Example sentences of "[modal v] say [pron] be the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I must say it was the worst experience of my life , each time I looked over the stable door the most terrible thoughts went through my mind : what if he was lying down ? |
| 2 | I do n't know how you could say it was the best . |
| 3 | She used to say it was the best thing in the house . |
| 4 | I do view this as one of the ‘ great classics but I do not know if I would say it is the greatest book ever written in English as I have not yet read widely enough but I would definitely say that for all the above reasons that it is a great book . |
| 5 | Put your money on he 's one of the top in fact I would say he 's the hardest bloke in Shields him . |