Example sentences of "say they [verb] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Interpreting in schools , colleges , courts , meetings and so on is provided by individual arrangement usually with a social worker for the deaf , though in most personal circumstances ( job interviews etc. ) deaf people say they prefer to use a relative or friend ( Kyle and Allsop , 1982b ) . |
| 2 | The Chirwas say they came to see a sick relative . |
| 3 | Both Mike and Brian say they 've gained a great deal … |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Scientists say they 've used a harmless form of plutonium , but it means regular checks on the volunteers . |
| 6 | Scientists say they 've used a harmless form of plutonium , but it means regular checks on the volunteers . |
| 7 | Police say they 've arrested a thirty eight year old man and a twenty six year old woman . |
| 8 | 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 |
| 9 | Talking of which , Neighbours ' twins Gillian and Gayle Blakeney ( pictured above , although which is which is anyone 's guess ) in Liverpool to prepare for this year 's Empire panto , Dick Whittington , say they hope to have a single cut by Christmas . |
| 10 | They say they had to stop a passing cleaner to take a plate from her trolley |
| 11 | She says they 've had a good time . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Sir Hal Miller , chief executive of the show 's organisers , the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders , also revealed that more than half the visitors had said they planned to buy a new car ‘ in the coming months ’ . |
| 14 | Right wing soldiers in the Philippines have written to national newspapers saying they intend to launch a bloodless coup against President Corizon Aquino , and to replace her with a military junta . |
| 15 | The Judge said they 'd made a strong case about how they 'd be affected by noise from the road . |
| 16 | The Judge said they 'd made a strong case about how they 'd be affected by noise from the road . |
| 17 | and I 'm sure it said they 'd nicked a full street in this one . |
| 18 | Her father , Peter Few Brown said they 'd had a good visit . |
| 19 | However , directors of the 60 per cent-owned member of Robert Maxwell 's stable of companies , said they expected to maintain a final year dividend of 3p ‘ in view of the satisfactory progress ’ of Pergamon 's £90m-plus disposal programme . |
| 20 | When people said they had noticed a Labour or Conservative politician other than Thatcher or Kinnock we asked them who had caught their attention . |
| 21 | Leeds said they had offered a six-figure sum for Fairbank and manager Doug Laughton wanted the player in his side for the home game with St Helens on Sunday week . |
| 22 | The Edinburgh Solicitors ' Property Centre , which handles 85 per cent of second-hand home sales in Edinburgh and the Lothians , said they had experienced a steady growth in the first two months of the year . |
| 23 | " Well , I 'd say they 've copied a good idea from the squirrels and that makes them better rabbits . " |
| 24 | T. B. Bloody pest was stray animals , stray dogs — people would come up and say they 'd found a stray , and you 'd have to take it off them , take their name and address . |
| 25 | ‘ You could say they have suffered a technical knee in the groin , ’ Mr Blackburn told a news conference in London . |