th the modern scientific view of evolution says you must treat all individuals equally because all individuals are equally just the temporary packaging for their genes . |
| 12 | A spokesman for the National Union of Mineworkers says it 's what was expected . |
| 13 | The National Union of Mineworkers says it had expected the news but Trevor of the pit deputies ' union NACODS had this message for miners . |
| 14 | But the Department of Education says they approved money back in 90 / 91 . |
| 15 | The Department of Education says it has no grounds to intervene . |
| 16 | Frank Judd chairman of Oxfam says he would like to see a number of new developments in the Cambodian situation . |
| 17 | Happy couples can take a long walk , without a word spoken , for the quality of silence says it all . |
| 18 | The govenor of Bullingdon says it 's been a very rough patch . |
| 19 | The Department of Health says it is ‘ aware of the US criticism of the products ’ and is keeping them ‘ under review ’ . |
| 20 | The Department of Health says it will be studying doctors ' concerns about underwater birth . |
| 21 | There 's enough building land within the present Milton Keynes boundary to last until the end of the century , but the Chamber of Commerce says it 's essential to plan for the future . |
| 22 | Quality Beef Growers of York says it will be supplying 30,000 carcasses a year to retailers . |
| 23 | The Book of Remembering says we did it . |
| 24 | The man who wrote the music and compiled the volume of verse says it 's a testament to his love affair with the area |
| 25 | The Guinness Book of Records says it ‘ will not publish any category for the largest collection of conkers for fear that trees might suffer wholesale damage . ’ |
| 26 | THE Prince of Wales says he really valued his chats with the Queen Mother and his late uncle , Lord Mountbatten . |
| 27 | ‘ My lord of Gloucester says we shall reach London by the morrow , ’ Richard reminded him . |
| 28 | High-profile industry columnist Will Zachmann who wrote for PC Week for years says he left Ziff-Davis ' employ because of pressure brought to bear to write more favourably about Microsoft and Windows . |
| 29 | but still like mum says it 's an afternoon out so |
| 30 | I 'm going to put these in some because like Anna says you know if you flowers you have more impact with them . |