Example sentences of "say [pron] 've [be] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During their 2 year study of the site , Thames Water have been at pains to co-operate with local action groups , but environmentalists say they 've been misled about the plans for the reservoir . |
| 2 | They 've also blocked off the railway line , and British drivers say they 've been threatened at knife point . |
| 3 | But hospital staff say they 've been vindicated by the inquest verdict . |
| 4 | Workers at a Grand Prix racing team which is facing receivership , say they 've been betrayed by their management . |
| 5 | he says I 've been talking to that wee feller and he was talking about the pub which got . |
| 6 | Cavell says you 've been invited to the awards ceremony , and she 's asked the organisers to seat us together . |
| 7 | is the space like he , he says they 've been woken by . |
| 8 | We 've tinkered with the list a bit , and lots of people with dicky UK addresses will have had inscrutable messages saying you 've been subbed onto the list again . |
| 9 | Well then about a month later he said he rung June and said I 've been speaking to Geoff he said and th they wan na hi er hire a car for a week . |
| 10 | Erm , oh I have got something else , which is music , erm , at the last meeting I said I 've been talking to Simon from the Queen 's Hall , about the idea of doing pre-concert notes |
| 11 | Well I did we we talked about this , you see Mary Anne , half way through the conversation er Neil went out of the room so that I could to Mary Ann and I said towards the end of my conversation , you know , Mary Ann you 're a very wise person , give me some advice I said , I told her about Neil not wanting no not doing well on the driving , although he can drive she said he does n't want to do it she said do n't hassle him so when he came downstairs I said I 've been talking to Mary Ann and she sends you her love and because , of course , you know , we 've got a grandson , you know she had a son , my |
| 12 | Just came in to say I 've been summoned to the presence . |
| 13 | I just said , goodness , I said we 've been waiting for this parcel since before Christmas and he says oh have you duck . |
| 14 | Minister of Science William Waldegrave , may have released the first major UK government White Paper on science and technology for over 10 years yesterday , but information technology professionals need n't hold their breath : while Waldegrave seems to think we should count ourselves lucky because we 've got our own research council for the first time , it would be more truthful to say we 've been stuffed into the miscellaneous section of the Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council , along with the electronic , electrical and communications industries ; our body , together with the Particle Physics and Sciences Research Council , will replace the Science and Engineering Research Council ; as a result , we will benefit ‘ from the same building of bridges between research bodies and industry ’ as the rest of the reorganised bodies and should experience interaction at an earlier stage — on the Japanese and German model . |
| 15 | Yeah , I attended , I used to run an A T C squad , well I used to run the two different ones in London , and A T C squadrons , and I must say I 've been invited to the last two open nights . |
| 16 | Now I can say I 've been mixing with both the noble and the notorious . |
| 17 | FG : Would you say you 've been influenced by similar painters ? |
| 18 | So let us say you 've been hit in the eye accidentally by a hockey ball . |
| 19 | Erm so yes I think we 're we can we can say we 've been leading from the front . |
| 20 | And the candlestick is beautiful — dare I say we 've been lusting after just such a one for ages , and now we can enjoy your gift . |
| 21 | Sorry if it 's the first thing you see in the morning , still it 's not everyone who can say they 've been sleeping with a Jesuit . |