Example sentences of "[noun pl] said [conj] they [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Several West Indians said that they liked the ‘ lay-away ’ system , where they put a deposit on something which the shop then keeps until — perhaps paying instalments — they have settled the full price . |
| 2 | We also booked hotels in advance , since the guidebooks said that they tended to be busy . |
| 3 | Officials said that they hoped to work out a schedule of repayments by the end of the year . |
| 4 | Bush said , however , that he would use his executive discretion to modify or suspend US sanctions when two more of the five conditions were met ; administration officials said that they expected the freeing of political prisoners and the lifting of the state of emergency in Natal to be regarded as adequate moves . |
| 5 | It would seem that there is a demand for such assistance as 1 in 5 of all applicants said that they did not go on to take the course because of financial difficulties . |
| 6 | Members were pleased when constituents said that they had seen them on the box , and only one Member had received complaints that he had not been seen . |
| 7 | Size of establishment is associated with number of training programmes ( see Table 4 ) as one might expect it to be , although there are differences to be noted within authorities of similar size : while none of the large libraries said that they engaged in no planned training programmes , they did not fall into Category I ( Category I was 30 or more programmes and was a very broad grouping , with several libraries mentioning well over 100 programmes ) . |
| 8 | Sources said that they have been given six weeks to finish their assignments and another four weeks ' severance pay . |
| 9 | Just over a half of the part-time farmers said that they used or would use off-farm income for the farm . |
| 10 | In Staffordshire the jurors said that they knew ‘ by the evidence of old people , and by those who best know the truth of the matter , and by perambulations previously made ’ . |
| 11 | It is interesting to note that , in attempting to answer the questions at Maastricht , most of our Community partners said that they wanted to go faster and further forward . |
| 12 | Many patients said that they had had to avoid lying on one side ( not always the side of pain ) from the onset of their symptoms . |
| 13 | But other members said that they had not known of plans to attack Mr Reagan . |
| 14 | These changes followed from recommendations set out by the Public Accounts Committee ( PAC ) in its Eighth Report of 1986–7 ( HC 98 ) Members said that they wanted documents tailored more specifically to Parliament 's needs in its consideration of departments ' expenditure proposals and put forward three proposals ( Cm. 375 ) . |
| 15 | The justices said that they did this , rather than making an interim care order , to ensure the bonding of the children with their mother for their long term benefit . |
| 16 | In essence , teachers said that they selected books for their capacity to elicit the personal involvement of pupils ; their potential to link with other curricular areas ; to promote discussion and because they were popular with pupils . |
| 17 | No further appeal was possible under Austrian law , but defence lawyers said that they wanted to apply for a retrial because of new expert evidence which cast doubt on their client 's conviction . |
| 18 | In 1979 , about a half of the 830 respondents said that they did not evaluate their bibliographic instruction programmes . |
| 19 | Commentators analysing the results said that they showed that voters had rewarded the NSF for its efforts over the past six months , had opted for gradual change , and supported a political grouping which showed far greater coherence than the fragmented opposition . |
| 20 | The police said that they had n't realized that they had to keep it . |
| 21 | In mid-January the police said that they had arrested under the Internal Security Act a sixth man allegedly involved in a plot to take Sabah out of the Malaysian federation ; he was named as Vincent Chung , group manager of a company controlled by the Sabah Foundation . |
| 22 | On Nov. 1 Bulgarian police said that they had seized a quantity of plutonium-239 said to be Russian in origin . |
| 23 | Police said that they seized knives at the Coronation Street house . |
| 24 | Police said after they stopped the car , the bag was pulled from the woman 's head and her face was splashed in a petrol-like liquid . |
| 25 | Frequently women voters said that they liked Mr Ashdown , but only in preference to Messrs Major and Kinnock , who were characterised by the words ‘ creepy ’ and ‘ characterless ’ by several of them . |
| 26 | Responding to criticism from neighbouring countries , including Russia , the Chinese authorities said that they had always exercised restraint in nuclear testing and that China was still committed to a complete ban on nuclear testing within the framework of effective nuclear disarmament . |
| 27 | Minister of Finance Abdul Rahman Mahmoud Hamdi , in London on April 18 for talks with United Kingdom Overseas Development Minister Lynda Chalker , appealed for aircraft for use in the Sudanese relief effort ; the UK authorities said that they regarded an airlift as unnecessary but that they would release British equipment and spare parts for the repair of the Sudanese railway system . |
| 28 | Both students and lecturers said that they felt that lectures gave an opportunity for personal contact . |
| 29 | As they drove off , the LRDG boys said that they had heard and seen everything and had just had to stay to the end . |
| 30 | About fifteen of the boys said that they felt some need to prove themselves to the others and to become known to them by name . |