Example sentences of "say [pers pn] [verb] been approach [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sixteen-stone PR ace Brian Cartmell says he has been approached by Buckingham Palace to give them a new image . |
| 2 | Right , David , you said you 'd been approached by another insurance company , er , I could obviously say , I recommended Abbey Life , and I 'm tied to that , but I actually joined because I think they 're a particularly good company , in that what , in the use they make of the money that I 'm paying , actually goes , performs very well . |
| 3 | Several small practitioners in the same area as the original complainant also said they had been approached by the company , but only one had parted with any money . |
| 4 | Councillors said they have been approached by a number of people about the poor repair of the road . |
| 5 | TVS , which loses its south of England television franchise at end of year , said it had been approached by a third party , which may lead to an alternative take-over offer to the one already proposed . |
| 6 | Mr Duff said he had been approached by Libyan lawyer Dr Ibrahim Legwell , whom he had met on August 4 in Edinburgh . |