Example sentences of "[adv] said it [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I merely said it avoided the real issue . ’ |
| 2 | To all the idiots who wrote almost identical letters claiming that the mere adoption of the Union flag does n't make Morrissey a racist — of course it does n't , nobody ever said it did . |
| 3 | The Northern Echo , based in Darlington , Co Durham , yesterday said it had received pictures of 150 terrorist suspects from a former soldier who said he wished to illustrate ‘ shambles ’ of Ulster security . |
| 4 | The Northern Echo yesterday said it had received pictures of 150 terrorist suspects from an ex-soldier who said he wished to illustrate ‘ the shambles of security in Northern Ireland ’ . |
| 5 | In what looks rather like the thin end of the wedge for eventual privatisation of the phone company , BellSouth Corp yesterday said it had reached agreement to buy a 12.5% stake in France Telecom Mobiles Data SA , a newly formed unit of France Telecom . |
| 6 | The UFF later said it carried out the killing , claiming their victim was a member of the Provisional IRA who had taken part in coffee jar bomb attacks on security forces . |
| 7 | Bell Atlantic Mobile Systems Inc says it has decided on the Code Division Multiple Access technology for its national digital cellular strategy : the Motorola Nortel Communications Inc joint venture will supply the hardware and software for the company 's first deployment in the northeast market in early 1994 ; Bell Atlantic also said it signed a letter of intent with AT&T Secure Communications Systems to test AT&T Secure 's cellular wireless data equipment over the Bell Atlantic network , which the company expects will make possible error-free transmission of cellular data . |
| 8 | In announcing its deal with Metromedia , McCaw also said it planned to sell its stake in a number of smaller cellular franchises in Alabama , Kentucky and Tennessee to Contel Corporation for $1.3bn . |
| 9 | Zenith also said it sold 500,000 shares of newly issued common to institutional investors for whom Crabbe Huson Co of Portland , Oregon serves as investment advisor . |
| 10 | IBM Personal Systems Business Unit Europe/Middle East/Africa says it had record volume of sales in the first quarter of this year , and points to Dataquest figures suggesting that it outshipped its nearest competitor by 66% during the last quarter of 1992 and the first quarter of 1993 — gaining 4% in market share over the previous six months ; the company also said it reorganised its manufacturing and distribution operations at its Greenock , Scotland , plant , cutting distribution costs for its ValuePoint and ThinkPad brands by more than 65% , cutting its inventory by 17% since the end of 1992 ; this magnitude of savings will also be realised for the PS/2 and PS/1 lines this year . |
| 11 | Free Colombia also said it wanted to liquidate Escobar , but preferred to gather intelligence on his whereabouts rather than carry out attacks . |
| 12 | It also said it did not believe there was a case for giving additional compensation to UK depositors beyond the statutory deposit protection scheme . |
| 13 | Someone else said it had already seized up . |
| 14 | Sentiment has not been helped by sharp profit downgrading from such pillars of Japanese business as Sony , Matsushita and Pioneer , though computer group Fujitsu recently said it expected current profits to be modestly increased . |