Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] say [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The receivers disagreed and said that they needed to raise a further £22,000 and wanted to realise one further property belonging to B and L. |
| 2 | On another occasion an out-of-work blacksmith came and said that " if the parish would not find him a shop to work in , he would make his complaint to a justice " . |
| 3 | ‘ I was training at Leeds yesterday morning and Mr Wilkinson came and said that Blackburn were in for me and I would have to go . |
| 4 | The Shah agreed and said that this was his great goal . |
| 5 | Atkins interrupted and said that they certainly could make it stick . |
| 6 | Who just sighed and said that penguins had driven themselves blind , even mad , by watching that dangerous nonsense up there . |
| 7 | Zak cursed and said that Pierre had in fact been going to knock Raoul to the ground at a slightly later rime , and now that would have to be changed . |
| 8 | I lied and said that tea was a habit of mine and I enjoyed company after a hard day . |
| 9 | Fitzroy acquiesced and said that they would be placed in a Reading Room on the following day . |
| 10 | So when Bernard rang and said that he and Colette would be away for a fortnight — would I like a break ? — I moved in to babysit their cottage by the sea . |
| 11 | When the guard learned what had happened , he simply laughed and said that it must have been old Humphrey . |
| 12 | ‘ He laughed and said that nobody under ninety called himself that nowadays . |
| 13 | ‘ Venables laughed and said that the deal was worth over £4m to Lineker but no one could be expected to believe Tottenham would get more than £1m . |
| 14 | Of course , the others laughed at him but he insisted and said that at about the same time I thought I 'd seen Sir Bartholomew , a stranger had arrived in the village late at night and stopped at the ale-house for food and drink . |
| 15 | They just That was the only example they gave and said that as the word |
| 16 | NO SNOW fell during the night and at 10.00 , after Erika had run her five kilometres under a dazzling blue sky , Karl ran and said that he thought he rather did that a brief tour of Berlin would be possible and that he would be waiting in the lounge of the Palast at 11.00 ; adding that Paul should meet them at the television Tower at 1.00 |
| 17 | Then one lady wrote and said that the ladies of the local church should do it for us . |
| 18 | Seventy-one per cent of respondents wrote and said that the change they would most like to see was ‘ equality of opportunity ’ . |
| 19 | Her family wrote and said that Medau was Beryl 's whole life and what a great comfort it was to them to know she had so many loving friends . |
| 20 | The fact that nobody wrote and said that he was brilliant and was a genius convinced him that it was n't Robert Bolt who was at fault or the director Noel Willman , but himself as an actor . |
| 21 | I wrote and said that a lot of members our pension , we could n't afford it , and that we owned our own hall so therefore we had a lot of cost to keep it in good repair and why was it nine pound . |
| 22 | Well I told you what she said about her and Sandra you know and I wrote and said when they you know if they felt like coming for a day that 'll be alright I said but do n't be having anything to eat I 'll bring in sandwiches , I mean I , I know I 've said it 's very kind of Sandra to say , but you ca n't , they , way your relatives are coming and bringing sandwiches can ya ? |
| 23 | He shrugged and said that he loved her , which was reassuring to hear if not particularly helpful . |
| 24 | We know , we never suggested that said that their business is going down with us and that there was no extra business there for us |
| 25 | When he came along erm was about he was more or less asked what terms he wanted and said that he was no to show no favouritism . |
| 26 | Yeah , and we explained and said that I was pregnant at the time and we said about the policeman , oh no trouble ! |
| 27 | When they announced that Hodge was playing , this Leeds ‘ fan ’ behind me groaned and said that he hoped he 'd have his leg broken ! |
| 28 | She wondered whether to say that she had missed him . |