Example sentences of "say [pers pn] [verb] been " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sheena , can I be the odd one out and say I 've been in love with one man for forty five years , I have n't heard any body saying any thing very nice about that , I would like to say its wonderful . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 5 | They say she 'd been depressed in recent days |
| 6 | Police say she 'd been strangled . |
| 7 | Yeah , well what I think he , I think he will emulsion over it cos I mean the ceiling 's a bit , as you say she 'd been a smoker |
| 8 | They say she 's been able to transplant a gorilla 's brain into a human body , or maybe a human brain into a gorilla 's body . ’ |
| 9 | Cos I say she 's been there thirty years so she must do alright , everybody knows |
| 10 | I say you 've been thank you very much . |
| 11 | ‘ You say you have been free of pain for nearly two years ? ’ he said , when he had finished . |
| 12 | I might , for Phil , for Phil to wind down , he 'll come in , say we 've been out for a meal or whatever , he 'll come in and he 'll sit down in front of the television . |
| 13 | ‘ 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 . |
| 14 | Three tenants in the house say they 'd been paying £120 a week rent to their landlord , a Mr Vincent Cox . |
| 15 | Like , say they 've been out on a run and there 's a call , they say they ca n't go out because they 're not in uniform and are all sweaty ’ ( FN 26/5/87 , p. 27 ) . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | By which time the tenants have come home from work or they 've been out for a few hours , say they 've been out from twelve till six . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 23 | Workers at a Grand Prix racing team which is facing receivership , say they 've been betrayed by their management . |
| 24 | But hospital staff say they 've been vindicated by the inquest verdict . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | But today , angry customers like Banbury businessman , Michael Cratchley , who forked out £4,000 for a holiday in France , say they 've been badly let down . |
| 27 | Chelsea have not confirmed their approach to him and the Swindon board say they 've been told nothing . |
| 28 | Because of it they say they 've been forced to live in a tent with their young children . |
| 29 | Turn your back they 're talking to you say they 've been nasty and then they come back and talk to you . |
| 30 | They 've also blocked off the railway line , and British drivers say they 've been threatened at knife point . |