Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [conj] say [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She said a tiny minority were making life miserable for the majority and said it was time to tackle the root causes of crime . |
| 2 | She said a tiny minority were making life miserable for the majority and said it was time to tackle the root causes of crime . |
| 3 | Today ex-manager Farrelly claims he is not bitter about the split but says he is annoyed about the things Sinead has said about that period . |
| 4 | C&P Commercial manager Philip Felcey presented the award and said it was particularly appropriate that he should do so . |
| 5 | Miss Knox 's solicitor Rosemary Nelson praised her courage for taking the case and said she hoped who would offer encouragement to other women in a similar position . |
| 6 | Dot was pleased when the Children 's Officer called at the basement and said she was strong enough to start school . |
| 7 | I and my new friend then went to Ku where he took another 15,000 pesetas off me — the price had gone up , he said — and he parked me by the dance-floor and said he 'd be back in five minutes . |
| 8 | I gave him to Nonni who was clucking round the kitchen and said I must go and clean myself up . |
| 9 | and a cup of coffee and a cigarette , and I always do that but this day I was so tired after the doing the garden , both gardens like and fucking weeding them all and doing everything else and brushing out the back and doing I said to him for fuck 's sake do them dishes for me for a change William would you I said , so I got er got myself in the bath said I 'm away to bingo , so William 's gone out what happened ? eight , I had eight he had one you may get yourself I said ah fuck no wonder I have no fucking luck , so on the settee and said I 'm not going anywhere , I sat for ten minutes then I said ah fuck you why should I sit here so I lifted the car keys and walked out again then , fucking zooming out of and there was John coming up like that |
| 10 | ANC leaders blamed President de Klerk 's government for the massacre and said they would not respond ‘ meekly ’ . |
| 11 | ‘ It is very evident that since the publication of the paperback the campaign against it has subsided , to such an extent that even one of my most hardline critics , the British Muslim Dr Kalim Siddiqui , was recently quoted in the Guardian as saying it is time to forgive and forget , which is a rather extraordinary volte-face from someone who was until recently asking for my head on a plate . |
| 12 | He has admitted he was the driver and says he will give himself up when he is ready . |
| 13 | But last night Mrs Ralli denied 36-year-old Gilbey had actually booked the cottage and said she was baffled about why he should try to stop her speaking to the Press . |
| 14 | The Federation of Small Businesses reacted positively to the Budget and said it was the result of the Chancellor 's meeting its representatives and listening to what they were saying . |
| 15 | Officials gave no detail of the obstruction but said it was not a fishbone . |
| 16 | While S & N has announced itself ‘ perfectly happy ’ with the way things have gone since the switch and said it had been successful , some observers are convinced that operating costs have increased substantially and cite political rather than cost or environmental reasons behind the decision . |
| 17 | Hers is a vulnerable yet crucial role as negotiator between difference : typically she is one who refuses to outcast herself from the black community and family , because aware of its value and importance , yet by virtue of that same tact subjected within them to sexual discrimination : ‘ we straddle the fence that says we can not be uplifters of the race and lesbians at the same time ’ ( ‘ Talking about It ’ , 54 ) . |
| 18 | Conservation bodies such as English Heritage and the Royal Fine Arts Commission were appalled at the plan and said it would ruin the historic town . |
| 19 | And in the middle there was an area open to space , just a circle of bare surface with a window all the way round it , and a sign on the window that said it was the site of the Capellan arrival in the solar system . |
| 20 | She had blinds on the window and said she would n't be long when he knocked at the locked door . |
| 21 | I did n't think it was possible for somebody to stand in the middle of the fairway and say it 's an iron of any description . |
| 22 | The ITC will closely monitor response to the ad but says it will be difficult to edit out offending elements . |
| 23 | They looked at the law and said it had been broken . |
| 24 | Derek gave me a lift in with the bird and all the equipment and said he 'd stay with me in the classroom in case anything went wrong . |
| 25 | Then a few days later , the other girl , Sally , came dancing across the playground and said she 'd just got hers back . |
| 26 | There was no Madame Eglantine , only a garrulous old man who chattered like a magpie , took the package and said he would hand it over to the lady next time she visited the place . |
| 27 | And so I had to sort of go round the room and say I 'm Tony and this is , and go all round , and I got round the room . |
| 28 | Gardiner denies he stole the cash and says it should be returned to him . |
| 29 | ‘ 3i looked at the business and said they might be interested in buying an equity stake , ’ says finance director Penny Smith . |
| 30 | well but the important thing is she 's engaged to be married I would reckon by the time she 's about twenty-six she 'll be looking for time out to have a family but by that time hopefully she 's and when she 's thirty-two or thirty-three can come back into the business and say I 've got a and the door opens that much more easily |