Example sentences of "let [pron] say that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well yes , but let me say that I gave up going to auditions well before I became well known through The History Man , on television . |
| 2 | We had Trimalchio 's feast to go on , described by Nero 's mate Petronius , so we had an idea of what they ate , and let me say that it was as much of a surprise to find they had sausages and black pudding as it was to find out they had concrete . |
| 3 | While in this frame of mind , let me say that it would not be a calamity for parliamentary democracy if electors today decided to return the Labour Party under Mr Kinnock . |
| 4 | ‘ First and foremost , possum , let me say that I am a housewife and do n't pretend to be anything else [ some mistake surely — Ed ] . |
| 5 | If the tobacco road is considered the one-way street to perdition , then let me say that it is as incompatible as the marriage of athletic sports with smoking sponsorship . |
| 6 | Without getting into these deep and murky waters , let me say that problem solving uses thinking , but that solving a genuine problem usually requires some creative act , ranging from the flash of insight that illuminates the entire problem to the glimmer of light that shows a direction to pursue ( and which may be a will o' the wisp ) . |
| 7 | But , if I can take it ( given you 've stuck with me so far ) that I 'm preaching to the converted , then let me say that I think the GR-1 is a vast improvement on the GR-50 in terms of sound and ease of approach . |
| 8 | Since I have mentioned the botanical gardens , let me say that one of my greatest pleasures during the Sydney shoot was taking early morning pictures in these gardens — especially of the superb skyline through the trees and flowers . |
| 9 | Being on the side of the deer , let me say that I become steadily more dissatisfied with the anachronistic system of Highland estates and landownership . |
| 10 | Firstly let me say that I do n't climb much these days — about a hundred or so routes a year , mostly soloed and always in trainers . |
| 11 | Firstly , let me say that you 're not alone — there are about half a million people in this country with a stammer severe enough to need help . |
| 12 | Since I have mentioned the botanical gardens , let me say that one of my greatest pleasures during the Sydney shoot was taking early morning pictures in these gardens — especially of the superb skyline through the trees and flowers . |
| 13 | If we are talking about hypocrisy , let me say that it would be hypocrisy to suggest that we have the powers unilaterally to introduce a labelling directive to discriminate against foreign veal . |
| 14 | For those who still feel that we are lagging , let me say that Britain is one of only a handful of countries to have set a target for reductions in carbon dioxide . |
| 15 | Before the hon. Gentleman gets up , let me say that I worked as a probation officer in the King 's Cross area , which was one of the most difficult areas for homelessness in the 1970s . |
| 16 | But let me say that in saying that I 'm a boilermaker , I have always been , I am now , and I will always be proud to say that I 'm a boilermaker . |
| 17 | Let me say that I would imagine the courses were genuine for most of the time , but on occasional weekends , perhaps , they taught something rather different . ’ |
| 18 | Summarizing the argument , let me say that there are good reasons , based on sociobiological insights into hunting , which lead me to suppose that the cooperation , altruism and mutuality demanded by social-hunting techniques in 4-foot high hominids lacking all modern hunting technology meant that only the sons were likely at first to start to exploit the immense reserves of game which our gelada-like ancestors saw all around them on the savanna grasslands where they lived . |
| 19 | Perhaps I should start by telling you something I 'll not be talking about and that is the subject of financial resources and how Lynda 's getting on in her discussions with chief secretary , I do n't suppose that comes to you as any surprise but I shall I not be talking on that but let me say that we remain committed strongly to a substantial aid programme which as far as possible is directed towards the poorest countries . |
| 20 | Let me say that because we 've done a trial with wet peat we did a trial with dry peat . |
| 21 | But let me say that I think it 's not in principle difficult . |
| 22 | And suppose that in a previous existence you had suffered a particularly unfortunate fate — let us say that you met your death in a burning building . |
| 23 | Let us say that in the first place man is a creature responding intelligently or stupidly to his surroundings , much as an animal does . |
| 24 | Let us say that the meaning of a statement is cognitive if and only if there is a certain belief such that one is speaking either insincerely or incorrectly if one makes that statement or assents to it as uttered by another without having that belief . |
| 25 | And let us say that the meaning of a statement is valuational if and only if there is a certain attitude to which it is related just as a cognitive statement is related to a certain belief . |
| 26 | Let us say that this critical level is at point A in Figure 4.3 . |
| 27 | Let us say that it occurs to you that a story in which a husband kills his wife without any apparent motive would be " a marvellous idea " . |
| 28 | Let us say that we have gone to see the Parthenon in particular , reputedly the greatest building ever conceived by man . |
| 29 | Let us say that we get 40 miles per gallon overall , and pay nearly £2 a gallon . |
| 30 | But let us say that this is not the case and you are off on your own . |