Example sentences of "to say the [noun sg] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | And ever since , while the styles of writing have constantly changed , it 's fair to say the standard has stayed high , if in more recent years , less abrasive . |
| 2 | It was not true to say the Society had honoured Madame Ceauşescu , Mr Gow argued . |
| 3 | John MacGregor , Secretary of State for Education , said yesterday that it was misleading for the union to say the Government had made a mistake . |
| 4 | Well I 'm glad to say the boar have cleaned up a bit since wallowing in the glorious mud of Abberley . |
| 5 | Just then the signalman came down to say the King had died . |
| 6 | Unfortunately Morrie phoned to say the lead had gone to Bonnie Grace . ’ |
| 7 | That is not to say the report has been ignored completely . |
| 8 | When we got there he got a letter to say the owner had fixed up for coal for Poole in Dorset . |
| 9 | One writer , who enclosed stamps for forwarding his letter to the children , had these returned to him , with a letter from Paul Lee to say the mail had been duly forwarded , and that the council had its own forwarding system , so he was returning the stamps . |
| 10 | to say the situation has improved dramatically because I have said if we 're gon na |
| 11 | The next day , the solicitor phoned to say the vendor had withdrawn the property from the market , leaving us very disappointed and £1,000 worse off after paying legal and survey fees . |
| 12 | The paint frame had expected a delivery earlier that morning , until Haggerty 's had rung through to say the van had broken down . |