Example sentences of "say [pers pn] have [be] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah , well what I think he , I think he will emulsion over it cos I mean the ceiling 's a bit , as you say she 'd been a smoker |
| 2 | Having tried it here in our own studio and been most impressed , I have also spoken to JMP-1 converts Geoff Whitehorn and Phil Hilborne who say it 's been a godsend to their recording . |
| 3 | So he would be vague , and talk of the south , and say he had been a vagrant for many years . |
| 4 | He says they 've been a thorn in the side of the auhtorities . |
| 5 | Martin Hines says he 's been a winner here twice and everyone will be looking to beat him . |
| 6 | Lucy says it has been a lesson in sympathy to begin again as a ‘ new ’ teacher , finding a way to pull our work more into line with the current fitness scene . |
| 7 | Bearing in mind that Mr Steel probably on his own admission has said he 's been a bit late out of the starting blocks in order to make his bid for a review of the allocations , er I mean how do you feel in response to that ? |
| 8 | Saying it 'd been a year when it 's been ten ! |
| 9 | Nurse Geeson said she had been a staff nurse on the children 's ward for ten years up to 1991 and had only come across four or five occasions when children suffered heart or respiratory attacks . |
| 10 | We 'd like to say it 's been a pleasure serving you , but we 'd be lying , you miserable tight-arses ! ’ |
| 11 | Oh are you well I 'll give you a a , I lost it at lunchtime ex-Radio Virgin certificate for being a first time on and er I 'd like to say it 's been a pleasure . |
| 12 | Mr David Howell ( C. Guildford ) , the chairman of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee , who opened the debate , said it had been a choice between the lesser evil of repatriation and the greater evil of doing nothing , which might inflict more cruelty , suffering and inhumane conditions on the people in the camps . |
| 13 | The two sets of carers who were not content with the institutionalisation decision were : the male friend of a single woman who said it had been a pleasure to visit her daily and help look after her ; after five months she was admitted to hospital under a guardianship order because she was felt to be at risk . |
| 14 | Wheeler said he had been a member of the force for twelve and a half years and had been on duty on the Docks since last August . |
| 15 | Ken Gillance , for Hayman , said he had been a youth of impeccable character . |
| 16 | Payton said : ‘ I was bought to score goals and some people could probably say I have been a flop . |
| 17 | ‘ Yes , you could say it has been a bit of an embarrassing muddle . |