Example sentences of "say that i have [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would have to go to my constituency and say that I had been outbid by Tory Ministers , and that after complaining for all these years about their accruing power to themselves I had found that I had been wrong all the time . |
| 2 | I say that I have been sick with flu . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | I had , I had a letter the other day saying that I 'd been paying thirty nine pounds , fifty a week to live on , but I 've been entitled to fifty five pound something for low income support so are they gon na backdate all that and then get their |
| 5 | I think I must have been gradually going off into a faint when I suddenly thought of mother reading the telegram saying that I had been killed in action . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | So I said that I had been lucky in a draw for leave , and that now Montague was dead I was to rejoin my original battalion . |
| 8 | Was this the point at which to say that I had been a professional actress for over thirty years and was well aware of the mechanics etc ? |
| 9 | When I came back to England I was very humbled really to erm because I arrived in Nepal three hours before that crash and erm a lot of people had thought I 'd died in that crash and erm the patients had thought I 'd died as well and they had to put a big notice outside to say that I 'd been alright , they had lots of people ringing up . |
| 10 | Tam Dalyell is wrong to say that I have been predicting a total European ban on lead in petrol as from June this year ( Forum . |
| 11 | My last migraine of any consequence was over four months ago , but I would not be so brash as to say that I have been cured . |
| 12 | ‘ To say that I have been badly treated is a gross understatement . |
| 13 | I could say that I 've been helping the police with their inquiries . |
| 14 | As the hon. Gentleman introduced the subject of colour of dress , I can only say that I have been listening to him for almost 18 years and I wish that he would sometimes change the colour of his tie . |
| 15 | ‘ I can at least say that I have been there and I count myself one of the lucky ones . ’ |