Example sentences of "say [that] [pers pn] have been [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I really wanted to identify with him and wished that I could have said that I had been in the Falklands or in Northern Ireland , thereby establishing some sort of link . |
| 2 | er , she said that they 'd been to the said this man had been to her house . |
| 3 | I said that I had been in the British Army which prompted another Englishman called Chris to ask if I had known anybody in the Royal Signals in Aldershot or Catterick . |
| 4 | The man said that he had been with a woman . |
| 5 | Barth himself later said that he had been like a man who , tripping in the darkness of the church tower , had accidentally caught hold of the bell-rope to steady himself and alarmed the whole countryside . |
| 6 | He said that he had been in a corner of the bar talking to the landlord and friends during the time that the incident took place . |
| 7 | Thorpe who was to have headed the bill said that he had been in touch with the promoters earlier in the year and had agreed to come over provided he was given details in writing . |
| 8 | He went on to say that they had been at great pains to build up an efficient fifth-column unit and should not be expected to give up their best men as soon as they were trained . |
| 9 | For a moment Frau Nordern was tempted to lie , to say that she had been to a meeting , or a mother . |