Example sentences of "say they 've [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | They 've also blocked off the railway line , and British drivers say they 've been threatened at knife point . |
| 4 | But hospital staff say they 've been vindicated by the inquest verdict . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Because of it they say they 've been forced to live in a tent with their young children . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Workers at a Grand Prix racing team which is facing receivership , say they 've been betrayed by their management . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Chelsea have not confirmed their approach to him and the Swindon board say they 've been told nothing . |
| 13 | Mrs Draper says they 've been trying to get a larger home for years . |
| 14 | He says they 've been hoodwinked and the noise is an intrusion on their lives . |
| 15 | is the space like he , he says they 've been woken by . |
| 16 | Sorry if it 's the first thing you see in the morning , still it 's not everyone who can say they 've been sleeping with a Jesuit . |