Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] [modal v] [adv] say " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whatever the outcome , this is one play where you can truly say it is n't over till the fat lady ( or in this case , the fat man ) sings . |
| 2 | Or you may simply say who sponsored the baluster . |
| 3 | If your spouse starts to feel slightly insecure ( because other people find you attractive now ) he or she might well say you looked better when you were ‘ cuddly ’ . |
| 4 | Thus the definition of eqn ( 2.5 ) is no longer applicable or we should rather say it is no longer sufficient . |
| 5 | Close friends and family — those who really care about you — will be happy to comply but you must remember to tell them that you would like them to indicate what they think are your weaknesses as well as your strengths or they will simply say nice things about you . |
| 6 | Although I would also say that I do n't suppose there are very many Councillors that do n't actually , at the end of the day , being a Councillor is costing them a lot of money and those members ' allowances are very , very small and they certainly in my case nowhere near cover the cost of being a County Councillor . |
| 7 | I think he was frightened that I might unwittingly say too much — that if I knew everything , I 'd be more likely to guard my tongue ; be part of the conspiracy . ’ |
| 8 | All that I can honestly say is that after collecting the facts I do decide one way or another , without having any reasons which will satisfy you if you do not share the same standards . |
| 9 | And er we bore great resentment about this , that was the only thing , that I can honestly say , we bore any resentment about . |
| 10 | It must be a measure of my confidence , he wrote , that I can now say , in these notes , without any kind of trepidation , that this is the major project of my life , that beside it the rest pales into insignificance , if it was not insignificant anyway , beside it or anything else . |
| 11 | The trouble was that she would never say , she would only look away and murmur vaguely , ‘ You decide … ’ |
| 12 | Maggie knew that if she felt like that she 'd never say so . |
| 13 | There was little enough in her life that she could honestly say was exciting , but that morning she was a little nervous , and , yes , a little excited . |
| 14 | Now , a lot of the things that you will be writing about will not be that dramatic that you can actually say , ‘ Hey ! |
| 15 | Now she would n't seriously suggest that we should n't take on those sixty eight people , that we should just say ‘ oh well , we 'll just manage the Poll Tax somehow anyhow with fewer people than are necessary ’ . |
| 16 | Their chance would be diminishing as each hour goes by , but we have not reached the stage that we can confidently say there is nobody alive in that building . ’ |
| 17 | He was regarded on both sides of the House not only as charming , but as very honest and courageous , and I think that we can genuinely say that he had friendships on both sides . |
| 18 | But Regan wilfully distorts this into the implication that we can never say in advance that a given proposal has been drawn up by an incompetent researcher who does n't know what he is looking for … |
| 19 | Erm , oh let me just find the papers , see what No I do n't think there 's anything else that we can usefully say on there . |
| 20 | It is in virtue of ( 5 ) , ( 7 ) , and ( 8 ) that we can truly say that the circumstance makes happen and explains the effect , and not the other way on . |
| 21 | Because I think that they and that we can only say the same again next year when our own , everything goes up and , I think it 's very sad that the church ca n't ! |
| 22 | Erm it 's to erm reserve er for emergencies , obviously , I , I 'd use a building society or bank , to cover holidays and domestic needs , to set up hobby or retirement applications , so we 'd always say , leave a fair amount in the building society , and the only thing th advice I 'd give you is one , stick to the major societies , and secondly , if you 're looking for larger investments , use a postal account . |
| 23 | They are fools and liars and will tell you that everyone is entitled to his own opinion , except they will probably say ‘ his or her , ’ so that you do n't feel left out , being a young , firm , tanned and bouncy woman with a mind of fathomlessly inventive depravity , even if you do n't know it yet . |
| 24 | ( Perhaps their paintings said things to one another during these years that they could never say in person . ) |
| 25 | You ca n't believe that they can still say it , having had this conversation six hundred times . |
| 26 | A physiotherapist stated , for instance : ‘ What we want to develop in them is the motivation to try and tackle society , take it head on so that they can actually say I want to go and do this , I want to go and do something else . ’ |
| 27 | It 's only later on when they 're more experienced that they can actually say , well hang on a minute I can do more for this person and I 'm going to do more for this person . |
| 28 | Erm of a unstressed syllable erm like X in except , so they 'd just say except . |
| 29 | Well , in that we 're , I 'm just , I 'm just bringing up a point that yes he , he , it seems that he could well say something like well , the cow herder or the shepherd down the road has got as much of the right as anybody else . |
| 30 | I answered him with lies , happy that he was so interested after I 'd been certain that he 'd never say a word to me : I told him that I grew it myself , my family grew it , and it was everywhere like green grass and empty milk bottles in London ; it was really amazing hashish. wherever I threw its seeds it sprang up like flames leaping into the air . |