Example sentences of "[noun] say [pers pn] have a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Your mummy says you had a mood . |
| 2 | Then , a few days after I got back from Oxford , I got a telegram to say I had a scholarship . |
| 3 | Swales said he had a lot of flair , but admitted he was an unknown quantity . |
| 4 | Before any additional Alpha licencees are revealed , DEC says it has a heap of important VAX announcements to make . |
| 5 | DEC says it has a memorandum of understanding with a second source for the Alpha chip . |
| 6 | The Ministry says it has a duty to buy from overseas if that provides the best value for money for the taxpayer . |
| 7 | But with fighter pilots depending on them for the fuel to get home with , the tanker crews say they have a feeling their friends will look after them . |
| 8 | Tewkesbury Borough Council says it has a duty to uphold planning regulations . |
| 9 | The social workers say they have a duty to prepare the seventeen year old for independent life as an adult . |
| 10 | In the morning Tom said he had a cold . |
| 11 | The victims ' relatives say they have a life sentence to bare , and Gooch deserved to spend longer in prison . |
| 12 | Your wife says you have a lot to learn about being a parent , but it is she who has a lot to learn . |
| 13 | But Sam said he had a surprise to show her ; and Sarah , obviously put up to it by him , claimed she would prefer to sit in the shade on the terrace and do a water colour of the garden at La Gracieuse . |
| 14 | PF said she had a job of work to do for which she was paid . |
| 15 | Dr Mumby said he had a duty to put the potential benefits of allergy diagnosis and treatment in public view , which was why he attracted publicity in newspapers rather than professional journals . |
| 16 | The prison staff say they have a difficulty with dealing with troublesome prisoners being sent from other jails . |
| 17 | But when you come to something that says one or more closures of elderly persons ' homes in the east of the county , I do n't think it 's quite fair for people saying we have a right to be told on that , but that it 's insufficiently explicit for them to , to respond to consultation , and to bring their particularly cases forward . |
| 18 | Lucy 's father said she had a headful of nonsense , her public would disagree |
| 19 | The doctor said he had a cousin in Sheila na gigh . |
| 20 | It is one thing to say we have a goal ; it is another to actually act on it . |
| 21 | She sang at her work in a voice so pure that the local men said she had a bell in every tooth , and was gifted by God … |
| 22 | ‘ Mitford said he had a row with him . |
| 23 | National Grid , Britain 's high-voltage supply company , and London Electricity say they have a code of practice for workers handling the gas . |
| 24 | But the company says it has a claim AGAINST the Ghanaian Government ‘ significantly in excess of £1m ’ . |
| 25 | Santa Clara , California-based Nimbus Technology says it has a DMA controller chip for Sparc Sbus input/output devices , which at $35 , costs 30% less than LSI Logic 's comparable part , it claims . |
| 26 | A spokeswoman for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds said it had a network of volunteers ‘ monitoring the situation ’ throughout the province . |