Example sentences of "said [adv] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Today the department of transport said only that it ontinues to support the council 's road safety measures . |
| 2 | Avon County Council said yesterday that it had done everything possible to help the family . |
| 3 | But solicitor Ray Tooth , who represented the wife in the £1 million split , said yesterday that it had been an exceptional case . |
| 4 | Misys Plc , which said in January that it was in talks that could lead to it acquiring Burns Anderson Independent Network Plc ( CI No 2,081 ) , said yesterday that it had not been able to agree terms for the acquisition and that negotiations had therefore been terminated . |
| 5 | Meanwhile the justice ministry said yesterday that it had barred a judge from investigating how the prime minister , Pierre Beregovoy , came to receive an interest-free loan in 1986 from a financier later charged with insider trading . |
| 6 | One of the authors , John Perry , director of the Institute of Housing , said yesterday that it had not been possible to calculate a Scottish figure because of differences in the financial systems . |
| 7 | THE London Ambulance Service said yesterday that it had no immediate plans to revert to its gremlin-plagued computer call-out system . |
| 8 | THE ISRAELI government said yesterday that it hoped Middle East peace talks could resume after a UN statement welcoming its attempt to resolve the dispute over its mass deportation of Palestinian militants . |
| 9 | While it hopes to build 500 houses before winding up in 1999 , the corporation said yesterday that it hoped to start transferring houses to the proposed Irvine Housing Association in 1993 . |
| 10 | AT&T Co said yesterday that it plans to call five long-term debt issues totalling $1,750m for early redemption and expects to use cash reserves and new debt to fund the exercise — with interest rates so low in the US , new debt is cheaper than most old debt ; one-time costs associated with the redemptions are expected to reduce first quarter 1993 earnings by about $0.04 per share but interest savings in subsequent quarters will reduce the full-year impact to less than $0.02 per share . |
| 11 | THE Leeds-based house-builder , Tay Homes , said yesterday that it believed the outlook for the housing market was improving , but it was unlikely that conditions would change much in the rest of the current financial year , writes Bill Millar . |
| 12 | The ministry said yesterday that it has had to hand over the file to the European Commission , which is investigating the Rover deal . |
| 13 | Motorola Inc said yesterday that it paid an undisclosed sum for a stake in Cary , North Carolina-based Virtus Corp , a privately-held developer of the Virtus WalkThrough drawing and visualisation package for conceptual design . |
| 14 | Integrating Evode 's chemicals and plastics businesses with its own activities without dilution was on schedule , Laporte said yesterday as it unveiled its 1992 results . |
| 15 | But if I 'm moving around slightly like this and you 're having to follow with your eyes as I 'm making my presentation it brings variety to it brings that bit of variety like you said earlier that it brings some interest to it . |
| 16 | I said then that it seemed to me that the Consolidated Fund Bill would provide an opportunity to debate it — possibly at some length . |
| 17 | ‘ But Bill Mishkin : shouts Howard , ‘ said specifically that it does n't have to be all sex and violence . ’ |
| 18 | English Nature said afterwards that it had taken the case to the Lords in search of a definitive ruling . |
| 19 | Those who were waking said afterwards that it did not move towards them across the sky from any direction , but burst suddenly , directly above them , in a great whirlwind and a peal of thunder . |