Example sentences of "but i [vb mod] say " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I dare say you like apples . |
| 2 | ‘ But I dare say we could get around that . |
| 3 | Yeah well as I say I I lived in the east end of London and that that 's how it was done there but I dare say that other places organized it |
| 4 | " But I dare say he 's impatient , " thought Hazel , " or he may have come off worst in some scuffle over a doe and taken it hard . |
| 5 | JERVIS : I am not to dispute with your honour , but I dare say if the men will let her alone she 'll never trouble herself about them . |
| 6 | But I dare say you wo n't believe that . |
| 7 | Unfortunately , this is the first winter for a long time in which Lowa has no distribution in Britain but I dare say someone will fill the gap before long . |
| 8 | among anthropologists and among philosophers but I dare say that most readers of this book would like to situate themselves somewhere on the Epicurean side of the fence ; so would I , but the intellectual difficulties which flow from that position are very great . |
| 9 | Her gaze distant , as though she was looking back into the past , she continued , ‘ It would n't have been easy , staying here , but I dare say we would have managed . |
| 10 | For myself , I think the moat alone would have been quite enough , but I dare say one gets used to the feeling that we might all sink . ’ |
| 11 | But I 've come a long way and er so I 'll go back next er Wednesday to the department and er er if people will bear with me and put up with it er I 'll take it er fairly slowly to start with but I dare say there will come a time when er erm you wo n't notice much difference . |
| 12 | You have to train people to become doctors or engineers or professors , and at the same time to train them in questioning all that — not only in a critical way , but I would say in a deconstructive way . |
| 13 | ‘ I have seen him play a little bit more to the net than normally , but I would say that he has much more confidence staying back and playing long rallies . |
| 14 | ‘ It is a grey area but I would say if these toys are sold at a fête or bazaar then they are being retailed . |
| 15 | But I would say it 's some kind of tribesman . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Mr Stevens , I may not have been a housekeeper for long , but I would say that in the time I have been , my abilities have attracted some very generous remarks . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I ca n't be absolutely precise , but I would say about eight forty-five and one-thirty respectively . ’ |
| 18 | But I would say that for recording I 'd use the passive sound ; it 's warmer , more mellow , and would sound good — although I 'd still prefer to gig with the Vester . |
| 19 | ‘ But I would say that underneath it all Diana is a survivor and she will do anything to survive . |
| 20 | ‘ Well , you 're on the right road , but I would say you had chosen the wrong day . ’ |
| 21 | There is a lot of speculation , but I would say the art market for real contemporary art young artists will stay in Cologne . |
| 22 | You get that in any society , but I would say that these loonies are in the minority and certainly would get the " clog pie " from any walking or caving club . |
| 23 | But I would say that we should obviously look at the financial aspect of the review erm dates , which might be yearly . |
| 24 | so wha what Andy 's done , and what other people have done have pitted , picked out a few great examples , but I would say that erm the majority are quite reasonable comments , if , if perhaps a little bit simple at times , I do n't know . |
| 25 | Now , I 'm not a sociologist but I would say i it meant that children without both were more prone to trouble , or more prone to erm lack of parental control or lack of love , care there has , I mean somebody can draw a a conclusion from that , but barely fifty ! |
| 26 | But I would say that the way to look at this site is to ask whether it is part of the built area , in other words whether it is built on , or whether it is not part of the built area , in other words it is not built on . |
| 27 | Erm but I would say it 's mostly maintenance trades . |
| 28 | ‘ But I would say that , would n't I , even if I were ? ’ |
| 29 | But I would say that I think it is only a matter of time before we , as a nation , produce a very good black golfer . " |
| 30 | But I would say to you that such a fundamental change of strategy , would normally have its proper place in a replacement plan , rather than an alteration . |