Example sentences of "have say that it was " in BNC.

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1 Like Cobbett , many suffragettes would have said that it was not so much the vote for its own sake that they sought as the improvements in the status and conditions of women which they believe would be achieved as the result of women 's enfranchisement .
2 I would also have to say that it was he behaviour of the galleries which stands out .
3 He had said that it was the duty of any chairman to refer an offer that came from a reputable source to his board and shareholders .
4 Gilbert Scott had said that it was ‘ on the whole , my finest church ’ , but Colonel Akroyd , who had built it as the centrepiece of his remarkable village of Akroyd , had never sufficiently endowed it .
5 His mother had said that it was all very well to mock but she had stood many long hours at auctions all over the city finding the right pieces .
6 Fleischmann said that one of the referees had said that it was nonsense and that the reaction of this referee had made him nervous about the validity of their experiment .
7 But his wife had said that it was time for an opportunity to wear something other than thick tweeds .
8 Then she remembered that her therapist had said something about that , had said that it was not for Camille that Scarlet grieved in expectation but for herself and her own pain , implying by her tone that it was really most foolish .
9 He had said that it was neither functional nor aesthetically pleasing and that there was death-watch beetle in the roof .
10 Earlier , in June , the Finance Minister , Theodor Stolojan had said that it was not possible suddenly to remove controls on prices without creating an inflationary spiral in the ensuing price-wage explosion , although he agreed that the current pricing mechanism distorted prices and adversely affected supply and demand .
11 On Aug. 6 Canada had said that it was prepared to contribute 500 troops .
12 He had to say that it was neither suitable nor adequate for a paying patient … any extras had to be brought in by friends .
13 I have to say that it was me , I did that .
14 And I have to say that it was after we had done a course for them on really bad press releases , because we , they had done some pretty awful press releases in the past , and we were delighted when that one came out because it actually showed that they 'd picked up the message .
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