Example sentences of "say they have a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The victims ' relatives say they have a life sentence to bare , and Gooch deserved to spend longer in prison . |
| 2 | The prison staff say they have a difficulty with dealing with troublesome prisoners being sent from other jails . |
| 3 | National Grid , Britain 's high-voltage supply company , and London Electricity say they have a code of practice for workers handling the gas . |
| 4 | The social workers say they have a duty to prepare the seventeen year old for independent life as an adult . |
| 5 | But with fighter pilots depending on them for the fuel to get home with , the tanker crews say they have a feeling their friends will look after them . |
| 6 | He says they have a security company to search people on the door and dealers will be pinpointed . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | I saw something on the television today it 's sitting there said they 've a cause about it |
| 9 | There were a couple of men waiting for me in the car park tonight , said they had a message for me from a ‘ friend ’ that ran along the lines of warning me to keep my nose out of things that did n't concern me . ’ |
| 10 | They said they had a knife and would attack him if he did n't hand over his own vehicle . |
| 11 | ‘ They said they had a gun and stuck an object into my side , threatening to shoot me if I did anything stupid . ’ |
| 12 | The witness began to cry , and said they had a quilt and other little things . |
| 13 | to erm the hospitals and erm they would appar , I might be wro , I 'm sure this is the way she explained it to me cos one of the girls in the branches did explain it to me once , and they said they have a choice of joints , like the doctor would say er |
| 14 | Some people would say they had a lot in common and no doubt in some ways they have … except I 'm sure that Philippe … |