Example sentences of "say [pron] had [adv] been [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And what would you do if someone were to break down those pillars , Shae — scream and protest and say it had all been done against your will ? ’ |
| 2 | She said I had not been meant to have this until I was twenty-five , but since I was married and had a child , they had been able to break the trust . |
| 3 | Two days ago they said she had not been assaulted . |
| 4 | Mrs Young said she had previously been handed notes by deaf people in the shop . |
| 5 | Miss Shearer , who was assistant head waitress at the time , said she had earlier been sworn at by Mr Maguire . |
| 6 | ‘ Antonia told me she had been watching Mellor on TV in the run up to the General Election and said she had suddenly been taken over by this incredible desire for him and that she badly wanted to meet him . |
| 7 | Yet the large majority of our teenagers said they had not been taught the practical realities of avoiding AIDS until they were at least 15 . |
| 8 | About three-quarters of pupils in the lowest third knew how many days there are in certain months , although a number of pupils when interviewed said they had not been taught by their parents or at school any way of remembering the number of days in the months . |
| 9 | man Alan Reid said they had not been disciplined because a member of the Royal Family had been a patient there . |
| 10 | But it found 14pc were kept waiting and some respondents said they had not been allowed the music or songs they requested . |
| 11 | Most local hoteliers and guesthouse owners , who said they had not been told of this , left before the vote was taken . |
| 12 | Three quarters said they had n't been consulted before a caution was given , and sixty two percent of our sample thought offenders should only be entitled to one caution no matter whether the crime was committed by an adult or juvenile . |
| 13 | Mr Siddle said they had never been given any written instructions by Redpath Offshore about safety , but as a skilled workman he knew about having to support loads . |
| 14 | Sections of the barrier were brought to the inquest and forensic scientist David Price said it had n't been welded together properly . |
| 15 | Even more so than he had done the previous time , I said did n't you hear this about this at the station meeting and he said it had n't been brought up . |
| 16 | He said it had not been spotted by one of the operatives . |
| 17 | Despite all this , and very probably contributing to it , schools had very largely not taken on board the issue of homosexuality , and 60 per cent of the sample said it had never been mentioned at all . |
| 18 | Prof Jeffreys said he had not been asked to consider the possibility , suggested by sceptics , that the samples might have belonged to Mengele 's brother Karl , who died in Germany in 1949 . |
| 19 | He said he had not been told it would be an offence and had not received any advice or information on the disease . |
| 20 | He said he had not been told it would be an offence and had not received any advice or information on the disease . |
| 21 | The district controller of the Portland Coastguard , Donald McDonald , said he had not been told of the trip by the canoeing group but that the sea conditions were ‘ quite favourable ’ and should not have caused any problems . |
| 22 | He said he had also been offered interviews with ministers in the South African government , so that he could form a balanced judgement , but had declined . |
| 23 | Mr Shaw said he had never been spoken to in such a manner by another lawyer . |
| 24 | Martin Flook , 19 , said he had twice been beaten up in the previous year by Ian Coombes , a passenger in the other vehicle , who was dating his ex-girlfriend . |
| 25 | Chiesa said he had then been rewarded with the directorship of the Pio Albergo Trivulzio old people 's home . |