Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] say [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Chamberlain 's services to the State are infinitely greater than any I have been able to render , but we are both men who are giving all we can give to the service of the State ; we are both men who are , or try to be , actuated by principle in our conduct ; we are men who , I think , have exactly the same views on the political problems of the day ; we are men who I believe — certainly on my side-have esteem and perhaps I may say affection for each other ; but the result of this dynamic force is that we stand here today , he prepared to go into the wilderness if he should be compelled to forsake the Prime Minister , and I prepared to go into the wilderness if I should be compelled to stay with him . |
| 2 | And just in case I may say things I 'll be sorry for , I 'd better not go on , except for one last word . |
| 3 | I must say Professor Hoskin I was rather struck by pictures in the papers today , yesterday of Boris Yeltsin standing over a boar he 'd shot , it was strongly reminiscent of pictures we 've seen of the former president of Romania , Ceauşescu . |
| 4 | ‘ Well , ’ he said , ‘ I must say Brownies are a bit of a surprise to me . |
| 5 | ‘ I must say Nicole 's a proper Amy Johnson , ’ said Sir Vivien . |
| 6 | I must say Oliver ordered some pretty filthy wines those times I went out with him . |
| 7 | ‘ That 's my first win in the race , ’ Paul said afterwards ‘ and I must say La Greine gave me a great run . ’ |
| 8 | I I must say Brenda , all this knocks years off my age . |
| 9 | And , I must say ladies , they do smell very nice ! |
| 10 | So many conductors — and I must say Furtwängler was sometimes one of these — create enormous crescendi ; and after them the music collapses . |
| 11 | Also I must say Robert Lobetta . |
| 12 | I must say Jean , you did n't do a bad job for woman ! |
| 13 | ‘ I must say war is an ordeal , ’ Lord John smiled at the Duchess from the sideboard . |
| 14 | I must say Mr Pennington was very co-operative . |
| 15 | Well I must say Mr Mayor I was gratefully assured by the answer that councillor gave earlier on about the er strenuous efforts the council is making to improve the security at the Kingsway cash point as I now gather it 's called . |
| 16 | However , I should say editors gain no financial benefit from sales , all monies helping finance further publications and conferences , including bursaries to classroom teachers to attend the next CARN Conference . |
| 17 | Well I should say sea , sea air an all |
| 18 | But only those who know me very well call me Fen , and I do n't know you from Adam — or perhaps I should say Eve . ’ |
| 19 | I should say sugarbeet ai n't far off from a bloody parsnip . |
| 20 | For instance , man — or perhaps here I should say men — lack the huge canine teeth which distinguish the male great apes . |
| 21 | We 've , into the village , we lived out in the countryside till I was eight , and we come down into the I should say town should n't I , we come down into the town when I was eight and I was there till I was twenty two , and I came up here , when I got married . |
| 22 | Cos do you remember there was that erm monstrous creation I should say erection , erection for erm |
| 23 | Richard , thou art an old fellow , an old knave ; thou hast written books enough to load a cart , every one as full of sedition , I might say treason , as an egg is full of meat . |
| 24 | The best thing to do because having said that then I might say Mike what 's your opinion what was important to you and and pass it on ? |
| 25 | I 'll say hypocrisy is vile |
| 26 | Her face was below his face and she said , ‘ I 'll say Angharad was ill again . ’ |
| 27 | Because they , they they 'd got cellars in that cottage so that the cellars became the ar armoury and there was erm ammunition and everything in there and the back of there , which was the garden , we could use as , as parade area so it was it was very central and that 's where we finished up as headquarters for I 'll say D Company , for Bloxwich . |
| 28 | erm I think they said to me bar of I 'll say bars of Judy , if it 's any different I 'll let you know . |
| 29 | It 's because I 'm with my I 'll say duck . |
| 30 | they 'll make a erm they wo n't make a su , a surplus , I do n't like the word profit so I 'll say surplus out of this er little gathering here tonight . |