Example sentences of "[Wh pn] say they [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 've had tons of letters — you know the sort of thing : people who say they knew the originals of the characters in Cotton Town , people who say he said ‘ bobbin-waggler ’ when he should have said ‘ throcket-shuttle ’ . |
| 2 | They fall into three groups : ( 1 ) eight working-class women who say initially that they ‘ like ’ or ‘ do n't mind ’ housework , but turn out to be dissatisfied with it ; ( 2 ) two middle-class women who follow the same pattern ; and ( 3 ) two middle-class women who say they dislike housework but are satisfied with it . |
| 3 | Tenants in a house at Brockworth near Gloucester , who say they 've been paying rent for six months , barracaded themselves in when they heard they were being evicted because their landlord had defaulted on his mortgage . |
| 4 | They were arrested after police were tipped off by local residents , who say they 've since been threatened and intimidated . |
| 5 | They were arrested after police were tipped off by local residents , who say they 've since been threatened and intimidated . |
| 6 | Claims lawyer Leslie Perrin is wading through more than a hundred cases of people who say they 've fallen victim to the virulent chryptosporidium bug and he believes that 's just a small percentage of the number who could eventually seek damages . |
| 7 | People who say they sell drugs because they do n't have enough money , I think they 're lying . |
| 8 | Those who say they like washing up do not like the task itself — one woman likes it because she has a dishwasher , one because she has just acquired a new stainless steel sink , and the third likes it merely ‘ to get it out of the way ’ . |
| 9 | They are young and middle-aged men , many with wives and children in Turkey , who say they have suffered repeated imprisonments , police beatings and torture because of their sympathies for communist and Kurdish independence groups . |
| 10 | How can a child feel able to tell , and have confidence in those who say they have their ‘ best interests ’ in mind , when the person they have named as their abuser is to be involved in everything that then happens to them ? |
| 11 | Sometimes when I listen to people who say they have lost their faith , it strikes me as less surprising thin they suggest . |
| 12 | Since 1988 the number of applications from people who say they have nowhere to live has soared from 160 to 629 . |
| 13 | Since 1988 , the number of applications from people who say they have nowhere to live has soared from 160 to 629 . |
| 14 | The Serb action was a fresh setback for relief agencies faced with mounting hostility from Bosnian leaders and citizens who say they have not done enough to help feed up to 200,000 people trapped by Serbs in Muslim-held pockets of eastern Bosnia . |
| 15 | And even people who say they do n't care how they look care how they look . |
| 16 | A child who suffers up to forty fits a day is baffling doctors , who say they do n't know what 's caused the little girl 's brain disorder . |
| 17 | That 's one thing here , will get them in and out , but I 've spoken to patients who say they do n't get the care here and , on the surface it looks a brilliant hospital , it gets them in and out , you know , it does everything , it 's got all the facilities but it does n't give them the care . |
| 18 | Earlier this The Northern highlighted the plight of Fred Smith and Ann Clarey , of Glamis Terrace , Evenwood , who say they lost many of their electrical goods in the burglary . |
| 19 | Watch out for workmen who say they need access to your home to check something or make urgent repairs . |
| 20 | who say they need help . |
| 21 | People who say they stand for animal protection , for compassion , for human responsibility towards the other animals , speak well and truly , as far as these descriptions go . |
| 22 | They have spoken to witnesses who say they recognise an artist 's impression of the man . |
| 23 | Many 's the time I 've been with people whose eyes glazed over when I 've said I was a feminist and I 've done the same with people who say they love to play golf . |
| 24 | Now normally over each break there 's not that much there 's I 've had a few students who say they want lessons through the holiday cut normally not that much but this |
| 25 | Marjorie , a Samaritans spokeswoman , said : ‘ We have received a number of calls from people who say they want to change sex . |
| 26 | But lots of people travel in the snow-washed variety — especially cocky skiers who say they wear denim on the slopes because they never fall over . |
| 27 | Police had to be called to the Ferry Side Beach , near Carmarthen , yesterday as tension rose and tempers flared in a confrontation between the visiting cocklers and locals , who say they rely on the cockles for their livelihoods . |
| 28 | The surprise statement was greeted with scepticism by protesters who say they believe it 's a ploy designed to throw them off their guard . |