Example sentences of "say that i had " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would have to go to my constituency and say that I had been outbid by Tory Ministers , and that after complaining for all these years about their accruing power to themselves I had found that I had been wrong all the time . |
| 2 | I know that my hon. Friend will understand if I say that I had some difficulty in persuading everybody to come round a table when I was talking only to the parties in Northern Ireland . |
| 3 | Just believe me when I say that I had nothing whatsoever to do with any of this . |
| 4 | Well just say and just say that I had a bit of a ba an and I 'd like a check over that 's all just say that to them if you want alright ? |
| 5 | I WAS really only a bystander in the tragedy of young Mr and Mrs McLeod ; it was not really my business , although it could be said that I had known them both — had seen them about — for most of their lives . |
| 6 | I would not like it to be said that I had had my mother put away . ’ |
| 7 | I really wanted to identify with him and wished that I could have said that I had been in the Falklands or in Northern Ireland , thereby establishing some sort of link . |
| 8 | No mine are n't too bad really it 's just that I do n't like being having said that I had one . |
| 9 | Ron was delighted too , saying that I had run well after my lay-off with injury and had beaten one of my main challengers for the European title . |
| 10 | I think I must have been gradually going off into a faint when I suddenly thought of mother reading the telegram saying that I had been killed in action . |
| 11 | It was not until Aunt Kit rang me up , three days later , and abused me for ten minutes between tearing bouts of coughing , saying that I had hurt ‘ poor Lil ’ quite unbearably , that he said I had been wrong to write it . |
| 12 | When he started to inquire about my life , I deflected the conversation by saying that I had sold one of the famille rose vases . |
| 13 | I congratulated him , saying that I had no doubt it would be a good day for our foreign affairs but it was a sad day for British housing . |
| 14 | I was invited to join in but always found excuses not to do so , saying that I had early afternoon lessons . |
| 15 | He was saying that I had a better disguise than he did . |
| 16 | I said that I had never heard anything more extraordinary . |
| 17 | And he said that I had perceived correctly , that he might do nothing without my goodwill which he would strive to gain , if I would allow it . |
| 18 | I then said that I had always looked forward to going to the Board of Education . |
| 19 | He said that I had the ability to be not only Britain 's top sprinter but also number one in Europe . |
| 20 | They said that I had torn a policeman 's tunic . |
| 21 | Who said that I had given thee up . |
| 22 | I met the promoter at a party and he was looking for an opening act and I said that I had this dance band which would be a perfect opener for Gary Glitter and he took us on . |
| 23 | Halema turned to the Sheikha who said that I had known her well . |
| 24 | ‘ Azadi said that I had just twenty-four hours to provide him with the exact location of the ship — or else I would be executed . |
| 25 | ‘ I always said that I had to put my medical career before my rugby , but the new job will not force me to retire because my colleagues are so supportive and helpful . ’ |
| 26 | For example , it said I had a daughter called Samantha ( which is not true ) , and it said that I had a Citroen car ( which I do n't — I drive a Renault ) and that I spent three years at the Royal College of Art painting ten-inch red stripes on a piece of canvas and then it quoted me and it said : ' ’ I do n't know why we did it , ’ says Terry . |
| 27 | Slightly bewildered , I said that I had n't . |
| 28 | The Gendarme on duty at Boulogne Police Station looked surprised when I said that I had come to join the French Foreign Legion . |
| 29 | I said that I had been in the British Army which prompted another Englishman called Chris to ask if I had known anybody in the Royal Signals in Aldershot or Catterick . |
| 30 | She said that I had to tell my parents . |