Example sentences of "[modal v] [pers pn] say [noun] " in BNC.

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31 Yeah mm well he had a little bit of of er what shall we say slang if that 's the word .
32 So , shall we say Canterbury ?
33 Now it seemed to me that one thousand six hundred was initially as a result of survey work or shall we say investigation into the housing waiting list carried out by the York housing department , and I have to say that I have a certain respect for the York housing department , and they have a certain reasonable and good reputation within the region as a housing department , and so there seems to me that there is a gr a there is a potential to underestimate er the the affordable requirement that 's been put to you , another point erm I 'd just like perhaps to seek a little clarification from Mr Curtis , was was unfortunately I was looking something else up or my attention was diverted when he gave some figures for Ryedale and Selby , I think he said , and I 'll happily stand corrected on this , that if you take away the York requirement figure from his ten thousand four hundred for Greater York , then the remainder he would apportion to Selby and Ryedale , so that Selby got four thousand two hundred , sorry , so that Ryedale got four thousand two hundred and Selby got one thousand seven hundred , erm that does n't add up to ten thousand four hundred and I I I in total , and I I wondered where the rest was coming from , if I the point correctly .
34 So at the moment we are really in a bit of a problem about the number of er apprentices being trained , or shall we say trainees being trained across the U K , K at the time , a a at all !
35 Shall we say noon today ? ’ he said .
36 What colour would they say Alexander was now , In this light ?
37 Will you say goodbye to Mrs Reed , Jane ? ’ she asked .
38 But before I leave this particular part of my criticism er perhaps er in case the minister er er does n't accept what I 'm saying I could quote er the words of the right honourable gentleman , the President of the Board of Trade er who writing before he was a President er in his book where there 's a will he said accountancy firms ought I believe , the debarred from doing any other work for a company for which they act as auditors and in a number of other countries there are laws which circumscribe auditors in this way and prevent to prevent any possible conflict of interest .
39 Can I say Chairman that erm my colleague erm Mr Potter i is our technical resident technical expert and er I 'm sure he 'll be happy to er to take on board any of the particular queries on the methodology that 's been adopted .
40 Can I say Chairman on on this report of the policy of the old policy and resources committee on the internal management of local authorities that was a very important issue because it 's I all issues are important but in particular the the seal the report is to inform the council of comments which the policy and resources committee has agreed to make the association of county councils on the recommendation of the joint working party on the internal management of local authority Now I 'm sure you , you 've waded through the report at least some of the during the last er week or so that er that you 've had it well I would advise you to turn to page thirty and thirty one because there 's lot eas and it 'll make life easier for you , if you do that and there on the bottom half of page thirty you will see the decisions of the policy and resources committee .
41 First , can I say congratulations on reaching your tenth anniversary .
42 Can I say congratulations for Money Spinner
43 How can you say women are not inferior to men ?
44 Can you say daddy ?
45 can you say , can you say moonlight sonata
46 So can we say February the twenty eighth .
47 We , can we say goodbye now .
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