Example sentences of "[conj] [modal v] [pron] say " in BNC.
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| 1 | The East German crisis — or should one say simply the German crisis ? — is thus essentially a political crisis , and the answers to it , if there are answers , must also be political . |
| 2 | So , in the end ( or should one say ‘ at the beginning' ? ) it comes down to the health of the living soil . |
| 3 | Perhaps the strangest talisman — and one ( or should one say many … ? ) which made those initiates feel themselves intimately a part of the Fists — was kept in a long crypt below the Reclusiam , reached by a dropshaft which would incinerate anyone who did not sport a Black Carapace beneath their skin . |
| 4 | Rupert Bear is not only the world 's tallest hot air balloon and a leading children 's favourite since 1920 , he has just been appointed the National Trust 's young ‘ green ’ spokesman , or should one say spokesbear . |
| 5 | ‘ I must say all this is rather terrifying for me — these card indexes and things — or should one say indices ? — I never know . ’ |
| 6 | In the view of many discerning pop fans , The Farm are , of course , shite , the most recent and worst atrocity being their ‘ reading ’ ( or should we say brief flick through , glancing at the pictures ) of ‘ Do n't You Want Me ’ , which , contrary to popular belief , is not entirely a third-rate copy of the Human League original . |
| 7 | The formulae ( ‘ it seemed good ’ , ‘ straight away ’ ) are aped from ‘ city ’ terminology ( and note the deme agora , something normally characteristic of a polis , cp. p. 66 ) — or should we say that the city aped the demes ? |
| 8 | Should we not first see how this or should we say , look let's go for it now because I mean you know , we 've been going now some years , what another year because |
| 9 | ‘ Darling , ’ said Francis , ‘ or should I say Ms. Razorblades , could we attempt lunch ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Yes , Piper , fish , freshly caught , or should I say blown out of the water ! ’ |
| 11 | Because of a combination of so many unknowns , we , or should I say they — Pete and Dick did all the work , I just made the bikes — made a total cock-up of ability and distance . |
| 12 | Joyce used to take Luke , but people kept stopping her to admire him and generally go gooey over what a beautiful specimen he was — or should I say ‘ is ’ . |
| 13 | The area now looks a total mess , as does the River Wey ( or should I say the dry bed of the River Wey ) that runs through the town . |
| 14 | My own taste is so eclectic ( or should I say conditioned by the cheapest bargain available ) that I am not evangelical on behalf of any product — except perhaps Valpeda foot balm , which soothes the weary feet better than anything I know , softens hard skin and banishes athlete 's foot . |
| 15 | Those hours spent with Mr. Golding are a very pleasant memory — he was always kind and must have been a nice type of man to allow a small boy to help , or should I say hinder him . |
| 16 | I felt very sorry that someone who was a partly trained civil engineer should have to waste his time sweeping floors and doing other such menial tasks , but that 's how it was — he was one of the unlucky ones — or should I say lucky ? |
| 17 | They each had a radiator beside their beds , and very often when I was on night duty J. would return to bed very late ( or should I say early ? ) , after having been sitting with me in the Met Office , drinking coffee , chatting and so forth . |
| 18 | One day she 'll meet a swan who stands its ground ( or should I say ‘ sits its water ’ ? ) instead of just paddling disdainfully away from the natatorial hound , and that , as we country-folk say , will larn her something proper . |
| 19 | p 716 ) in the light , or should I say sound , of our own work . |
| 20 | Dad , as a master-tailor during the '14 –'18; war , had a War Department contract for army uniforms , and so we were able to keep up with the Jones 's ( or should I say , the Cohens ? ) . |
| 21 | The strike had ended soon after he had commenced this venture so he was again at work during the day , as a machinist , but after getting home at 6 p.m. and hastily eating a meal , he went into his ( or should I say , the communal ) bedroom , and worked long into the night . |
| 22 | They wanted me — or should I say , my blood . |
| 23 | Or should I say : ‘ Bubbly , vivacious Marcel flirtatiously ignored the beam in his own eye while protesting about the beam in someone else 's ’ ? |
| 24 | Short and purposeful like that of the Spitfire , it pivots side-to-side about its middle , its intricately-moulded grip festooned with triggers , buttons and switches for machine-guns , rockets , inboard and outboard pylon stores as well as the more conventional radio transmit and elevator trim — or should I say , ruddervator trim , because this characterful column controls Harry Prew-Smith 's V-tailed Fouga Magister . |
| 25 | Biggles — we named him that because of his flying , or should I say crashing , antics — had the misfortune to be one of Barny 's babies . |
| 26 | ‘ The power of Russia is wielded by a single man ’ , said Dilke , but went on , ‘ or should I say , by two — the Emperor and the Moscow newspaper emperor , Katkoff . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ That horrible Virginia Colton bought it , or should I say made me buy it ? |
| 28 | Finally , I am somewhat dismayed at the proposition that patients might be tempted ( or should I say bribed ? ) into taking a decision for or against generic substitution . |
| 29 | But your side wins in the end ; or should I say , our side ? |
| 30 | Thank you very much indeed for the smelly duck — or should I say scented , it is such a nice smell ! — and for the pretty scarf which , you may be surprised to hear , Mark admired when I was wearing it the other day though he had n't realized it was new and from you ! |