Example sentences of "say they [verb] [verb] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Doctors in Swindon say they 've seen three cases of a rare illness normally associated with Third World countries . |
| 2 | Now West Mercia police say they 've interviewed 12 present and former members of staff . |
| 3 | Treasury officials say they want to save one billion pounds on defence , the opening demand in a vicious Whitehall battle . |
| 4 | During that time , police say they expect to issue hundreds of summonses . |
| 5 | The rebels say they have captured 30,000 of the government 's men . |
| 6 | Yeah yeah a good Da Dave manages Doncaster now he 's an ex manager of Walsall as well We lived at the Brown Lion at the time and er , I , I was out the front on the Saturday evening and I er manager 's just been to fetch his Sunday joint from the local butchers and he shouted across the road to his pal how have they got on , cos there was no radio in those days , and er he says they 've won two nil and the man dropped his meat in front of him and dribbled it all the way down the road , it was such excitement it was of course all people over the moon . |
| 7 | She says they 've got dozens of dishes from the period . |
| 8 | Well Mark says they 've got twenty songs prepared like . |
| 9 | Valerie Jones , who is manager of one of Lambeth 's youth justice teams , says they have written 160 pre-sentence reports since last October . |
| 10 | Mam said they 'd ordered two daily papers , and they must come down to collect those . ’ |
| 11 | He said they 've had twelve 'ouses them , since they 've been married . |
| 12 | Apparently the , he said they 've had one of them up in court twenty seven times and they have n't been able to prove it yet |
| 13 | And he said he said they 've got eight hundred caravan parks throughout the country . |
| 14 | Mr Banerjee said only the would-be bomber had been killed , but witnesses and other railway officials said they had seen four bodies on the platform . |
| 15 | Anthony Smith , of the Consumers ' Association , said they had received 21 complaints about the machines — 12 of them describing serious fires . |
| 16 | Anyway the other morning in the office they said they had to do seven days a week but no extra pay . |
| 17 | He said they had conducted hundreds of interviews and concluded that the charges were ‘ either concocted or imagined . ’ |
| 18 | Early in the inquiry , police said they wanted to trace two men from Ireland . |
| 19 | The 78 women at Avdel Systems in Welwyn Garden City , Herts , said they faced losing 20 per cent of their pensions if they retired at 60 . |