Example sentences of "say that [pron] had " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the sense that er you say that you had a camera club |
| 2 | Would I one day show people this jacket and say that it had been a lovely afternoon in Central Park when he gave it to me and , in closing , would I say that as he disappeared into the trees , I never saw Oscar Wilde again ? |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | I know that my hon. Friend will understand if I say that I had some difficulty in persuading everybody to come round a table when I was talking only to the parties in Northern Ireland . |
| 5 | Just believe me when I say that I had nothing whatsoever to do with any of this . |
| 6 | Well just say and just say that I had a bit of a ba an and I 'd like a check over that 's all just say that to them if you want alright ? |
| 7 | Dickey had rebelled against his black clothes , until he was told that it would be naughty to mamma not to put them on , when he at once submitted ; and now , though he had heard Nanny say that mamma was in heaven , he had a vague notion that she would come home again tomorrow , and say that he had been a good boy and let him empty her workbox . ’ |
| 8 | But erm they say that he had used to go and collect it and that was what was fed to the pigs . |
| 9 | Of the RECORDS Laurie Bruce says that we had more than ever before , with some real treasures among the ‘ 78's , and more long-playing records in really mint condition . |
| 10 | She says that she had hoped to spend her last years in peace and quiet . |
| 11 | Ramesh K says that he had not met Mr Uppal before , and his brother , Kewal K , says that he briefly met Mr Uppal some years ago . |
| 12 | ‘ He says that he had some grub here , around half-past four on Wednesday morning . |
| 13 | Fawcett says that he had noticed scraps of similar material in earlier test runs on the apparatus , but this was the first time that he drew it to Gibson 's attention . |
| 14 | He says that he had his directions in prayer and reverence from the saint , and I have every reason to believe him . |
| 15 | His daughter says that he had been ill — the slight differences in his signature might be due to illness . " |
| 16 | It is not readily identifiable with the 1027 trip ( even though Goscelin 's mention of the emperor in the second story seems to refer to it ) , as the Letter says that he had arrived in Rome from Denmark and intended returning there . |
| 17 | He says that he had to think fast . |
| 18 | He says that he had considered many courses of action , this was one which he took on the spur of the moment . |
| 19 | This time yesterday I would have said that what had happened last night was a laughable impossibility . |
| 20 | Indeed , it could be said that they had prospered . |
| 21 | In fact , those who retired prematurely were less likely than those who waited until pension age to have said that they had ever thought seriously about early retirement ( 24 per cent compared with 44 per cent in the age-group 60 and over ) . |
| 22 | Dr. Kerr had said that they had not done so — but he was ‘ too wordy and declamatory for a witness ’ . |
| 23 | It was said that they had met only hours earlier . |
| 24 | There they lived their lives , and prospered for a while ; but there was a disquiet amongst them , for it was said that they had been created with a purpose in this life , and that the purpose had something to do with the manner of their creation . |
| 25 | He was right when he had said that they had a peculiar reaction to each other . |
| 26 | A Reuters report on Feb. 25 , however , said that refugees arriving from Kuwait in al-Ruweished , Jordan , had said that they had seen no evidence of Iraqi troops engaging in systematic atrocities or executing civilians . |
| 27 | In other words , it was said that they had an aversive effect and that , far from tempting those who had not experienced the acts to take part in them , they would put off those who might be tempted so to conduct themselves … " |
| 28 | Celia had immediately suggested that she might like to spend the night but , rather to her relief , Alison had said that she had to get back to accompany Geoffrey to some local gathering that evening . |
| 29 | He had said that she had potential , but she had not known how much . |
| 30 | Sally-Anne had finished putting her things down , and was feeling enormously hungry as well as thirsty — Papa had once said that she had an appetite as indecent as his own , and the wonder was that neither of them ever put any weight on ! |