Example sentences of "say they have [vb pp] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Managers say they 've spent a fortune on sound proofing |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Or as Mr Major said during an election television interview : ‘ Labour say they 've got a recovery package of £1 billion . |
| 4 | Police say they 've caught a terrorist red handed on his way to plant a bomb . |
| 5 | Police say they 've caught a terrorist red handed on his way to plant a bomb . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | MOLECULAR biologists in Australia say they have designed a range of new molecules effective in the initial step of destroying the activity of viruses . |
| 9 | They say they have found a link between eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia and pictures of slimline models . |
| 10 | Gary Wills says they 've done a lot of work on the swing and all he does now is aim the golf club him . |
| 11 | Adrian says they 've spent a lot of time in the water … tweaking this and tweaking that and making sure that it has come through production with flying colours … |
| 12 | Dean Patterson says the use of solar energy is important to all people around the world … and he says we will say electric cars on the road within five years but even with the sun shining … they 're are breakdowns … punctures and problems … a driver says they 've had a stone fly up and brake the chain but they 'll get going again |
| 13 | Captain Paul Donohue says they 've got a lot of young players coming up through the ranks of the Oxford City Ice Hockey Club . |
| 14 | She says they 've got a student teacher , she 's only about twenty three . |
| 15 | They had total-stumped some US Cav in the Painted Desert , and some were saying they had scratched a Maniax Chapter in the Rockies . |
| 16 | The horsebox driver and his son said they 'd felt a bump but thought it was a hole in the road . |
| 17 | So the letting officer from one of them said they 'd got a house for me . |
| 18 | instead of saying , telling the er insurance people that they 'd give them the bills and they could pay them as they came in , he said they 'd got a lump sum . |
| 19 | Mind you it seemed that they had a test at school last week and he was n't terribly happy with it , he said he could n't understand it , he tried to explain to me what it was , but erm , it 's not , not easy , but Ga Gavin said erm , he said they 'd had a test and he said it took him time to get into it but once he got into it , you know , he did alright in it , I think he said how many he got , he did n't seem to do too badly , but he said Alex did n't really do anything and what he did do he thought was wrong so he did n't hand it in , he said and in actual fact what he had done was right , so I do n't know , I told , I told Alex to go and see , you know , and ask about it and sort of erm , apparently he did do that so at least he 'll know , but erm , it 's strange really because normally Alex |
| 20 | I said they 've got a duvet in the ward , in my wardro |
| 21 | I thought you said they 've got a chap |
| 22 | Meanwhile , Germany 's employer , trade and industry associations said they had formed a committee to fight xenophobia , which is now said to be putting off foreigners from investing in the country 's impoverished East . |
| 23 | Although Suzanne lived with friends , John said they had planned a family Christmas with her sister Michelle , 20 , and brother Steven , 14 , |
| 24 | The Alliance and Leicester Building Society said that 31 per cent of people questioned said they had delayed a move because of the poor state of the housing market , an increase of three per cent on May . |
| 25 | Last night the investigating team said they had made a breakthrough when a missing hood from James 's anorak was discovered by officers searching the area . |
| 26 | Police in north India , meanwhile , said they had found a cache of 6lb of RDX plastic explosive , similar to that used in the Bombay bombs . |
| 27 | Lady Henrietta Tavistock said they had demanded a meeting with the Chipperfield organisation which owns the monkeys at both parks . |
| 28 | Mr Lawes and Mr Whatling said they had signed a partnership deal once it became clear how important the find was . |
| 29 | You do n't often get people ringing up in the middle of the night to say they 've found a body in the bath . |
| 30 | I thought you were gon na say they 've made a mess . |