Example sentences of "say [pers pn] [vb -s] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . ’ |
| 2 | Cos I say she 's been there thirty years so she must do alright , everybody knows |
| 3 | Above all we must disregard any traditional idea and never , never , be put off by statements of ‘ practical men ’ who say it has been tried before or it will never work ; these two feeble and slavish statements have destroyed countless ideas and they have been the rocks against which many brilliant minds have foundered . |
| 4 | Over three-quarters of credit users reckon that its cost has been reasonable ( see Appendix I , Table 24 ) , and less than one in ten say it has been at all unreasonable . |
| 5 | And in fact , I overheard Sir Ewen say it 's been the smallest for the past hundred years . ’ |
| 6 | Having tried it here in our own studio and been most impressed , I have also spoken to JMP-1 converts Geoff Whitehorn and Phil Hilborne who say it 's been a godsend to their recording . |
| 7 | But some say it 's been too high a price to pay . |
| 8 | The playground has been built by another Hereford firm , who say it 's been quite a challenge . |
| 9 | I say it 's been out the , been out the , she defrost that Saturday night and you know like you I made some |
| 10 | They say he 's been stopped from dispensing NHS prescriptions . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ You say he 's been charged with assault … ’ |
| 12 | Villagers are demanding the removal of their local bobby because they say he 's been over-zealous in handing out parking tickets . |
| 13 | The police have questioned Mr Probyne and say he 's been very helpful , but they have n't ruled out any line of inquiry : |
| 14 | But privately , close friends say he has been extremely worried . |
| 15 | ‘ Why , they say he has been thrown into prison for debt ! ’ |
| 16 | Grampian Police say he has been identified as a Northfield resident but his name is being withheld . |
| 17 | Probably even all those long walks she says she takes are a pretence to put me off . |
| 18 | Julie says she has been assured he wo n't have to serve the full sentence . |
| 19 | Leeds youth justice manager Anne Oliver , who is also chairperson of the Association of Youth Justice , says she has been getting mixed messages about the first seven months of the Criminal Justice Act . |
| 20 | My Lady Dedlock says she has been ‘ bored to death ’ . |
| 21 | The rape of virgins is a crime imputed by a woman to the man by whom she says she has been forcibly ravished against the king 's peace . |
| 22 | But local mum Carol Lambird says she has been locked in a wrangle with Durham County Council for the last two years after her son Christopher was diagnosed as dyslexic . |
| 23 | She apologizes for being thirty seconds late and says she 's been having her nails done . |
| 24 | A woman with leukaemia says she 's been sacked from her job as a secretary because of her illness . |
| 25 | She says she 's been open with us , she is selling them to raise funds . |
| 26 | She says she 's been open with us , she is selling them to raise funds . |
| 27 | Hello Claire says she 's been doing pie charts on your computer . |
| 28 | ‘ Thessy says he 's been offered a lot of money for a charter ? ’ |
| 29 | DCI Harris says he 's been eliminated from the case . ’ |
| 30 | He says he 's been in the business too long to predict the future . |