Example sentences of "say [pers pn] [verb] [adv] been [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well Michael says you have n't been to a decent service for six weeks , till back . |
| 2 | He also contradicted Mrs Mandela 's alibi by saying she had not been in the Orange Free State on the day Stompie and three other youths were assaulted at her Soweto house . |
| 3 | ‘ You 're saying he has n't been in touch since he left this flat on Thursday ? ’ |
| 4 | You said you had n't been to a gym in ages . |
| 5 | I asked Miss Lofthouse if she 'd seen you and she said you had n't been in this afternoon . ’ |
| 6 | Yeah , I know you do , I said , I said you have n't been on the bus already ? |
| 7 | She said she had n't been for a while and erm then she said they did n't really know , they wondered how she was gon na get on in the water . |
| 8 | When we 'd finished I asked if we could wash up and run the errands but she said she 'd already been to the shops with her brother . |
| 9 | Oh I said , yes she said , I like going on a boat , she said not that I 've been on one she said she 's never been on a boat across |
| 10 | She said no she said we have n't been for ages . |
| 11 | He said he had n't been in trouble before . |
| 12 | He also said he had never been to St Kitts . |
| 13 | Manchester City ! ’ he said , continuing the chant which was so like those I had heard at Manchester 's Maine Road ground that I marvelled when he said he had never been to England . |
| 14 | Thrill-seeking impulses led them to many momentary and immediate adventures , and it was this period of his life he referred to when he said he had never been in an orgy of more than three people , although he tried ineffectively to promote it a time or two . |