Example sentences of "[modal v] say that [pron] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I must say that I really enjoyed my time in the RAF and I 'm convinced that for National Serviceman , the Air Gunner 's trade was the best way to complete the compulsory Armed Service requirement of the time . |
| 2 | I wish I could say that I invariably carry out my own advice . |
| 3 | The servants used to say that she only cries when a Carew is about to die . |
| 4 | The school was aware of this and specifically created a post of responsibility for the brighter child and gave this to a senior member of the staff , and that member of the staff was responsible for looking at the effects of mixed ability teaching on specifically identified brighter pupils , and I do n't think the school would say that they totally solved the problem of what to do with the brighter child , but I think it 's a problem which exists even in streamed classes , because the sort of pupils we 're talking about are pupils who are exceptions in their own right — we 're not talking about whole groups of pupils who previously have been in top streams , we 're talking about half a dozen/ten individuals in any one year group and they are equally as difficult to deal with in a streamed situation . |
| 5 | When I worked for the Daily Telegraph , the editor , Bill Deedes , would say that he never missed the letters column of the Guardian . |
| 6 | It has been argued by some that training plays no part in refining the skills of headship which can only be learned through experience ; presumably the proponents of this view would say that it also applies to officers . |
| 7 | Its proponents would say that it already deserves it , on the basis that the space station , though big , is not really science . |
| 8 | In my own defence I can say that everyone else got it wrong too . |
| 9 | In fact we can say that we never need to have our own feelings if we can be sure that our nearest and dearest will express them for us . |