Example sentences of "say that [noun prp] have been [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is a report on CEEFAX that say that Wilko has been approached by Lazio re : the sale of one fat Geordie ! |
| 2 | UK Transport Minister John MacGregor yesterday published a paper proposal to introduce road pricing to ease congestion in London : under his plan , every car would have to be fitted with an electronic identifier , and its movements within the capital would be monitored by 4,000 roadside beacons : drivers would either establish credit with the system operator or be sent a quarterly bill , the Evening Standard reports ; the paper says that MacGregor has been trying to think up a snappy name for the thing , but reckless of the manner in which the Community Charge degenerated into the much-excoriated Poll Tax , he has settled on Congestion Charge . |
| 3 | Unix Labs says that Novell has been kept abreast of its strategy and efforts in the case , and has indicated its support . |
| 4 | Dr Tom Walker , the head of BP Nutrition , says that BP had been kept aware of developments but had decided not to take part . |
| 5 | The hon. Member for Fife , Central says that TECs have been set up ’ at breakneck speed with scant regard to the complex and interrelated problems underpinning Britain 's skills crisis . ’ |
| 6 | She had said that Isobel had been to see her , and that she , Anna had been horrible to her . |
| 7 | Maureen had returned to the wool shop and told Anne that her customer who knew the O'Neills had said that Kathleen had been injured on her head and shoulder by shrapnel and been taken to hospital in Winwick several miles outside Liverpool . |
| 8 | On Nov. 26 The Washington Post quoted Abdel Razzaq Saqer , a spokesman for the Kuwaiti government-in-exile , as saying that Majid had been shot and killed by members of the Kuwaiti resistance . |
| 9 | Supporters tearful , this woman saying that Russia had been reborn , that she 'd never known such happiness . |
| 10 | ‘ When we were waiting to be questioned by the police , Doug Wilson was saying that Rodney had been making a play for Angy and hinting that he might have got somewhere . ’ |
| 11 | Before long , Maudie had a baby — and soon after that , a telegram arrived saying that Arnold had been killed in action . |
| 12 | Erm I 've got a note , or I had a note to write to the admin at the university and I have done , erm saying that Derek 's been approaching people , apologising for not writing beforehand and saying that Derek 's been approaching people and if they 've got a problem they should write back P D Q. |
| 13 | Erm I 've got a note , or I had a note to write to the admin at the university and I have done , erm saying that Derek 's been approaching people , apologising for not writing beforehand and saying that Derek 's been approaching people and if they 've got a problem they should write back P D Q. |
| 14 | Whenever anybody started to make fun of Lennie , calling him cuckoo or crazy , George jumped straight to Lennie 's defence and said that Lennie had been kicked in the head when he was a little boy . |
| 15 | He said that Dodman had been suffering from a mental illness which could have affected his behaviour . |
| 16 | He said that Dodman had been suffering from a mental illness which could have affected his behaviour and asked that Dodman be sent for psychiatric help . |
| 17 | Then the local government ombudsman put his boot into the council by issuing a report which said that CHE had been treated unjustly . |
| 18 | Police said that Kelly had been shot in the head by Bastian who then turned the gun on himself . |
| 19 | Another man said that Portadown had been expecting something like this after the recent attacks in Lurgan . |
| 20 | The GP said that Peter had been to see her many times in the two years that he had been married , with small ailments that seemed to be stress-related . |
| 21 | In a statement on July 31 the IRA said that Gow had been killed because he had been central to the formulation of British government policy decisions on Northern Ireland , including those during the hunger strikes of 1980-81 and the " shoot-to-kill " operations of 1982 , and had remained a close confidant of the Prime Minister until his death . |
| 22 | He said that Habash had been allowed to leave because there were no legal reasons for holding him . |
| 23 | The next morning the Prior brought a letter for Corbett ; a simple note which said that Benstede had been attacked by unknown assailants the previous morning , that he was safe but advised Corbett to be most cautious . |
| 24 | When they met , Burn said that Donaldson had been to see him in the interim . |
| 25 | The government statement said that Keeling had been expelled because of unsavoury reports about the Nigerian government , which it said had been " fraught with inaccuracies and outright fallacies apparently intended to cause mischief and disharmony among Nigerians " . |
| 26 | A federation spokesman said that Fifa had been informed . |
| 27 | Lita Dowell , prosecuting , said that Thomas had been having an affair with Mrs Dean for four months before the attack in August . |
| 28 | The sensible thing would have been to say that Crabb had been diving in the area to test out equipment and had got into difficulties , surfaced near the Russian ships and then drowned . |
| 29 | An hour later the newspaper 's deputy editor received an anonymous call to say that Remy had been abducted by Ngune 's men . |
| 30 | She must have misunderstood Tracey last night when he rang to say that Sykes had been taken away . |