Example sentences of "he said [conj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps he said that for the benefit of Signor fragolli , so I just said , ‘ OK . ’ |
| 2 | He brings with him his radio and prepares for — his — match with Lierse listening to BBC hoping for Leeds goals … and after the Wembley match he went straigth to Batty for changing shirts — i think he said that for the couple of last minutes that was the main thing — not that he had made a great goal or Norway getting a draw . |
| 3 | He said that of course he would , but what could he do ? |
| 4 | To be fair , he echoed his party 's line when he said that of course the 20 per cent . |
| 5 | He said that despite the Rotary Club being made up mainly of shopkeepers and small businessmen , they had been ‘ very helpful ’ in putting them in touch with Rotary contacts in London . |
| 6 | He said that despite a substantial grant from Lloyds Bank , the event lost £2,000 . |
| 7 | He said that despite the delay Devonport was still confident that , if ‘ logic , common sense and value for money prevail ’ , it would be chosen as the site for the nuclear refitting work . |
| 8 | Chairman Mao insisted on re-education : ‘ He said that despite our intellectual development , we still had dirty minds which must be cleansed by contact with true working classes — lucky again , because I learned much folk music from my colleagues . |
| 9 | He said that to her every night she went up behind Pet , and every night she promised she would n't . |
| 10 | I daresay he said that to his disciples , only that bit was censored . |
| 11 | He said that to " accuse to the government of fostering violence [ was ] an insult " and maintained that most of the violence was the result of ethnic and political conflict between ANC supporters and those of the mainly Zulu Inkatha Freedom Party . |
| 12 | Following a cabinet discussion of a report on the environmental situation , he said that since 1989 the emissions of solid pollutants had fallen by 12 per cent , sulphur oxides by 11 per cent and nitrogen oxides by 21 per cent . |
| 13 | He said that as the world 's biggest gold producer , the Soviet Union might consider using its gold stocks to guarantee the value of the rouble and of Soviet government bonds . |
| 14 | He said that as a boy at school he had such experiences and wondered whether they were like Michael 's . |
| 15 | He said that as an actor he had to respond to stories which he found so funny . |
| 16 | Under cross-examination from Alan Gore , a barrister representing one of the dead drivers , he said that as a result one of the options had been amended . |
| 17 | When he said that about kidneys and tigers I 'd felt a shock of fear . |
| 18 | if he said that about Gemma , and he 's quite friendly with her as well |
| 19 | He said that with Scott 's abilities and talents , he would produce a very good building , but this design ‘ instead of being an ornament ’ would disfigure the Metropolis , it is a ‘ frightful structure ’ . |
| 20 | I asked him for more but he said that with the family allowance we had the same . |
| 21 | He knew that I had always stopped and got off if there was anything else on the road — and that was back in wartime remember — so he said that with the sort of traffic that 's on the road now I would never be on for getting off ! |
| 22 | He said that with a straight face |
| 23 | He said that on her birthday he asked her what she had learnt from life , and she thought for a long time , and then said : ‘ That people are morally the same , and intellectually different . ’ |
| 24 | In this memoirs he said that on 15 March he learned that Hassan was pressing Washington to admit the Shah . |
| 25 | He said that on one of his voyages , he passed a floating island thronged with demonic blacksmiths who forged and hammered the evil souls of assassins ! ’ |
| 26 | He said that on that day he had 70 pupils at the West Lothian college and Oatridge agricultural college , and the links between the colleges were excellent . |
| 27 | He said that on Donna Simpkin 's death , mantack stood to get £90,000 from a life insurance policy that had been taken out just days before the killing . |
| 28 | He said that on the issue of whether parents in such circumstances could claim damages , he had reached a different conclusion from Lord Prosser . |
| 29 | He said that at the original trial , the magazine had no idea £25,000 had been paid to Mrs Sutcliffe by Mail on Sunday reporter Barbara Jones - and nor had the jury . |
| 30 | He said that at the recent mission in Cambridge Billy Graham had taught the grossest doctrines . |