Example sentences of "[vb mod] say [conj] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm I must say that on the clothing scene , because I did criticize it in my earlier statements , er that when I was so young I thought it was so frumpy and I was so pleased when I was married and got my own income that , you know , I could go elsewhere and choose something . |
| 2 | And we 've not had I I must say that over the years I might have had two cases perhaps when there 's been a query with regard to that in terms of packing . |
| 3 | You might say that about the human animal really , might n't you ? |
| 4 | Historians might say that in the twentieth century in Britain only the reforming administrations of 1906 and 1945 provided a major change in direction to be followed by administrations which consolidated the changes . |
| 5 | One might say that in the light of the passage quoted on page 39 there is no endorsement for the neglect of grammar in Wilkins ' proposals either . |
| 6 | Put in terms of basic psychoanalytic theory , one might say that in the modern Western individual the order of stages of psycho-sexual development has been determined by the id . |
| 7 | Or you could say that from the story told under the palm-tree or round the winter hearth there developed the novel . |
| 8 | And I suppose you could say that in a way it it worked . |
| 9 | But erm and that presumably one could say that in the same way as Stalin did but that erm Trotsky 's idea was much nearer to Marx . |
| 10 | The stripy away shirts are dead good , and I 'd say that on the backs of the fans , they outnumbered the white hooped jobs by about 10 to 1 . |
| 11 | So you 'd say that as a b er as a result of that it did it did er so it did When you say it served its purpose , it did improve the image ? |
| 12 | He used to say that in a few years his uncle would retire ; then he would be in control . ’ |
| 13 | But sightings of the young lady continued and the curious point was that people used to say that in the first compartment next to the tender there would often be the strong scent of roses . |
| 14 | Old colliers used to say that in the mines sometimes you could hear noises that were not just the noise of settlement or movement but something different , the feeling that someone else that you could n't see was working near you . |
| 15 | I would say that between the ages of 12 and 25 , he was the big-shot . |
| 16 | Finally , I would say that in a show of sixty-four artists it is astonishing that there are only five women . |
| 17 | ‘ Mr Stevens , I may not have been a housekeeper for long , but I would say that in the time I have been , my abilities have attracted some very generous remarks . ’ |
| 18 | In the '70s , people would say that in the future , pop music would be chiefly a matter not of songs , but of strange space-age bleeps and fizzes . |
| 19 | Erm I would say that in the past the loyalist paramilitaries , apart from the obvious thing which was easy going out just and killing catholics as they 've been doing recently . |
| 20 | I would totally agree with that conclusion and I would say that in the York situation , you should choose the one that is closer to York than is farthest out . |
| 21 | ‘ Well , I would say that after a rotten beginning I 've had a good life — That 's not very helpful , is it ? ’ |
| 22 | I shall say that outside the House if there is anyone who is worried about privilege . |
| 23 | Now we shall say that in a class of materials the current density at any point is proportional to the electric field ; in mathematical form |
| 24 | For example , let's say that in the most efficient swing , the ball will travel two yards for every 10 mph of clubhead speed . |
| 25 | Speaking broadly , we may say that in the Roman church it is regarded as presumption , in the Protestant churches it is a privilege or a duty , but in the New Testament it is simply a fact . |
| 26 | In conclusion , one may say that in the ritual life of the traditional Hindu woman one can see the ambivalence of the traditional attitude of Hindu society towards its women and their sexuality . |
| 27 | And in so far as it , as the question arises erm of what kind of , of provisions erm are you going to find if you go abroad , erm then I think we can say that within the European Community , erm citizens of one member state are entitled to what the citizens of the member state in which they happen to be staying are entitled to . |
| 28 | Nobody can say that by the year 2000 there will be five pits , 14 pits — or any number of pits . |
| 29 | Despite reservations about comparatively small numbers of patients , we can say that by the trial criteria , the diet did not prevent or reduce gall stone recurrence — whether or not an adjustment is made for the stone free interval . |