Example sentences of "say they 'd " in BNC.

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1 Bob and his second wife Beryl , 49 , say they 'd never sell their dream house — estimated to be worth £500,000 .
2 Many of them say they 'd like rather more variety .
3 ‘ It 's very flattering for me that in America people go to the Irish Tourist Board and say they 'd like to go to Mountfern or some of the other villages I 've written about .
4 They say they 'd appreciate knowing what I originally had in mind , so they can see if it still sounds suitable .
5 Detectives say they 'd have more chance of solving such cases if a national register of DNA samples was set up .
6 Detectives say they 'd have more chance of solving such cases if a national register of DNA samples was set up .
7 The authority spent twenty thousand pounds on the eviction , half what the squatters say they 'd have paid in rent over the two years
8 Those who remain in the area say they 'd go back and restore the houses again tomorrow , given the chance .
9 Norman 's neighbours say they 'd be sad to see the face go .
10 They say they 'd be willing to go back to help rescue the injured victims of the fighting .
11 Its owners say they 'd be pleased to allow a memorial on the site .
12 Up and down the country people ring me up and say they 'd like to modify their glider .
13 But the family say they 'd rather stay in temporary digs .
14 Denise says they 'd like to have more than one child .
15 Rory , having ducked out of meeting Rosie the night before , had said they 'd pick her up later for a meal , but his talk was all of Jessica .
16 ODD ONE OUT : 1 All except Neil Kinnock were quoted as saying they 'd leave the country if Labour won the election .
17 I 'm not saying they 'd have been sucked down with the yacht but they might have had a rather uncomfortable time . ’
18 ‘ They said they 'd kill me , ’ she whispered .
19 ‘ One of the people I talked to was a salesman for Allied Dunbar and said they 'd do a great job .
20 He said they 'd call at eleven if they were going to call him at all .
21 ‘ They said they 'd send the visas to Tam , but what bothers me is how they can do that .
22 So did Jim , although he said they 'd never get a word in if he came .
23 ‘ I know , but she phoned for her results — she was surprised to get me , she seemed to have hoped you 'd be waiting by the phone — and when I told them you 'd gone , her mother took the phone and was in quite a tizz and had a word with Mr Fry and then said they 'd get the next plane home .
24 They originally said they 'd be covering the works of 20 composers over the period 1984–2000 but , so far , I only know of the LPs ‘ George And James ’ ( Gershwin and Brown ) and ‘ Stars And Hank Forever ’ ( Sousa and Hank Williams ) .
25 She told how the police and social workers came into her house , and said they 'd come to remove the children .
26 I 'm told it 's the 43rd single release off the album they said they 'd split up after if it did n't outsell Guns N' Roses ( or something ) .
27 So I got dressed and went to the corner shop to nick three Wormy bars , but Brett and Damon snuck up behind and they said they 'd tell if I did n't give them a bar each .
28 ‘ She said they 'd have plenty of room , and one more was n't any bother as far as she was concerned . ’
29 I 'm in the process of trying to get someone to come in to do one evening girls ' assertiveness , you know which some of them said they 'd quite like to do .
30 Three-quarters of respondents to a survey by the Malaysian National Computer Federation are currently using proprietary systems — 81% of those said they 'd be moving to open systems in future .
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