Example sentences of "say [conj] it had " in BNC.

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1 Would I one day show people this jacket and say that it had been a lovely afternoon in Central Park when he gave it to me and , in closing , would I say that as he disappeared into the trees , I never saw Oscar Wilde again ?
2 Thus , whilst in 1953 Armed Forces support was invoked by the Party , in 1957 it might be said that it had been enlisted by a faction , albeit the First Secretary 's own .
3 The MP behind the bill says if it had been law then , her life would have been saved .
4 She did not know what they would have said if it had been Edmund , but it was the title now which amazed them .
5 Enterprise 's managing director Ted Tuppen defended the supply deal , saying that it had not been a condition of the sale that Enterprise take its beers from Bass .
6 But London Ambulance Service categorically denied that it had plans to cut off phone lines , saying that it had only authorised one disconnection at Park Royal Ambulance Station , West London , because crews had locked themselves in .
7 It is the equivalent of a British government refusing to appear for questions in the House saying that it had been elected and therefore did not need to defend its decisions before parliament .
8 In Better Schools ( 1985 ) the government singled out ‘ peace studies ’ for criticism , saying that it had no place on the school curriculum because it failed to deal with certain issues in a balanced and objective manner .
9 Mr. Downham also presented the financial account , saying that it had been decided not to increase the parish council 's share from the community charge , by more than five percent .
10 After the judgment , Price Waterhouse issued a statement saying that it had acted in good faith according to its understanding of the conflict of interest rules at the time .
11 By the week 's end the proctologist was saying that it had been the best goddamned vacation he had ever taken , and as we passed the bunkering moorings near McIllvanney 's yard I saw him take Ellen aside and I guessed he was offering her a job .
12 Helen asked no questions about Chris , only saying that it had been a lovely evening and Moira was still talking about the tinned peaches and jelly .
13 Saying that it had gone straight to court , it was in court , you know ,
14 Doreen , loyal to her role of concubine , had tried to cheer him up by saying that it had never been so good .
15 Downing Street sought to explain the decision by saying that it had not been on his diary anyway .
16 At a banquet hosted by Yang Shangkun on Nov. 1 Nixon described the June crackdown as " excessive and unjustified " , saying that it had damaged US respect and confidence in the Chinese leadership and , speaking to Li Peng , he argued that the two countries ' differences over the events in June were " huge and unbridgeable " , but that Sino-US relations should not be allowed to founder over the issue .
17 The MNR responded with a statement issued in Nairobi saying that it had accepted the mediators ' invitation to direct talks but that Chissano was delaying " to extend his time in power " .
18 Aquino , who had insisted that foreign nationals were safe in the Philippines , criticized the decision to suspend the volunteer programme , saying that it had been made hastily and without consultation with the host country .
19 The Justice Ministry issued a statement denying that the Minister 's remarks were racist , but on Sept. 25 , after a US State Department statement describing his remarks as " offensive to the American people " , Kayijama apologized and retracted his statement , saying that it had been " completely inappropriate " .
20 Baker immediately praised Assad 's response as positive , saying that it had demonstrated that Syria was now more willing to enter direct peace talks with Israel than at any time in the past .
21 On Sept. 24 the Deputy Prime Minister , Tariq Aziz , justified the detention of the team , saying that it had wrongfully seized personnel records .
22 The order , issued at the end of talks between IAEA and Iraqi officials in Vienna on March 20-25 , was described as " unfair " by the chief Iraqi negotiator , Khalid Ibrahim Sa'id , who had reportedly argued against Al-Atheer 's destruction , saying that it had originally been conceived as a civilian facility and should be allowed to continue operating as such .
23 In a formal letter addressed to the UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali on July 11 , Iraq renewed its demand for an end to international trade sanctions , saying that it had met its obligations under Gulf ceasefire resolutions .
24 They were on weak ground , for there were no precedents for this , and on 8 March the Cologne assembly , now meeting at Mulhouse , divested Philip of this title and denied the validity of his election , saying that it had been carried out in an unusual place and that the count Palatine and the archbishop of Mainz had been absent .
25 Looking specifically at the arable sector , the SAC 's Sandy Ramsay highlighted the effects of the UK 's departure from the ERM , saying that it had worked greatly to farmers ' advantage .
26 The association said that it had heard of several cases in which EHOs had ordered unacceptable action from wine and drinks wholesalers under the 1990 Food Safety Act .
27 A spokeswoman for the ministry said that it had seen a draft of the report earlier in the year and had felt that it had made ‘ inappropriate use ’ of the generalised derived limits .
28 UAL said that it had been advised by AAC that syndication of the financing would be possible on revised terms .
29 Bonn officials last night played down the extent of the last-minute rethink of their tactics at Strasbourg and one said that it had all been a ‘ silly misunderstanding ’ .
30 Kroll said that it had detected $2.4 billion in Iraqi-controlled deposits at some 50 banks .
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