Example sentences of "[noun sg] said [pron] [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ask mummy said you can have it |
| 2 | The Brain Trust bid said it would like the event shared with other cities , including Birmingham , Cardiff , Edinburgh , Glasgow , Liverpool and Manchester . |
| 3 | Labour said it would raise taxes and was subject to the most sustained derision , as well as black propaganda . |
| 4 | The reason is that Labour said it will retain the present National Insurance contributions ceiling for the self employed at £21,060 whereas employees will suffer an additional 9 p.c. deduction on earnings above that threshold . |
| 5 | The International Squash Players ' Association said it will take action this week on the 20-year-old Pakistani , and the likelihood is a fine and a zero point score for the World Open . |
| 6 | One-third of five- and six-year-olds in one study said they would prefer to be without their sibling altogether — hardly a vote of confidence in sibship . |
| 7 | Nuclear Electric said it will spend £800,000 on modifications to the plant and the case for its operation at lower power levels , which it hopes to submit by autumn for restart by the end of the year . |
| 8 | Byrne said later : ‘ The local Celtic scout said he would have signed me on the spot . |
| 9 | Blonde Wendy Daine , 36 , also dodged community service after her lawyer said she would meet young men who would take ‘ salacious enjoyment from her presence ’ . |
| 10 | Pity it was n't in the national newspapers because my lawyer said I could have retired on the proceeds . |
| 11 | The defender said he would sell at a price of £70,000 . |
| 12 | America 's Federal Highway Administration said it might invest in smart roads which could warn drivers of traffic jams and electronically collect tolls for using the road . |
| 13 | Faced with a collapsing economy and the prospect of becoming the major player in a new government next year , the ANC 's national executive committee said it would call for an end to economic sanctions as soon as there was agreement with the government on dates for an all-racial election and for the establishment of an interim government of national unity . |
| 14 | Er , for example , er whilst people w were getting what er the unemployment act said they should have , er this pressure was er I 'm quite sure , able to get some additional er benefits even if it was er only in kind , er from the from the local authorities . |
| 15 | But a spokesman for the firm which organised the poster campaign said it should come down within the next five days . |
| 16 | Why had n't the stupid boy said he would see Hank in school in the morning ? |
| 17 | Cos it was while he was phoning , you know the , the boy said you can get a telephone qu er a special telephone fitted . |
| 18 | The council said it would cost £10 to send somebody to look at the wall and then I 'd have to pay to have it repaired . |
| 19 | The council said it would appeal against the decision . |
| 20 | — My Auntie said he would go far Apparently |
| 21 | the Chancellor said I 'll deal with it then . |
| 22 | GREEN SHOOTS of recovery were what the Chancellor said he could see last year , but the rest of us are still waiting for them . |
| 23 | A High Court judge said they would earn nothing from the book , if convicted . |
| 24 | Members of the medical faculty said they would fax press reports of the Peking democracy movement to as many recipients as they could find in China , to overcome censorship . |
| 25 | No right then , the we know this er is n't an issue that the Assistant Chief Constable said you can go ahead with this operation . |
| 26 | London 's International Stock Exchange said it would cut 350 people from its staff of 2,800 in the first stage of a big slimming campaign . |
| 27 | It sounded like an interesting job — the play was a futuristic drama set in the twenty-first century , and the director said she 'd have a chance to really let her imagination run riot on the styles . |
| 28 | Rain said she would tell him presently , which did little to pacify him , and she went on in English to Maurin : ‘ Joseph ca n't operate here without you , can he ? |
| 29 | Rain said she would make some coffee , surely the police could n't object to that much interference with whatever evidence the mess offered them ? |
| 30 | One teacher said he would like to send all blacks back on the banana boat , and another told her that he was unable to sit by her because she was black . |