Example sentences of "said they have [verb] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You know , they said they 'd got drawings and then , well , where are they ? |
| 2 | Is this when they rang up and said they 'd got cakes left ? |
| 3 | She said they 've got computers to do that . |
| 4 | You might see a pair of long johns , then long johns , and a pair of socks , but Paul said they 've opened windows and Trevor said it 's nearly knocked him off the ladder . |
| 5 | On 26 June he records shooting a wattle-cheeked honeyeater ‘ on the ranges near the Upper Torrens ’ ; he ‘ killed a Bittern on the 1st July near the Murray , above Gleeson 's Station ’ ; collected red throats ‘ about forty miles north of Lake Alexandrina ’ ; spotted a white-eyebrowed pomatorhinus ‘ near the bend of the river Murray ’ ( perhaps it was this remark that led some to guess that it was the great west bend to which Gould referred ) ; and shot a pink robin in ‘ a deep ravine under Mount Lofty ’ ( this was the last time an example of this species , Petroica rodinogaster was seen in South Australia , although one or two reliable observers said they had seen specimens in the area many years previously ) . |
| 6 | Only a third of 13 and 14-year-olds said they had received facts on contraception . |
| 7 | Two out of three dentists said they had extracted teeth that they might have filled before the contract was introduced . |
| 8 | Labour leader of the council John Williams said they had used resources well despite the constraints on local authority spending imposed by central government . |
| 9 | Last night staff said they had to bundle customers into a basement of the fast food store in Amiens . |
| 10 | The BBC said they had left viewers in no doubt that the programme was a spoof . |
| 11 | In a valiant effort to keep the station on air , Gaston said they had to cut overheads , increase the audience , find £120,000 to pay off creditors and convince the bank that , as he put it , ‘ the dead duck could fly ’ . |