Example sentences of "say [pers pn] had a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Say she had a win on the bingo and sent me my fare — God knows she 'd never have the money else . |
2 | gone , say she had a limit of eight hundred and think oh well I 'll do some more shopping oh can you up it another three or four hundred |
3 | ‘ You say you had a drink at Oxford Station ? ’ |
4 | But the thing I think , no but like with drugs , say you had a talk on it class of like removes |
5 | And yet you say you had a letter did n't you again . |
6 | I think it 's covered for like , like you say , like for some reason , say you had a fire , and you had to stop work . |
7 | And er as I say we had a concert after this but th th I ca n't remember whether they were professionals or whether any good amateur people . |
8 | You know some say it had a trunk |
9 | I said well we had I said I had a bit of a run in with the lady who ran it , I did n't agree that he should be compelled to do singing which she thought he should I said and we had a decided it cos he . |
10 | ‘ Your mummy says you had a mood . |
11 | ‘ She was well known in Aspull and it had been said she had a heart of gold . ’ |
12 | Nigel Clark , CHairman of the Sunday Racing Campaign , says we had a meeting in Doncaster in July which was an unprecedented success . |
13 | He left a distinctive mark of his presence , protesting on 12 December that a member had been ‘ pulled back ’ from voting in a close division , and fainting six days later : ‘ It was said he had a spice of the falling sickness . ’ |
14 | ‘ Just do n't go about saying you had a bang on the head . |
15 | Christina had offered to drive Stephen to the airport , but he had refused her offer in favour of James Morris 's , saying they had a lot to talk about . |
16 | She asked me to a cocktail-party to which I did n't want to go , so I said I had a cold which was n't true at the time but knowing my chest I guessed that I should have a bronchial cough at any moment and so I did . |
17 | For example , it said I had a daughter called Samantha ( which is not true ) , and it said that I had a Citroen car ( which I do n't — I drive a Renault ) and that I spent three years at the Royal College of Art painting ten-inch red stripes on a piece of canvas and then it quoted me and it said : ' ’ I do n't know why we did it , ’ says Terry . |
18 | Now , I must confess I had n't seen much of Mr Wogan before I met him because , when I got my television set at Low Birk Hatt , Richard Megstone , the nice young gentleman who looked after the Youth Hostel in Baldersdale and kindly took care of my electrical things , said I had a choice — either BBC1 or Channel 4 . |
19 | ‘ One day he returned home to Chamalières and said I had a job with Michel and Pierre for £1.50 a month . |
20 | She said I had a letter this morning |
21 | Who said I had a chip ? |
22 | Then , a few days after I got back from Oxford , I got a telegram to say I had a scholarship . |
23 | ‘ She said you had a chill on the kidneys and you 'd be in bed for a few days yet . |
24 | Shelley said , ‘ I thought you said you had a clinic today ? |
25 | ‘ I thought you said you had a lot of respect for him as a reporter ? ’ |
26 | He wanted to speak to you but I said you had a string of interviews , so he coughed up to me , nae bother . |
27 | and you said you had a letter . |
28 | Lucy 's father said she had a headful of nonsense , her public would disagree |
29 | I wanted to go with her but she said she had a lot to sort out with Fernando and would rather be on her own . ’ |
30 | She sang at her work in a voice so pure that the local men said she had a bell in every tooth , and was gifted by God … |