Example sentences of "say [pers pn] have [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ It took quite a while to stitch me up , but everything 's all right now , although they say I 've lost a lot of blood from the placental bleed . ’ |
2 | If anyone takes the mickey I turn round and say I 've got a daughter . " |
3 | When you say I 've got a pet , whatever . |
4 | You say I 've got a tape recorder here . |
5 | But she i if they say she 's made a payment , she must have made a payment . |
6 | Sources close to the leggy catwalk queen , who signed a £1.2 million pop deal , say she has written a lot of lyrics and whoever matches them best to music will go into the studio with her . |
7 | Erm say you 've got a stone on top a cliff . |
8 | I think , you know , you say you 've got a month , I think you 're gon na need also to try and find out from your membership as to whether in fact they 're prepared to turn up on a Saturday as well . |
9 | Say you 've got a report about a small red car , and you want to compare it with all the other small red cars that have been reported in the area . |
10 | Everybody seems to give a different answer , some say ‘ yes , ’ some say , ‘ no ’ and some say you have to get a licence . |
11 | why do n't you wait and see what the numbers are like and then you can always ring up a few people and say we 've got a space if you 'd like to come |
12 | And unfortunately second half it did n't come right but as I say we 've got a point out of it so we still you know , kept ourselves unbeaten for a game or two , so we 've just got to try keep it going and take it from there . |
13 | But Charlton was quick to squash any suggestion his players overstep the mark physically , countering : ‘ I do n't think anyone in the world can point the finger at us and say we 've started a war on a football field . ’ |
14 | Er if it was something serious , like say we 'd had a murder or something in the village |
15 | British Transport Police say they 've launched an investigation . |
16 | Managers say they 've spent a fortune on sound proofing |
17 | N H S they will re transfer your name to Bupa and Bupa will write to you and say they 've got a bed if you 'd like to have it . |
18 | Or as Mr Major said during an election television interview : ‘ Labour say they 've got a recovery package of £1 billion . |
19 | Police say they 've caught a terrorist red handed on his way to plant a bomb . |
20 | Police say they 've caught a terrorist red handed on his way to plant a bomb . |
21 | San Diego-based Brooktree Corp and TRW Inc 's LSI Products Inc say they have reached a settlement of the patent infringement lawsuit filed by Brooktree in 1991 , and that terms of the agreement are favourable to both parties ; the settlement marks the end of all Brooktree 's current patent litigation . |
22 | IBM Corp has a less than impressive record in turning developments in its laboratories into commercial products , but perhaps that will change when an outsider is installed at the helm , and IBM researchers say they have developed a polymer film that can capture and hold vast amounts of data in the form of hologram images at speeds 100 to 1,000 times faster than current Winchester disk drives . |
23 | MOLECULAR biologists in Australia say they have designed a range of new molecules effective in the initial step of destroying the activity of viruses . |
24 | They say they have found a link between eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia and pictures of slimline models . |
25 | IBM Canada Ltd and Apple Canada Ltd say they have won an education technology supply contract from the New Brunswick government : the province is to invest $12.7m in education technology in the next three years with the first phase starting immediately with $2m investment . |
26 | Mrs Smith 's family say he 'd written a letter threatening her and he should have been detained . |
27 | You say he 's got a bit of a reputation as a skinflint . ’ |
28 | my wife says she 's seen a programme on telly . |
29 | Moira McVitie says she 's got a pal that went to that Steptoe 's Clinic . |
30 | You know , one minute I 'm thinking Marie 's my girlfriend , and then all of a sudden she says she 's got a husband and that . |