Example sentences of "said it have be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They looked at the law and said it had been broken . |
| 2 | Lord Morison said it had been argued that the unique and novel attempt by the Mullan family to establish something which the Crown had failed to do in a criminal case raised questions of general importance . |
| 3 | The department said it had been decided not to invite competing tenders for Norcross because the contract award , worth between £17 million and £20 million over five years , followed so quickly the tendering exercise for Livingston that competition would have been ‘ unlikely to yield any improvement in value for money ’ . |
| 4 | Peter Runciman , 64 , former executive chairman of Shanks & McEwan , said it had been decided to issue the profits warning to the stock exchange at a meeting of the company 's three-man executive committee on 5 September . |
| 5 | IXI said it had been courted by a couple of other Unix suppliers , but decided some months ago to offer itself up to its OEM partner . |
| 6 | Detective Inspector Alan Brown said it had been done to create more addicts but resulted in a trebling of the number of fatalities . |
| 7 | The reporter to Strathclyde 's children 's panel had appealed the decision and giving yesterday 's judgment , Lord Murray , sitting with Lords Osborne and Wylie , said it had been pointed out that the sheriff had excluded any question of reasonable chastisement in this case . |
| 8 | Regional Official Walter Ievers said it had been confirmed that schools are under no statutory obligation to report to parents of children finishing primary seven and third form in secondary and grammar schools in the way the Department has indicated in the recent Parents Guide . |
| 9 | Mr Chambers said Mr Smith claimed he did not have £407 and , when he said he would take his Astra instead , Mr Smith said it had been sold . |
| 10 | Mr Stewart said it had been feared haematology in-patients would have to share a general medical ward while undergoing treatment in Darlington . |
| 11 | TVS , which loses its south of England television franchise at end of year , said it had been approached by a third party , which may lead to an alternative take-over offer to the one already proposed . |
| 12 | The Anglian Water Authority , which said it had been constrained from discussing the problems because it might affect the price of shares during privatisation , refused last night to attend a meeting of local people worried about the problem . |
| 13 | New chairman David Mahony said it has been decided to concentrate on its electrical and electronic businesses . |
| 14 | time sort of thing you know , so , said it 's been noticed that like |
| 15 | It was called off , there was the , she said it 's been called off . |
| 16 | oh , right oh then , she said it 's been done all over the country |
| 17 | so she said while you 've been doing that she said she 's been sort of gassing to anybody you know , so she said it 's been mentioned by management and they said oh well she 'll be able to sort of hovering while she stood there you know , time , time to natter she could be erm , got time to do that . |