Example sentences of "[coord] said it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Supermarket chain Gateway Foodmarkets announced it was switching its 1,100 cars to diesel six months ago and said it expected to save around £400,000 a year on fuel alone . |
| 2 | ‘ Some have praised our style and said it does n't matter if we go down , so long as we keep playing football . |
| 3 | The CPS has returned the file and said it does not intend to prosecute the officers , who have not been named by police chiefs . |
| 4 | The leading moderate Muslim , Dr Hesham El-Essawy , chairman of the Islamic Society for the Promotion of Religious Tolerance , welcomed the organisation 's launch and said it reflected the feelings of most British Muslims . |
| 5 | The Science Museum , which owns the airfield , admitted it 's had to increase the amount it charges the Association , and said it regretted plans to pull out . |
| 6 | Last night AA Roadwatch urged drivers to take care in the icy conditions and said it anticipated problems with heavy traffic during the holiday period . |
| 7 | A top critic , Jeffrey Taylor of The Mail on Sunday , saw rehearsals of the ballet , and said it contained erotic love scenes . |
| 8 | Mr Allan admitted keeping houses secure was a problem and said it seemed that young children were to blame for most of the damage and fires in the street . |
| 9 | But yesterday Forum rejected the criticism and said it had put seven names to Mr Adamec for the cabinet posts . |
| 10 | Mr Tutton blamed it on a type of narrow laser beam used in early operations and said it had not been a problem for the British patients . |
| 11 | While S & N has announced itself ‘ perfectly happy ’ with the way things have gone since the switch and said it had been successful , some observers are convinced that operating costs have increased substantially and cite political rather than cost or environmental reasons behind the decision . |
| 12 | They looked at the law and said it had been broken . |
| 13 | But the STUC also voiced disquiet about the way last Monday 's picketing was handled by police , and said it had secured a pledge that policing would now be ‘ even-handed ’ . |
| 14 | The committee welcomed the police 's higher profile and said it had improved the image of Darlington town centre . |
| 15 | Mr Maclean dismissed that as highly speculative and said it had no connection with the draft authorisation under consideration by HMIP . |
| 16 | The BBC had no comment to make about the deepening row and said it had no knowledge of any plans to oust him . |
| 17 | THE Indian government defeated an opposition censure motion in parliament yesterday and said it had vital evidence to identify those responsible for a series of bomb explosions in Bombay . |
| 18 | A spokesman said they had been overwhelmed by the number of applications when the new disability living benefit was announced and said it had taken longer than anticipated to sort out . |
| 19 | Chevron 's swift counter-attack came a day after Pennzoil announced it had spent $2.1 billion to build up a nine per cent share stake in Chevron and said it planned to continue investing in the oil giant as a passive shareholder . |
| 20 | It detected a pick-up in house sales and said it hoped 1993 would prove ‘ a springboard for recovery ’ . |
| 21 | Mr Millan personally was in favour of a large degree of devolution and said it helped European regional policy to work more effectively . |
| 22 | The Home Office refused to reveal whether the man was seeking asylum and said it did not comment on individual cases . |
| 23 | Willis was much more cheerful and said it reminded him of a boarding house in the old days . " |
| 24 | He went into her family history and said it explained a lot . |
| 25 | Regional Magistrate Gerry Harty agreed that the firm had a good record and said it bought vast quantities for distribution to its various stores . |
| 26 | Borland refused to disclose international sales figures for InterBase but said it hoped to double what it claims is a 3.6% per cent share of the Unix database market in Europe over the next year . |
| 27 | AN official inquiry confirmed yesterday that French journalists and lawyers had been subjected to telephone tapping under President François Mitterrand but said it had not yet determined who had ordered the bugging . |
| 28 | He admitted having tried cocaine but said it did not seem to do much for him ; cocaine was in ‘ because the chicks dig it sexually ’ . |
| 29 | Friends of the Earth , which has been campaigning for a clean-up programme , welcomed the announcement but said it did not go far enough . |
| 30 | Director of product marketing for engines , A J Brown , realises that , when compared with other database vendors , the Menlo Park , California-based company is late in announcing its move to NT , but said it wanted to be sure there was enough customer demand . |