Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] i [modal v] say [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean I could say well I could go on a diet , but , er and keep on this sort of thing like Margaret does you know |
| 2 | I mean I could say well like Elsie I could say ooh well I mean she comes , she leaves him I mean nine o'clock in the morning |
| 3 | the same thing got the same make , I mean I can say well this is cheaper we 'll you know |
| 4 | I hope , I imagine I should say perhaps , that this is the last day on which the County Council will be represented formally at the enquiry . |
| 5 | Er so there will be er a loss to us there of about three hundred pounds because erm we were asking for something to be made and therefore I think I would say quite rightly but in view of this experience perhaps never again , er made some advance contribution , you know to the cost or made some , gave some money in advance blah blah blah . |
| 6 | Rev Jim Caterer , vicar of Standish , said : ‘ I never say something is impossible but in this case I wish I could say just that . |
| 7 | I wish I could say exactly what I saw . |
| 8 | ‘ Faith , I wish I could say as much , for I never mastered Latin , and have no Welsh . |