Example sentences of "say [pron] have [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So erm I 'm you kn I do n't propose to do that again because I would n't er I would n't arrange a speaker if we had a full table show but it 's nice to know that it did work out because we were , I was forced into a corner a little bit erm and I think it was worth it because we as I say I 've waited a long time for Danny and he was well worth listening to , I can listen to Danny for hours because he he just speaks and , and tells you about his fish , I 'm , I 'm very very fond of listening to Danny cos I think he gives a good talk . |
| 2 | If you say someone 's got a big ego , what do you mean ? |
| 3 | Okay someone else in your own class say who 's got a fair idea about what 's going on but |
| 4 | Whereas I mean , , if you sort of give the criticism first and say the wrong area is that , and then finish it off with the praise , they know where they stand , and when you come up to them and say you 've done a superb job , they 're not just sitting back , thinking oh yes , what 's coming next . |
| 5 | Well because if , if we got , if we say you 've got a certain number of members of staff , and each full time equivalent offers you two hundred and twenty two point eight working days a year . |
| 6 | Now let's keep the force the same , say we 've got a Mini engine providing us , just running it steady at three thousand R P M. Pushing out the same amount of force , keep the force the same , this time we put a smaller mass , we 've got a Mini engine and you 've put it on your pushbike . |
| 7 | Both Mike and Brian say they 've gained a great deal … |
| 8 | 2 further people were arrested during the search and police say they 've recovered a substantial sum of money , eight stolen cars and a shotgun . |
| 9 | Scientists say they 've used a harmless form of plutonium , but it means regular checks on the volunteers . |
| 10 | Scientists say they 've used a harmless form of plutonium , but it means regular checks on the volunteers . |
| 11 | An and they ring up and they say they 've had a cold all week and they ca n't put up with it a minute longer |
| 12 | They say they had to stop a passing cleaner to take a plate from her trolley |
| 13 | Marius had a history of heart trouble — you say he 'd had a minor attack before you went to France in the summer . |
| 14 | say he 's got a flat nose has n't he ? |
| 15 | Insiders say he has transplanted a large tract of greenery into the leaderene 's speech , which will dwell on her commitment to saving the world from global warming . |
| 16 | Neighbours say he has kept a low profile since moving in , prefering to stay by the pool than go out on the town . |
| 17 | Reports from Australia say he has signed a one-season contract . |
| 18 | Ah not too bad he says the doctor says I 've got a festered back passage Dessie says and there he is scrubbing the fuck imagine |
| 19 | A child says she has brought a magic carpet . |
| 20 | she says she 's got a beautiful place I said yeah , but look how many stairs , I said I just could n't climb the stairs , she said oh that 's it , she says , but er , she says knowing you like I 've always well she says and your husband , she even described you , she says I , I 'd thought you 'd move into a better area than that . |
| 21 | He says you have to keep a tight hold on the nuts . |
| 22 | ‘ They 've just said you 've got a great backside — and from a West Indian that 's the highest compliment you can have . ’ |
| 23 | She says they 've had a good time . |
| 24 | The education authority says they 've launched a major recruitment drive but with the children due to start secondary school in September parents are now writing to local councils and M Ps . |
| 25 | well he 's er , he says he 's done a big X-ray . |
| 26 | God bless , R.J. PS Please water ( and of course eat ) the tomatoes PPS Yaxlee says he 's got a nice young bay cob if you want to hack . |
| 27 | NATO says it has completed a huge reduction in its Cold War nuclear arsenal , cutting the number of weapons in Europe by 80pc . |
| 28 | Seagate Technology Inc says it has reached a multi-million dollar agreement with Corning Inc which will enable it to produce a hard disk drive that is sturdier and stores more than conventional drives : it will use Corning' glass-ceramic dubbed Memcor and developed over six years of research and development ; shipments of the material , which is thinner , stronger and more rugged than traditional aluminium substrates , and enables the recording head to be placed much closer to the surface of the disk , will begin shortly and output of drives will start in the third quarter . |
| 29 | Schlumberger Ltd says it has formed a joint venture , Advanced Meter Reading Technologies , with Motorola Inc to develop wireless electronics technology for remote and automated reading of water , gas , heat and electricity meters : starting next second quarter , Motorola will manufacture the products , and Schlumberger will provide , market and sell the products and service them . |
| 30 | Taunton , Massachusetts-based Kopin Corp says it has developed a transmissive 640 by 480 active matrix liquid crystal display formed from a single crystal of silicon : the AMLCD Smart Slide imaging device has a resolution of about 500 lines per inch , the level seen as necessary for high resolution imaging . |