Example sentences of "[vb mod] [adv] say [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Now you must n't say things like that , ’ Ruth admonished her . ’
2 ‘ Geese are the ones you must n't say boo to . ’
3 Should n't say things like that , I suppose , ’ he simpered , ‘ but all my friends are going off and doing it .
4 ‘ You should n't say things like that to a girl who 's had my kind of 'ard luck .
5 " You should n't say things like that , " Kate said .
6 I thought oh Ann you should n't say things like that to people but
7 Er like er Richard said er you should n't say bus .
8 I mean I think that it 's erm a good idea for members to see what firemen and I 'm thinking in particular really of fire fight fighters I should n't say firemen , fire fighters , we 've got ladies , erm , who are retained and can be at their du place of work one minute , and twenty minutes afterwards they 've got to face up to ho horrendous sights , erm , it must have a tr traumatic effect on them .
9 Well only just to really , actually all Mr Mr has er said , and just one other bit of information , the time when the Chairman of the council extended the invitation to sixth formers , looking for alternative entertainment for the sixth formers of school , after they sat through a full council , I took them over to the er archivists er department , and we saw the paper restor , sorry , should n't say paper restorer , manuscript restorer at work , and these sixth formers , already knew of the existence , one of them asked to see the records of parish , because he knew they were there , and I mean , I think this is wonderful , that the sixth formers already , er children are being taught about the ar the records , and they will want to be sure that we kept them , and I think it 's our moral duty to keep er , the records of the past for future generations .
10 So if for any one of those parameters , let's just say B right , let's just say that 's the true distribution of the parameter B what you 'll you estimate O L S and you 'll get alright , you 'll get biased estimates , this is what you would get from the computer , alright so we 'd be biased cos the , the true value is over here but not only that , is that , instead of having a nice peak distribution , distribution would be quite flat , alright we 'd we would n't have the minimum variants property alright .
11 Do n't let's just say drugs are bad , because for every one that has a bad time , and some people have a terrible time , you say some people die , I accept that .
12 Let's just say Werewolf shot me in the ‘ lower stomach ’ and leave it there .
13 He 'll just say prayers in the corner , you know !
14 No they 'll just say payment , thank you .
15 It probably wants it hyphenated but we 'll just say skip , if you 're happy with the spelling .
16 I mean , we 've been longtime admirers of yours , well you might even say fans since the days of Screentest really .
17 The bungalow huddles , one might even say broods , above an outcrop of ground high above the main road beside which it was built .
18 They relate to a brief two-year crisis period in her forty-four year life ; and although they are by no means irrelevant to her political role , the approach to them has had such a predominantly personal — one might almost say tabloid — quality that the historiographical Mary is immediately marked out from all other historical monarchs , Scottish or otherwise .
19 But he could not say Vivien 's name then , he could not even think it , only look about him fearfully , clenching his hands .
20 well he could just say Geoffrey Thomas and , and adopt it , that is his name any way
21 So instead of saying kept they 'd just say kep .
22 And when he felt he could n't walk another step , or wanted to question the wisdom of setting off down an unlit passage , he could always say Elaine 's so tired or Elaine 's a bit nervous .
23 Erm , I should also say that bit about some of us were even gods , erm that also is erm there are some options there on translation erm you could also say men who were different and particular , that is we were and erm particular humans and we were gods .
24 Because when she was little she could n't say Jessica
25 But you could n't say things like that in the middle of the canteen .
26 And when it comes to cash he could even say ya-boo-sucks to Britain 's wealthiest woman , revealed this week as shipping heiress Christine Goulandris .
27 When the season is over you need not say goodbye to all your friends .
28 You would just say things that pop in to you mind and er it 's essential of course , if you 're gon na do dream analysis properly , that you must obey that rule .
29 I , I 've got my views , I 'm sure you 've got yours , and I shall listen later in the morning to the debate , but I would finally say delegates , that I hope you enjoy your stay in Portsmouth , in particular Southsea where most of you are staying if you have a chance go to the rose gardens , have a walk along the sea front there , there it 's magnificent this time of year and a tribute to our staff in our direct works organization for their hard work .
30 To disguise her sudden confusion , she said more sharply than she had intended , ‘ I wish you would n't say things like that . ’
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