Example sentences of "and [noun] said [pron] could " in BNC.

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1 The pound dropped yesterday by almost 4 1/2 pfennigs as foreign investors switched into the powerful German currency — and economists said it could fall under 2.40 by next week .
2 But as the West German cities of Bremen and Hanover said they could take no more refugees , Berlin was still offering a warm welcome .
3 There was no reply and Clarissa said they could n't hear him , so why did n't he leave it ? ’
4 As Bob Merryfield was having his dram Charlie broached the subject of rabbits and Parkinson said he could have a pair , as a number had been shot the previous day .
5 ( But ) I went back to them , well I had nowhere to go … my mother and father said I could stay as long as I wanted .
6 After the acquittal , the Disciplinary Committee of the jockey Club called Filmer to Portman Square to warn him as to his future behaviour , and Filmer said they could n't touch him , and was generally unbearably arrogant .
7 Masha and Sergei said they could eat a sandwich .
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