Example sentences of "[vb mod] say [conj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think that is about everything — but I must say that each time is as important as the next and I use them all . |
| 2 | I must say that such an attitude surprised me . ’ |
| 3 | I must say that all this was news to me , but then Nigel never voluntarily discussed his work at home . |
| 4 | McTaggart can not accept this Humean view because he can discover no relation between mental states which could determine the bundle to which they belong other than one through the self : ‘ We must say that those states , and those only , which are states of the same self form the bundle of parts of that self . ’ |
| 5 | I must say that this includes me . |
| 6 | I always looked hopefully for grandmas after that , and I must say that this theory proved right time and time again . |
| 7 | ‘ If you 're away to glory in some sort of wilderness I suppose I have n't much option — but I must say that this is mighty strange — ’ |
| 8 | After 32 years I continue to enjoy my Medau by doing three classes a week — with Myrtle Mott at Plumstead , with Elsie Streek at Alderwood School and with Bridget at Sidcup and I must say that this form of movement has given me a great deal of pleasure so LONG LIVE MEDAU . |
| 9 | yes , well , er I follow that , but I 'm sorry I put it rather badly Mr forgive me , part of your defence against the claim by er relates to erm these agreements , you must say that these agreements erm because they are of the standard form are anti competitive and therefore they or part of them are void , erm building on that presumably your defence says or employs er that because erm , you know there void , I du n no perhaps you can tell me this erm , all , all the er all parts of the void , all the power of the agent , the agreements with regard to premium trust funds and the like , er are also unenforceable as between er the erm name and his er members agent , erm and in consequence of that you say , as I understand it , er that that is , all that cause be lost which you can neither set up as a defence to claim under the central bi-law or at least as a set up or counterclaim , I just wanted to explore this aspect of it , erm , as to the consequences of your plea , does it mean that clause nine is put on one side wholly or to an extent in the latter case to what extent ? |
| 10 | He looks right David Lawrence I must say and that was a very , very quick delivery and getting back to your other point , that slips coming forward going back , it 's just every now and again that it does n't come out right from David Lawrence , it goes down comparatively slowly , but when he does get it right , it really flies through to slips . |
| 11 | For those cursed with absolute pitch I should say that all these recordings are distinctly on the sharp side of A440 concert pitch — sometimes by nearly as much as a quarter-tone . |
| 12 | Although my main concern this evening is with aspects of criminal contempt , I should say that civil contempt is essentially concerned with providing a long-stop to secure the enforcement of such court orders as injunctions . |
| 13 | Looking at things squarely , I should say that most of the £5 million you have advanced to Ingard will have to be written off — and it does n't seem to me to make much difference to the bank whether this becomes open knowledge now , or in a week or so . |
| 14 | We should say that this is a more sophisticated design than the simple unit we published and is available by mail order for an inclusive price of £39.95 . |
| 15 | I was recently listening to a tape of a ten-year-old radio talk by literary critic Christopher Ricks , called Bob Dylan and the Language That He Used ( I should say that this is a reference to the lines , ‘ You used to be so amused/At Napoleon in rags and the language that he used ’ in Dylan 's classic song , Like a Rolling Stone ) . |
| 16 | You need to sit down with the practice manager or whomever and say right now you 've listed all these , why , what 's peculiar about what 's particular and peculiar about these that you should say that this is a good opportunity . |
| 17 | Perhaps , therefore , we should say that public law ought to govern the exercise of public functions whether by governmental or non-governmental bodies . |
| 18 | I should say that these errors have all been without exception quite trivial in themselves . |
| 19 | Have you noticed that by and large , not all the time of course but I should say that eighty percent of the time birds face that way ? |
| 20 | And she 'll say and that 's all I 'll say . |
| 21 | Hon. Members might say that that was fair enough , but the Government have gone on to use a bizarre and irrelevant definition of urban and rural . |
| 22 | Well , he might say that one mental sentence is , as it were , ‘ upfront ’ ( for example ‘ The spectacles are broken ! ’ ) , but that this sentence has a network of connections to other sentences in the mental architecture ( ‘ They are made of glass , ’ ‘ They were purchased ’ , ‘ They are not unique ’ ) . |
| 23 | Looked at positively , we might say that all these things were actually a realisation that the stresses and strains of modernity could not be coped with by further doses of materialism . |
| 24 | The cynical might say that all the Prince needed was a mother for a future heir . |
| 25 | The cynical might say that all the Prince needed was a mother for a future heir . |
| 26 | You might say that this thing had been brewing up for a long time , that the threat was there ; they had n't seen it . |
| 27 | ROS : Nevertheless , I suppose one might say that this was a chance … |
| 28 | Some women ( and some anthropologists ) might say that this would simply make explicit what is otherwise hidden by the fraudulent " rituals " of society . |
| 29 | Historically , one might say that scientific notions in the modern age have become anchored into common sense . |
| 30 | And er I was well known if I might say and proud of this Michael . |