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 …
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