Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [pers pn] [prep] [adj] authority " in BNC.
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1 | I have it on good authority from the owner 's husband that Homme d'Affaire will take a lot of beating if the going comes up soft for the Waterloo Handicap Hurdle . |
2 | I have it on good authority from the owner 's husband that Homme d'Affaire will take a lot of beating if the going comes up soft for the Waterloo Handicap Hurdle . |
3 | I have it on good authority that I 'm likely to live . |
4 | Of course , America is a different story , and I have it on good authority that Harmonys still abound there . |
5 | I have it on good authority that Fat Sam 's pleasure is coarsing . |
6 | I have it on good authority from a cousin in Stockport , who has a drinking buddy who knows the car park attendant at Altrincham , that my name has already been linked with a managerial post at both Rotherham and Manchester United . |
7 | Furthermore , I have it on good authority that the same arkie has been invited to attend the South of England Rally this year . |
8 | ‘ I have it on good authority that your father is seriously considering selling , ’ he said calmly . |
9 | ‘ I have it on good authority that there is a waiting list of up to 50 weeks despite what the health authority says . |
10 | ‘ I have it on good authority that when Satan left , Christ did it but then changed them back to show he would not be tempted to eat . |
11 | I have it on good authority that someone living at Hempnall became very enamoured of a stray mink she found outside her house . |
12 | I have it on unimpeachable authority that his abiding interest is the human voice — whether the one we hear when we speak , or the one that informs and sustains us whatever we read . |