Example sentences of "say she [verb] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They say she 'd been depressed in recent days |
| 2 | Police say she 'd been strangled . |
| 3 | 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 |
| 4 | 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 . ’ |
| 5 | Cos I say she 's been there thirty years so she must do alright , everybody knows |
| 6 | But the prosecution says she 'd been badly beaten around the head before she died . |
| 7 | Probably even all those long walks she says she takes are a pretence to put me off . |
| 8 | Julie says she has been assured he wo n't have to serve the full sentence . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | My Lady Dedlock says she has been ‘ bored to death ’ . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | She says she hated being cooped up at home , concocting his favourite tuna fish salad . |
| 14 | She apologizes for being thirty seconds late and says she 's been having her nails done . |
| 15 | A woman with leukaemia says she 's been sacked from her job as a secretary because of her illness . |
| 16 | She says she 's been open with us , she is selling them to raise funds . |
| 17 | She says she 's been open with us , she is selling them to raise funds . |
| 18 | Hello Claire says she 's been doing pie charts on your computer . |
| 19 | Mrs Bottomley says she loved being a backbencher , loved being a parliamentary secretary — first to one of her greatest fans , Chris Patten , and then to Sir Geoffrey Howe — and she loved being an Environment Minister . |
| 20 | Millions of viewers saw the vicious and disbelieving interrogation of a woman who went to the police saying she had been raped . |
| 21 | She turned to the door as Myra came in , her smile saying she had been successful . |
| 22 | Helen did n't help herself or increase the possibility of peace on earth by saying she 'd been at Dad 's Chislehurst gig . |
| 23 | A lady phoned in saying she 'd been sitting in a café when some animal rights campaigners carrying collection tins arrived and ordered a meal . |
| 24 | ‘ I am not saying she has been subject to a temptation to exaggerate , but I merely remind you of those matters which can exist in relation to a woman 's evidence . ’ |
| 25 | Mrs Taylor said she had been urging the Government for months to make public a report by Mr Ponsford confirming the morale problems . |
| 26 | One woman , writing to a relative at the Front on the day of the invasion itself , said she had been ‘ speechless ’ as , wholly unawares , she had turned on the radio and caught Hitler 's proclamation about the campaign in the east . |
| 27 | She asked after you and was pleased when I told her how well your business was doing and that you seemed in good spirits since she said she had been anxious for you . |
| 28 | Lilis in New York also said she had been surprised by the findings . |
| 29 | She said she had been hired as a nanny by an English couple called Wilson who lived in the city . |
| 30 | One said she had been raped . |