Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] say i be " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'll have to say I 'm Rachel because our voices sound the same . |
| 2 | I 'd like to say I was a |
| 3 | I 'd like to say I 'm one of those people who waited seven years to have my daughter , who 's now eight by the way , but I mean erm I was one of those people when I heard about IV coming in I thought this was a great thing ! |
| 4 | ‘ Could have said I was eccentric , ’ argued gently . |
| 5 | Being one of her biggest fans I would like to say I am sick and tired of all the criticism that she receives . |
| 6 | I would like to say I 'm deeply grateful to councillor Elaine who wrote a wonderful letter to the director of transportation which has formed the basis of my speech . |
| 7 | ‘ But I wish people would stop saying I 'm anorexic . |
| 8 | To cast aspersions on the new revolutionaries was to put his own patriotism in question : ‘ if I 'd done that , Bill Casey , Jean Kirkpatrick ( the Ambassador to the United Nations ) and Cap Weinberger would have said I was some kind of a commie . ’ |
| 9 | If a pollster had approached me in the run-up to the election , I would have said I was voting Lib-Dem , because I had a sincere intention of doing so . |
| 10 | ‘ Anybody watching that would have said I was a rapist and you were being raped . ’ |