Example sentences of "said [that] [pron] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ludo said that they just left him there . |
| 2 | For this reason , and because many of the young women I spoke to said that they never saw images of young women who looked anything like themselves , the book includes photographs , taken by Sally Feldt . |
| 3 | erm Somebody on this morning 's course said that they quite like answering machines , they use them like note pads , and they ring up people they know have got an answering machine so they can just leave a message , they say it 's quicker than writing a letter , and it 's easier than talking to them for hours , you can just ring them up and leave a message on their answering machine like a sort of note pad , which I had n't thought of , but I suppose it 's rather good , is n't it ! |
| 4 | In a move which will increase pressure on the Scottish Office to consider establishing a review mirroring that under way in England , the nation 's police chiefs said that they fully supported a call for a full investigation into the administration of justice made by Brian Adair , the president of the Law Society of Scotland . |
| 5 | An FDA spokesperson said that they now anticipated approaches from companies proposing changes to their labels . |
| 6 | In answer to this the respondents who were in favour of this clause and its enforcement said that they now deemed that the sale agreements were null and void and they began to sell another brand of petrol at both garages . |
| 7 | Homosexual clergy also need appropriate pastoral support , even though in evidence to us they said that they often prefer to work in Urban Priority Areas because of the greater degree of acceptance and diversity of life-styles . |
| 8 | Sh she said that they mainly use it er as self defence and |
| 9 | The expression on the faces of some of the nomes said that they definitely agreed with this point of view , and that among the people who should n't be out on a night like this was themselves . |
| 10 | does , , he came in one day and I said that we really do n't travel a lot you know |
| 11 | Government said that you now get |
| 12 | ‘ Annie up the road told me to come here ; she said that you sometimes take in paying guests — and there was n't anywhere else , and it was dark , and raining — but it obviously is n't a very good idea , so if you could tell me where else to try — I 'll go and try , ’ she concluded lamely . |
| 13 | She had only herself to blame : she said that herself too waking up in her deck-chair . |
| 14 | Back at her place she offered him a large whisky and then said that she just had to slip into the bedroom to see to a few things . |
| 15 | Carole said that she always brought everything including the kitchen sink because she 'd stayed in the past in basecamps where there had n't even been enough mattresses to go round ; one in South Wales had been a wooden hut with gas lights and a fridge half a mile away . |
| 16 | I asked her how she knew and she just said that she always thought that it was obvious . |
| 17 | Of the three informants ( 10% ) who marked it , at this late stage , as an SF element , two indicated that they only read a small amount of SF , and the other said that she never read anything of the genre . |
| 18 | The SLORC had repeatedly offered her freedom on condition that she went into exile , but Aris said that she never discussed this " because she says that it is not negotiable " . |
| 19 | When she said that she only wanted £10 for looking after little Doris , and that her mother could come and visit as often as she liked , a deal was struck and a tearful Evalina waved goodbye to Mrs Stanfield and her small daughter . |
| 20 | I got ‘ A ’ on her own and I told her and she said that she now understands an awful lot of things . |
| 21 | However , ‘ she said that she now has really no friends or relations in the world and there are times when she feels very lonely . |
| 22 | At a personal level , AT2 said that she now found the Head 's attitude much pleasanter when she met him round the school . |
| 23 | Her tone said that she still loathed the Harlequin man , yet she felt compelled to be accurate . |
| 24 | She congratulated me on eschewing the filth and violence that at that time were almost necessary to sell a book ( as my publisher told me ) , and said that she almost felt that she might have written it herself . |
| 25 | Villagers said that none ever came at this time of year . |
| 26 | I said that I just happened to have my travelling rod with me … though it hardly mattered as they had more than enough gear . |
| 27 | Well I do n't I said , I said I 'll take it , but I said that I really do n't , I mean I said it 's really , I said I 've explained very carefully it 's Iris who had all that yes , ah , but here 's a script , so you see , that had at least got through |
| 28 | I said that I usually threw them out each week . |
| 29 | The call had been for Hank , and had been from one of his classmates , who said that he just wanted to inquire how Hank was . |
| 30 | He said that he really found enormous difficulty in understanding this , he did n't refer to how difficult it was when you have dwind dwindling intellectual powers . |