Example sentences of "[prep] [noun prp] saying [pron] [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 The suggestion that er we should join this er , I mean first of all I think that 's if they would allow us to join it , and obviously we realise why they want to join this , rather to the Archbishop of Canterbury saying he would like to join er sit in his cabinet and , and , this , this that sort of level of discussion .
2 The loyalist attacks follow a UFF statement in January saying it would target those involved in a so-called ‘ pan-nationalist front . ’
3 Farr-Jones went so far as to telephone his wife Angela in Sydney saying she should expect him home within days .
4 It claims Michael Heseltine wrote two letters to SFV saying he 'd read the company 's brochure and because it did n't run package holidays there was no need for insurance .
5 The Defence Secretary , Malcolm Rifkind , has rejected Lady Thatcher 's idea of lifting the United Nations arms embargo on Bosnia saying it would prolong the conflict .
6 The general story is well known : the director at Ulm saying you must go to better things , your dismissal , months of unemployment , and then the chance of the Aachen post despite the fact that at 27 years of age you were thought far too young for such an important post in German musical life .
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