Example sentences of "[pron] have said " in BNC.

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1 ‘ If critics have any reason for existence , ’ one of them has said , ‘ this is it : to give assurance of value , and to provide somehow perhaps anyhow — the means by which readers may be put in possession of the valuable book . ’
2 He said as he stepped on the ‘ plane : ‘ I would love to come back for another season at Portadown — but no-one has said anything to me .
3 no I feel about a I I 'll I 've said to Ann , no I feel alright Ann but you know just I du n no I 'm not quite myself am I ?
4 Jamie Spence shot a last round 60 to win the Canon European Masters , then heard that someone has said he could have smashed the course record with a 58 — and had blown it !
5 I 've been at dinner with him when something someone has said made him laugh so much he 's got up from the table to give the fullest physical expression to it .
6 fair point , its still er , I mean its a considerable number , I mean you can see why the insurance company 's are doing quite well , but your willing to put up with that as well for the , for the good points of a car , for the freedom that er , that cars give you and the safety someone has said , the individual safety as a woman , yes .
7 It should be made clear that if anyone does not understand what someone has said they should always ask , and that this is meeting time well spent .
8 ’ If I had a decacred for every time someone has said that …
9 Someone has said that the assets of Hampshire Bus were worth $ 2 million .
10 As someone has said , it has three words beginning with the letter P — it is a philosophy armed with a plan and fought with passion .
11 Someone has said I 'm a well-known gangland figure , and I probably ran into an ambush when I tried to return home .
12 I 'd said to her nervously .
13 And , as soon as I 'd said that , I realised it was the wrong thing to have said .
14 I sat for a while thinking of what I 'd said and of what he 'd told me , and I still could n't believe that any of the people I 'd come to know so well was really a murderer .
15 Gareth 's ‘ BACK FOR GRUB ’ message was still pinned to the corkboard , and it was with a distinct sense of release that I remembered I 'd said that I would go back for his camera .
16 ‘ Let her lie , ’ I 'd said , nodding .
17 Wryly I 'd said , ‘ I will . ’
18 ‘ Cretin ’ , he glared at me as if I 'd said it .
19 I 'd said to Mr Palmer in 1960 after St Andrews that I 'd caddie for him anywhere .
20 If I 'd said no , he 'd have booked somebody else . ’
21 And as soon as I 'd said it I realised how odd it was , Kelly without a cigarette , without fiddling with the packet and dropping matches on the floor .
22 ‘ But we do n't need a fucking abortionist , ’ I 'd said , ‘ we want a bloody mid-wife . ’
23 She repeated what I 'd said .
24 He started saying all the things I 'd said about myself .
25 WHEN the artist Whistler came up with a memorable quip , Oscar Wilde observed wistfully : ‘ I wish I 'd said that . ’
26 It seemed he had become confused over the time I 'd said I 'd pick him up , although it was always the same , and Miss Prescott thought he was a little agitated and so brought him round herself .
27 They seemed delighted that I 'd said it , and to know just what I meant .
28 I was glad I 'd said it so I just kept my head down and played on .
29 But at least I 'd taken the first step , and not an easy step , considering what I 'd said to the doctor at our last meeting .
30 I thought that at least part of what I 'd said had satisfied him .
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