Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [conj] say they " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ In a fairy story one of them would ride up to the avenue here on a white horse and say they 'd been wanting you as part of their lives for years , ’ Benny said . |
| 2 | A man called Jack O'Malley who served in the British Army in Flanders as a captain got his old uniform out , dressed up half a dozen of his men as soldiers and went to Limerick Prison with a fake order that said they wanted Fitzgerald at Dublin Castle . ’ |
| 3 | They had long hair and said they knew Jack Kerouac . |
| 4 | At 9 p.m. the women sat down in the common room and said they were n't going to bed until the heating was fixed . |
| 5 | Usually there is a section of the report which lists the initiatives taken by the voluntary sector and says they are generally admirable and deserving of continued support . |
| 6 | Another amusing incident to come out of ‘ Space Oddity ’ was when I got a phone call from David one day , who said he had to record an Italian version of the song because two kids in Italy had apparently done a cover version of it and as it looked as if it was going to do quite well , the Italian record company wanted a version by the original artist and said they would send someone along to teach Bowie phonetically how to sing the song . |