Example sentences of "[vb mod] say i [am/are] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first day of my trip is now completed , and all in all , I must say I am quite satisfied . |
| 2 | But I must say I am at some loss as to why you should be so concerned with these most trivial of errors . ’ |
| 3 | I 've been reading a copy of the above document and I must say I am very disturbed by its proposals , and disappointed at the negative attitude it conveys . |
| 4 | I must say I am looking forward to seeing the new babies . |
| 5 | But he added : ‘ That said , I must say I am extremely pessimistic about the future of the plant , given all that I have been hearing these last few days . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ It takes up to 18 months to properly train our staff and I must say I am particularly impressed by the capability , skills and attitude of the Scots workforce . ’ |
| 7 | I must say I 'm most impressed with the thought that has gone into the design . |
| 8 | Still , I must say I 'm taken with yer nice manners and everything . ’ |
| 9 | " I suppose we 'd better start having a look along the banks soon , although I must say I 'm in no particular hurry . |
| 10 | And as they sat together in the darkening room , as flares were lit in the garden and there was a blast of distant pop music through a crackling loudspeaker system , Molly confessed , ‘ I must say I 'm curious about Mr Kettering . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Well , I must say I 'm impressed , Mr Nicholson , ’ said the MP . |
| 12 | ‘ Marriage is something which I must say I 'm strongly in favour of , ’ said Dyson with comfortable good humour , cutting himself another sliver of meat off the joint . |
| 13 | I must say I 'm seeing a new side to you today , and I ought to have suspected it before . |
| 14 | Yes , I , I must say I 'm particularly concerned about home care services . |
| 15 | Now there is another way of advertising and with Harrogate not coming off , I must say I 'm quite keen on this . |
| 16 | ‘ I must say I 'm rather enjoying our little outing . ’ |
| 17 | I must say I 'm ashamed . |
| 18 | But I must say I 'm very encouraged to see the numbers of women who are applying to do subjects like chemistry and physics is going up and certainly we would applaud that sort of activity . |
| 19 | PAMELA : If I should say I am not , then you will call me hard names and perhaps I shall tell a fib . |
| 20 | ‘ They 'll say I 'm responsible . |
| 21 | They 'll say I 'm harassing the travellers . ’ |
| 22 | She 'll say I 'm a travelling salesman and I often spend a night away . |
| 23 | I 'll say I 'm from the garage if someone else does , about the service . |
| 24 | I 'll say I 'm lucky . |
| 25 | ‘ You do n't know them , Sister , ’ he said darkly , ‘ and if they 're not thinking that then they 'll say I 'm skiving or only coming over here to chat up the nurses . ’ |
| 26 | He 'll say I 'm going to Durham . |
| 27 | ‘ Schmidt might say I 'm distraught . |
| 28 | Well you do n't know I mean you do n't know , you might say right twenty grand and then he might say oh no I 've re-considered I want twenty two and then he might say I 'm not gon na turn up . |
| 29 | ‘ I suppose you could say I am playing to my peers . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ You could say I am a rich Bastard — but I work bloody hard for my bread , ’ he said . |