Example sentences of "say have a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | People say having a baby ruins your life , and talk about what you could have done in a job and that . |
| 2 | Even so , it would have been impossible for an insect to grow much larger , say to have a girth more than a quarter of an inch in diameter . |
| 3 | Well he 's obviously hungry if he wants say have a second Bonio so I just give it to him so what oh excuse me will look good with my full colour and commendations and credits and |
| 4 | Local and national sports bodies have also objected on the grounds that the scheme would take away open space that could be used as a public sports field for a town which the National Playing Fields Association says has a shortage of open space . |
| 5 | I can not be said to have a life outside these four walls . |
| 6 | Can societies which lack either law courts or judges be said to have a system of law ? |
| 7 | With a hundred rooms , it 's said to have a window for every day of the year . |
| 8 | ‘ But in the case of such an animated film , there would n't be anything behind the cartoon sofa ; not only that , the sofa could n't be said to have a behind at all . |
| 9 | Several of his Rembrandt drawings were said to have a provenance from the Six collection in Amsterdam , and other purchases were made from distinguished contemporary sales such as those of the Earl of Arundel , Sir Peter Lely [ q.v . ] , |
| 10 | He was wondering if , strictly speaking , a vicarage could be said to have a lounge — he would have thought not . |
| 11 | One of the Labour lads is said to have a picture . |
| 12 | Jim Nicholson , the chairman of Down Royal , could also be said to have a grievance for he has sponsored three of the National Hunt races on the Saturday card and in fact has put his money where his mouth is . |
| 13 | Chomsky ( 1957 : 100 ) goes even further , for he holds that to is a morpheme that " can hardly be said to have a meaning in any independent sense " . |
| 14 | Bird Island in the Seychelles ( which we did n't get to on this occasion ) is said to have a colony of over two million ! |
| 15 | Under what circumstances can women be said to have a domain of their own ? |
| 16 | Another who will always be remembered for his all round ability was " Punch " Burgess , who it was said had a trial for the county but could n't contain his impatience . |
| 17 | Now the idea is catching on in Britain , so Lydia Ascroft says have a bash at massage and look forward to a sexier , slinkier you for the long , hot summer ! |
| 18 | But what you said has a ring of truth . |
| 19 | It is surely they who have to determine relevance in this case , they who have to be convinced that what research has to say has a bearing on what they do . |
| 20 | Signed and sealed — I know you said to have a solicitor check it over first , but there were some other people after it , and there did n't seem any point waiting . ’ |
| 21 | The lady with the upright hair who Gloria said had a screw loose , clattered into the bedroom holding out a steaming jug on a tray . |
| 22 | No cos you said had a home run with |
| 23 | But I I could n't get over you know , I say , I had a quick look the other at Marks you know , to even do the Christmas serviettes they 're doing a lot more and they said if people are n't buying as much on the clothes side erm so they they 've come down , I mean now I can get erm come over , and I said you 've never looked at Marks I said you never buy clothes , I said have a look in Marks , I said they do some really lovely |
| 24 | I said have a go with it . |
| 25 | You know , Mrs it 's nice but , you know , you 've missed the r out , she said have a house point , she said |
| 26 | But what I had also noticed was that certain firms for example that w were er th then extant , er they in fact would s er say have a three-piece moved , and you 'd have a huge van would go to pick up a three-piece suite . |