Example sentences of "[modal v] say that [pers pn] could " in BNC.
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| 1 | No one no one could say that they could endure noise , and it must be awful to live next door to it . |
| 2 | My dad always used to say that we could not afford lunch , although , I have to say , this did not stop him eating it . |
| 3 | Nobody else really liked it , and my dad used to say that he could have sent me any old rubbish in the post and I would have liked it . ’ |
| 4 | They used to say that he could almost make a horse fly . ’ |
| 5 | Sometimes they would stroll under the leafy canopies of the Mardyke , where the river was not a river at all but a stream — his father used to say that you could n't even call it a branch of the Lee , perhaps a twig at best — often dried-up in summer and so narrow that he could nearly have jumped across it if he had been allowed ; at other times their route would take them down the Marina where the river was a broad rink-like expanse that copied in shimmering reflections the haughty hills of Montenotte drawing themselves up from its other side . |
| 6 | You may say that you could hardly trust me saying it because I 'm wealthy enough to be able to come here from Japan to study . |
| 7 | For many years , I have wished more than words can say that I could unburden myself , unbutton my secret . |