Example sentences of "say he have been [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The police say he 'd been arrested last month and questioned about threats to Mrs Smith , but he 'd been released on police bail pending further enquiries . |
| 2 | hello , hi Matt , alright I did an absolute steamer , excellent , did it really well , it only took me an hour and ten minutes it took me an hour and ten minutes I have n't no I knew , I knew vaguely , knew vaguely enough I mean I have , perfect question came up just describe er the youths portrayed in the er book and there was only two , there was the main character who I got most of the stuff from , from what Katie told me and the rest was the other bloke was called Carston Corsalius and basically all we knew about him was he fancied this other one , the main character , and erm was a journalist , that was it ah put it in nine times , no , I , I do n't know what it means eh , er Matt did n't come in , er a bit of a shame could n't no yeah , what did you really want ? or was that it ? yeah yeah , fixed , flexible and managed yes fixed , flex , fixed , flexible and managed oh right yeah , yeah , yeah , yeah , do n't they and er advantages and disadvantages of indirect tax was , untax and direct was the other one , you know it indirect taxes yes yeah I ca n't remember , I really ca n't remember , like a colour yeah , you wan na know both of those , I 'd , I , I could n't remember all of demand pull , I put down the wage , price , wage spiral or the waged price spiral , that 's a stinker that is , that 's a beauty , I put that down , its ' a beaut , that 's my best diagram and I did three diagram' in four essays I hate doing diagram' yeah he 's here now , we 're about to go for a quick drink like , he says he 's been revising all day so erm , and I shall , I shall brief him , just as you would expect , I shall tell him all he needs I do n't , I do n't want to leave him in the lurch okay see you in French yeah , bye , bye , bye |
| 3 | Mr Hooke says he has been told that Board of Trade President Michael Heseltine is also looking at the deal , along with Welsh Secretary John Redwood and Employment Secretary David Hunt to see if it is in the best interests of the shareholders and taxpayers . |
| 4 | He said he had been made redundant . |
| 5 | ‘ One guy we spoke to said he had been walking this route everyday for the last ten years . |
| 6 | ‘ One guy we spoke to said he had been walking this route every day for the last ten years . |
| 7 | Terry McLaughlin , its deputy editor , said he had been shown sensitive and detailed files by a representative of the ‘ Inner Circle ’ . |
| 8 | Terry McLaughlin , its deputy editor , said he had been shown sensitive and detailed files , including ‘ top secret ’ material , by a representative of the ‘ Inner Circle ’ . |
| 9 | He said he 'd been feeling depressed . |
| 10 | So like I even said that to the coppers today I said he 's been handling seventeen hundred pounds near enough near as damn it |