Example sentences of "my [noun sg] have said " in BNC.

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1 I told her that I was surprised at that because my Mum had said the same and I had n't believed her .
2 The motion itself is a compromise some on my side have said it 's too much of a compromise they 've said you 're tr trying to be all things to all people .
3 Handing her over to me , all my brother-in-law had said was , ‘ I will try to be back by six o'clock .
4 I gave them their full due , repeating all that my sister-in-law had said , and told them that I would hear from my brother himself that evening , then paid for my groceries and made my escape .
5 She wo n't have anything to do with the boy and my husband has said she used to mistreat him .
6 When my colleague had said that , with me sitting right beside him , I felt like punching him in the face ; it was that kind of attitude that any campaign would have to fight .
7 I 'm not gon na go over t what my colleague has said but what I do wan na know is when are the Labour Party gon na get hold of some issue and make some sort of mileage out of it , because we 've got a number of sponsored MPs and we ca n't get 'em off the doorstep at election time , but when it comes about doing summat for us and consider the fact that it affects many many people and we talk about the links that the Labour Party and the trade union has , I think the Labour Party 's already severed 'em , as far as I 'm concerned .
8 I would have liked to beat Boz here but I gather he told Anna what my father had said ? ’
9 Once again I had the feeling that what my father had said to me in the garden could all be some horrible trick .
10 ‘ I blame myself , ’ my aunt had said .
11 I have had breathing problems which my doctor has said is a figment of my imagination and he has diagnosed depression .
12 It was only much later that I remembered my speech had been more or less word for word something my dad had said to me once .
13 It was funny — when my dad had said it to me it seemed like the rather tired , friendly sort of thing that parents often say to you .
14 ‘ I 'd taken someone else home , and my mother had said : ‘ What on earth do you see in him ? ’
15 ‘ Then we 'll have Jennifer and Christopher , ’ my mother had said in a barely controlled fury .
16 I thought she might add , ‘ And she 's bloody well going to wear it ’ , but my mother had said her piece for the moment .
17 My mother had said to Lili one day that she thought I was marrying Syl because he was so much older than me and would take the place of my father .
18 My mother has said many times in our adult life that although she loved our father and should have stood by him , as far as Richard was concerned , ‘ she could not help herself ’ .
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