How to Use have anything/something to say about in a Sentence

have anything/something to say about

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  • But a few schools could have something to say about that.
    Alex Chenevey, The Arizona Republic, 24 Apr. 2023
  • The Dolphins have more to play for, but not if the Bills have anything to say about it.
    Safid Deen, sun-sentinel.com, 31 Dec. 2020
  • Doesn't the First Amendment have something to say about a ban?
    Joel Mathis, The Week, 10 Dec. 2022
  • Not as long as Bryce Young and his boys have anything to say about it.
    Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2022
  • The current study doesn't have anything to say about that, though.
    Bill Andrews, Discover Magazine, 7 Feb. 2019
  • Some women at the show might have something to say about it.
    Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2022
  • Carter might even have something to say about it, except that’s the problem with the Rangers.
    Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 12 Mar. 2023
  • Of course, Dailey might have something to say about that, too.
    Steve Brand, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2023
  • Oubre, Batum, and 76ers head coach Nick Nurse have something to say about it.
    Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 23 Apr. 2024
  • The bill doesn’t have anything to say about preventing that use.
    Washington Post, 9 Apr. 2021
  • But not if a few of his chief competitors have anything to say about it.
    Ben Zauzmer, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Feb. 2022
  • So the Mavs could have something to say about the final pecking order.
    Robert Avery, Houston Chronicle, 1 Sep. 2020
  • Maybe the late-arriving party of Gilmore and Cooks will have something to say about all of this.
    Tim Cowlishaw, Dallas News, 21 July 2023
  • The pair went 1-2 in this meet last year and could do it again, although Julien, Coury and Curtis might have something to say about it.
    Joe Magill, cleveland, 29 Sep. 2022
  • Wonder if the crowd will have anything to say about the Astros’ cheating scandal of 2017?
    Dan Shaughnessy, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Oct. 2022
  • Maybe Freud or some therapist might have something to say about that.
    Stephen Mooallem, Harper's BAZAAR, 1 Aug. 2023
  • As expected, a lot of people have something to say about it.
    Sofia Viera, refinery29.com, 20 Feb. 2024
  • Kendrick Lamar is heading to the Super Bowl — and fans certainly have something to say about it.
    Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 8 Sep. 2024
  • Carlsbad and a loaded Del Norte team could have something to say about the champion.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Feb. 2024
  • And that's never going to change (at least not while Halloweentown stans have anything to say about it).
    Tamara Fuentes, Seventeen, 18 Sep. 2020
  • And shouldn’t the descendants of the Yokuts bands who had their lake and lands stolen from them have something to say about what happens to their ancestral home?
    Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2023
  • Kinda odd that science blogger Mooney didn't have anything to say about that.
    Keith Kloor, Discover Magazine, 22 Oct. 2011
  • Bonus fun fact: Your eye shadow is brighter in the summer, if this month's new makeup launches have anything to say about it.
    Marci Robin, Allure, 15 June 2022
  • Casebooks today mostly have something to say about the way that is gendered.
    Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2023
  • Singer seems the obvious choice for that role, but Mario Williams, Tahj Washington and others might have something to say about that.
    Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2023
  • Dancing With the Stars is set to premiere its 32nd season next week — but not if striking writers have anything to say about it.
    Christian Holub, EW.com, 20 Sep. 2023
  • Here, the Tall Man transforms the dead into an army of dwarfs ready to defend his home planet, but not if some meddling kids have anything to say about it.
    Allaire Nuss, EW.com, 12 Aug. 2022
  • Tom Brandel and the Lions may have something to say about that, but the county title isn’t the only thing on Liberty’s radar.
    Timothy Dashiell, Baltimore Sun, 20 Mar. 2024
  • If regulars have anything to say about it, however, this is far from the Alley’s swan song.
    San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Jan. 2021
  • Also, television partners CBS and Fox might have something to say about that.
    Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 July 2023

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