Example sentences of "[noun] but i [modal v] say " in BNC.
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| 1 | This book does contain a few games with winners but I must say that , on the whole , I do not like elimination games . |
| 2 | I do n't know Norman 's reaction to Fergie 's story but I can say they have left me with a bitter feeling . |
| 3 | 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 ? |
| 4 | ‘ It is a grey area but I would say if these toys are sold at a fête or bazaar then they are being retailed . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | I am never surprised when after a holiday a colleague or neighbour tells me ‘ I had a very nice holiday but I must say it 's nice to get back to work ’ . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Well I 'd say to price it , I know they 're not quite so expensive on carpet but I 'd say I 'd say about seventeen pounds , but I bet it was about twenty seven or thirty one |
| 9 | 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 ! |