Example sentences of "say [pers pn] 've [verb] [art] [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 | 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 . |
| 3 | She said , ‘ You know , they say you 've done the dirty on us in the Council . ’ |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Six months after a seventy year old man was found beaten to death in his home , police say they 've made an important breakthrough . |
| 7 | Both Mike and Brian say they 've gained a great deal … |
| 8 | Oxfam aid workers say they 've become the new targets in the war in Somalia . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Scientists say they 've used a harmless form of plutonium , but it means regular checks on the volunteers . |
| 11 | Scientists say they 've used a harmless form of plutonium , but it means regular checks on the volunteers . |
| 12 | 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 |
| 13 | Detectives investigating the murder of a man who was killed at his engagement party say they 've had an encouraging response to their appeals for information . |
| 14 | The Coach Council say they 've got an enviable safety record . |
| 15 | 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 |
| 16 | ‘ They 've just said you 've got a great backside — and from a West Indian that 's the highest compliment you can have . ’ |
| 17 | She says they 've had a good time . |
| 18 | Adrian says they 've had an incredible response to the new boat … the best ever … they 've had interest worldwide from Japan to South America |
| 19 | National Judo Coach , Mike Ilott , says they 've had an excellent response . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Saying I 've got a hairy chest . |
| 22 | Right so what we 're saying really , I , I know we 've got three other people to come to but what comes out of the first one is , alright , you 're saying you 've got an organised day , and I 'm sure you have , and I do n't have any problem as such . |
| 23 | But it 's a compliment it 's a compliment from the company saying we 've got a looking people that we 're quite that people can you know . |
| 24 | What happened whilst you were on holiday after that first few days off , the guy rang me up and said , hey some of your staff have been down er say saying we 've got an urgent service that you can have in two hours . |
| 25 | And he went on just across the road to Road Co-op and he bought a small loaf of bread which at that time would be about tuppence , and gave the old lady this small loaf about ten days afterwards he called again , he said , he said I 've come to see you again , now are you alright and so on , he said I 've done a foolish thing this morning , he said I 'm responsible for the flowers , altar flowers , he said and I 've left my wallet at my lodgings , and my landlady has gone down to for the day . |
| 26 | Oh , he said I 've done the wrong number ! |
| 27 | He said I 've got a new system now I 'm going and what is that then ? |
| 28 | and I said I 've got a little boy who can do building work , he mixes cement in the cement mixer |
| 29 | wo n't be worth going on the bus unless like I said you 've got a great load to carry but then that could be worked out on a Saturday morning , it would mean going down there , after Tesco 's that 's the only thing |
| 30 | He said you 've got a fucking hole in the exhaust . |