"admits the headteacher"

[Odessa Dawn]

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"Some governors, admits the headteacher, Vic Goddard, have worried about the wisdom of this. "One governor said he wondered whether mentioning bullying so often was a mistake – would people think it was more of a problem here because I keep talking about it?"

More: The Guardian

Isn’t the basic order for the main parts of a sentence; "Subject-Verb-Object?" Why does admit in the underlined part precede the headteacher?
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[5jj]

"This is not uncommon," said 5jj, "when the speech word follows the words spoken.
"You often see it," added Dr Postule.

 

[BRKsays]

It's okay. The sentence makes sense.

 

[Rover_KE]

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Rover