Example sentences of "[vb mod] say you [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I must say you amaze me . |
| 2 | ‘ If I left the can just over there you could say you found it . ’ |
| 3 | Our modern parental investment individualistic view would n't allow you to make that error , instead you 'd say you know you 've got ta look at the costs and benefits of the mother too and perhaps there are benefits to mothers in actively testing as it were their offspring , erm rather than just passively er accepting that they 're gon na have to be mothers and gon na have to get on with it and again you see , er I would er and this may have been the big mistake I made last year , er but again I stand by my er view on this and it 's a perfectly defensible one , erm again I think those who say that abortion is unnatural and kind of erm offends against er you know nature , are wrong . |
| 4 | Well I would I , he would say you know you know you do n't croquet that and it 's a short bom bom and it 's |
| 5 | Yeah I think , I think that 's probably just as well because erm let's say you know it 's being answered by somebody who 's gay themselves or lesbian themselves or you know kind of is , is heterosexual but has sort of anti-homophobic sympathies |
| 6 | But but but if you write the formula down let's say let's say you get it all wrong and I say , What happens if you have an acid and an alkali ? and you say , Well I know they all give a salt so that 's a safe bet , so I 'll say they give a salt . |
| 7 | Occasionally you can say you think they 're being stupid or have they thought about other things but at the end of the day people are answerable erm for their own decisions I feel and , if I have an opportunity I 'll tell them what I think , but er if people are n't wanting your opinion then you ca n't really give it |