Example sentences of "[adv] i [vb mod] say [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 's our lead singer , or rather I should say he was . |
| 2 | Fair enough I must say I 'd have given it to Whitlow myself but it does n't really matter as far a Leicester fans are concerned as long as they can hold on here for another two minutes now . |
| 3 | But only I can say I did n't know before , I thought I was happy . |
| 4 | Or perhaps I ought to say it was her spirit , since it resembled not at all any portrait that could have been painted . |
| 5 | They will call us citizens but we will be something less , perhaps I should say they do call us citizens but we are something less . ’ |
| 6 | Or perhaps I should say she did not trust us with everything she knew . |
| 7 | Maybe I do n't know but it just so I would say he should n't snore like he does all night . |
| 8 | But but but if you write the formula down let's say let's say you get it all wrong and I say , What happens if you have an acid and an alkali ? and you say , Well I know they all give a salt so that 's a safe bet , so I 'll say they give a salt . |
| 9 | And the only thing I need to ask you about is that bloody great , bloody great memo , I 've said it so I 'll say it again it 's pinned up in my old tutor 's room what do you want me to put down on the document for the record of achievement on attendance ? |
| 10 | Anyway , he 's coming to the conference , so I dare say I 'll sit and hear what he has to say . |
| 11 | So I 'd say it was pretty good news . |
| 12 | I 've been up here tw twenty-three years and I did n't go out till I came here so I should say I was about twenty-two years ago I started back to work . |
| 13 | So I must say I entirely agree with Heather on this , it seems to me inevitable logic of Freud 's theory and erm my own view is that group psychoanalysis is a contradiction in terms , you can not do psychoanalysis in a group of this and those who say they can I think have n never understood what psychoanalysis is all about and are misleading the public and people pay good money for it . |
| 14 | ‘ By the state you 're in I 'd say you 've both drunk the barrel dry ! ’ |
| 15 | But if it helps to get them together I 'll say she made it . |
| 16 | ‘ Well , ’ Mitch said with a considering look , ‘ normally I would say we wanted to be alone tonight , but as I 'm going to be an uncle very soon … ’ |
| 17 | well , like I 'd say I 'd go down to post office , I say no I 'll go with ya , it was raining last Thursday , I said no I 'll go with ya , so I said I 'll wait and see if it 'll , it 'll be fine , but he 's not like that he 's an old , I would n't , well |
| 18 | If that goes up I would say it is highly probable — in fact think I should use the word inevitable — that both the thermal plume and the temporarily quiescent earthquake zone along the tectonic fault would be reactivated . |
| 19 | In former times he might have been a nobleman 's factotum , now I dare say he is a film director 's personal assistant , and he leans forward obsequiously to catch his companion 's every word . |
| 20 | ‘ Now I can say I scored with Amanda de Cadenet , ’ joked the cheeky striker , 25 . |
| 21 | Now I can say I 've been mixing with both the noble and the notorious . |
| 22 | Today I must say he has behaved wholly in accordance with innocence , moved , pitying , patient in attendance . |
| 23 | Well I dare say they went back to the hospital ! |
| 24 | George said : ‘ Well I dare say I could find out from the Land Registry . ’ |
| 25 | Well I would say it 's , yes , better , cos mean with th with th these erm containers you see now I mean , we had about say ten years ago we had a man here he used to deal with the all general cargo , all loose cargo from Beirut and all the Mediterranean ports but course now you got the trouble there now that 's a , that 's a cargo that 's , what 's fell away . |
| 26 | Well well I can say it now really four have taken the R S A one exam , and and did very well though very nervous but er er and but they sat there and they did it which was superb I mean we were as nervous as they were sitting in here . |
| 27 | Well I can say it 's Ally 's car ! |
| 28 | Well I must say I , I very much it . |
| 29 | Well I must say I much prefer it like that cos it covers up the ugly fence . |
| 30 | Why well I 'd say you know maybe not five times a year but . |