Example sentences of "said [pron] [verb] not have [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He wanted to know what my motive was , and I said I did n't have many , and he said that would n't wash usually , but perhaps in this case . ’ |
| 2 | you said you did n't have much |
| 3 | ‘ I thought you said you did n't have any friends , apart from … ’ |
| 4 | As to the leading reasons why they did not recycle , 37 per cent blamed a lack of collection points ; 25 per cent said they did not have enough space to store materials awaiting recycling ; 10 per cent found it too much trouble to separate out different categories of waste ; and 8 per cent cited shortage of time . |
| 5 | But there was a setback on Saturday when the French National League 's ( FNL ) disciplinary committee failed to make any ruling at a nine-hour meeting in Paris because they said they did not have enough evidence . |
| 6 | One angry worker explained : ‘ They said they did not have sufficient money to sustain capital investment and pay shareholders , so somebody had to draw the short straw and it was us . ’ |
| 7 | They said they did n't have strong views on intensive farming . |
| 8 | Mr Eyob said he did n't have enough time to prepare the defence case , and Mrs Mandela will be overseas with her husband on October the thirtieth . |