Example sentences of "[coord] i say [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | The scene of the Sufi scholar in his room was straight out of a detail from the Anvar-i Suhayli — or indeed any of the illuminated Mughal manuscript books — and I said this to Dr Jaffery . |
2 | It is worth noting — and I say this for the benefit of my hon. Friend the Minister if for no one else 's benefit — that there has been a great deal of hyprocrisy on the part of the Labour party in Thurrock and Basildon concerning the centralisation of casualty services at Orsett . |
3 | And I say this to you : You are Peter the Rock ; and on this rock I will build my church , and the powers of death shall never conquer it . |
4 | Well , I suppose that er er i it i it is a barrier of some , some sort , some sort , but it does n't strike me as being a very strong one , er and all of this you see is and I say this to Noble Lords in all parts of the House , all of this is part of the continuing destruction of local authorities |
5 | However — and I say this with some pride and gratitude — Lord Darlington never made any efforts to conceal things from my own eyes and ears ; I can recall on numerous occasions , some personage breaking off in mid-sentence to glance warily towards my person , only for his lordship to say : ‘ Oh , that 's all right . |