Example sentences of "[conj] [vb mod] i say " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Darling , ’ said Francis , ‘ or should I say Ms. Razorblades , could we attempt lunch ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Yes , Piper , fish , freshly caught , or should I say blown out of the water ! ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 ’ . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 ? |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | p 716 ) in the light , or should I say sound , of our own work . |
| 12 | 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 ? ) . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | They wanted me — or should I say , my blood . |
| 15 | Or should I say : ‘ Bubbly , vivacious Marcel flirtatiously ignored the beam in his own eye while protesting about the beam in someone else 's ’ ? |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ That horrible Virginia Colton bought it , or should I say made me buy it ? |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | But your side wins in the end ; or should I say , our side ? |
| 22 | 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 ! |
| 23 | ‘ Or should I say portcullis ? ’ |
| 24 | Or should I say boys , because you do n't strike me as ever having come into contact with any men . ’ |
| 25 | The clues come together nicely , or should I say eventually , but just require you to persevere with the game and take notes when you find new clues . |
| 26 | Match anglers often complain about bad , or should I say thoughtless , pegging . |
| 27 | I suppose my point is that if things are to get better ( or should I say keep getting better ) then we ca n't really look to the likes of Mel to come back . |
| 28 | In his latest film scintillatingly entitled ‘ Dave ’ , he plays a duel role as US president and an ordinary Joe — or should I say Dave — picked out to help the country in crisis . |
| 29 | A very large number of obstructions and particularly season er seasonally obstructions and the visitors or should I say invisibility of many of the files in the network . |
| 30 | ‘ I presumed that you had another candidate — or should I say victim ? — lined up . ’ |