Example sentences of "said [pers pn] have been [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ She was complaining at not being able to get through because my number was engaged and I said I 'd been talking to you . |
| 2 | Well then about a month later he said he rung June and said I 've been speaking to Geoff he said and th they wan na hi er hire a car for a week . |
| 3 | Erm , oh I have got something else , which is music , erm , at the last meeting I said I 've been talking to Simon from the Queen 's Hall , about the idea of doing pre-concert notes |
| 4 | Well I did we we talked about this , you see Mary Anne , half way through the conversation er Neil went out of the room so that I could to Mary Ann and I said towards the end of my conversation , you know , Mary Ann you 're a very wise person , give me some advice I said , I told her about Neil not wanting no not doing well on the driving , although he can drive she said he does n't want to do it she said do n't hassle him so when he came downstairs I said I 've been talking to Mary Ann and she sends you her love and because , of course , you know , we 've got a grandson , you know she had a son , my |
| 5 | The eight-year-old , who gave evidence by closed-circuit television , said she had been tied to a bed by the men , who wore masks and ‘ did bad things ’ to her after putting Sellotape over her mouth . |
| 6 | Margo Hawes , of Horsforth , said she had been coming to the ballet for years . |
| 7 | Village Group director Paul Hunter said he had been forced to ‘ rest ’ drivers until his firm Liverpool 's largest coach independent was paid . |
| 8 | They said he had been taken to a nearby farmhouse where he was being given shelter for the time being , and that his name was Eric . |