Example sentences of "[modal v] say that i was " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact you could say that I was a real wallflower . |
| 2 | But it was n't sex that really mattered to either of us ; he used to say that I was his insurance and consolation in old age . ’ |
| 3 | His cousin would say that I was no good , that a girl who had lost her father like me could never be any good . |
| 4 | Already I have the feeling that I 'm a bit too thin — that Anna , whose house I am at , will say that I was never fat in the first place : ‘ Oh , you 're all right , skinny ribs ’ ; that mixture of dismissal and envy she uses , excluding me from the problems of other girls , from real problems like her fat thighs , or her backside that could do with ‘ half an hour on a bacon slicer ’ , as she puts it . |
| 5 | So you 'd say well we must have let let's say that I was n't being that helpful |
| 6 | ‘ I have had to wait a long time for the freedom , but it will be passed down and at least I can say that I was a Freeman of Chester . |