Example sentences of "say [pron] have be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's right yes , as I say I 've been left back and I won very comfortable , but in the middle I 'm a lot more comfortable . |
| 2 | If I take a bus into town during my lunch break to do some shopping I have to remember to throw away the bus ticket or he 'll ask me where I 've been , and when I say I 've been shopping , he 'll say he does n't believe me . |
| 3 | and they say I 've been waiting seventeen years for this pollack , or having your tooth out or having your tonsils extracted |
| 4 | Police say someone has been helping with inquiries and an inquest will be opened into the young man 's death tomorrow . |
| 5 | Police say someone has been helping with inquiries and an inquest will be opened into the young man 's death tomorrow . |
| 6 | Police say someone has been helping with inquiries and an inquest will be opened into the young man 's death tomorrow . |
| 7 | Police say someone has been helping with inquiries and an inquest will be opened into the young man 's death tomorrow . |
| 8 | Police say she 'd been strangled . |
| 9 | I say you 've been thank you very much . |
| 10 | The papers say there has been shooting in the centre of Tripoli far to the north . |
| 11 | ‘ In a fairy story one of them would ride up to the avenue here on a white horse and say they 'd been wanting you as part of their lives for years , ’ Benny said . |
| 12 | Three tenants in the house say they 'd been paying £120 a week rent to their landlord , a Mr Vincent Cox . |
| 13 | The detailed plans were unveiled after a two year study , but local people say they 've been misled , and councillors say it would be an environmental disaster . |
| 14 | During their 2 year study of the site , Thames Water have been at pains to co-operate with local action groups , but environmentalists say they 've been misled about the plans for the reservoir . |
| 15 | They 've also blocked off the railway line , and British drivers say they 've been threatened at knife point . |
| 16 | But hospital staff say they 've been vindicated by the inquest verdict . |
| 17 | Martin and Koda plan just as ambitious a schedule of costume exhibitions at their new home — three per year — and they say they 've been given a mandate to do that . |
| 18 | Tenants in a house at Brockworth near Gloucester , who say they 've been paying rent for six months , barracaded themselves in when they heard they were being evicted because their landlord had defaulted on his mortgage . |
| 19 | Because of it they say they 've been forced to live in a tent with their young children . |
| 20 | Dressed in black , undergraduates say they 've been gagged and had their hands tied in their attempts to persuade the governing body to maintain Somerville as a single sex college . |
| 21 | Dressed in black , undergraduates say they 've been gagged and had their hands tied in their attempts to persuade the governing body to maintain Somerville as a single sex college . |
| 22 | Workers at a Grand Prix racing team which is facing receivership , say they 've been betrayed by their management . |
| 23 | They say they 've been promised full consultation with the college 's governing body before a final decisionis made — and so far that has n't happened . |
| 24 | Chelsea have not confirmed their approach to him and the Swindon board say they 've been told nothing . |
| 25 | Friends say they had been looking forward to the holiday for months . |
| 26 | RSPCA staff say they have been inundated with inquiries about the dogs at Sadberge kennels following an article in The Northern Echo . |
| 27 | Some have criminal convictions , all say they have been cautioned or warned by the police several times . |
| 28 | People living near the mosque at the junction of Princes Road and Bow Street say they have been kept in the dark about the reasons for recent building work . |
| 29 | They say they have been waiting to be moved from the ‘ temporary accommodation ’ ever since . |
| 30 | They say they have been waiting to be moved from the ‘ temporary accommodation ’ ever since . |