Example sentences of "but [pron] [vb mod] say [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But I dare say we could get around that . |
| 2 | Her gaze distant , as though she was looking back into the past , she continued , ‘ It would n't have been easy , staying here , but I dare say we would have managed . |
| 3 | But I dare say you like apples . |
| 4 | But I dare say you wo n't believe that . |
| 5 | " But I dare say he 's impatient , " thought Hazel , " or he may have come off worst in some scuffle over a doe and taken it hard . |
| 6 | So I w , I have n't heard what they 've said about holidays , but I would say they ought to say to people , if , if you know , if your allocated six weeks holiday , you take that six weeks holiday . |
| 7 | ‘ Well , you 're on the right road , but I would say you had chosen the wrong day . ’ |
| 8 | But I would say it 's some kind of tribesman . ’ |
| 9 | Erm but I would say it 's mostly maintenance trades . |
| 10 | Erm but I would say it does indicate the er seriousness of it . |
| 11 | The gardener wo n't like it , but I 'll say it has some kind of disease — ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I 've said it to you before , but I 'll say it again . |
| 13 | There ought to be moonlight , starlight or sunset , music — But I shall say it anyhow . ’ |
| 14 | Younger than me , yes , just slightly younger than me , two or three years , I do n't know exactly but I should say she 's two or three years younger than me . |
| 15 | I mean I ca n't remember really but I should say he 'd probably be about six foot two or three . |
| 16 | I do n't know Norman 's reaction to Fergie 's story but I can say they have left me with a bitter feeling . |
| 17 | ‘ I ca n't always ignore what they say but I can say it 's a lot of crap . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ But I can say it 's a lot of crap ! ’ |
| 19 | Yeah , but I can say it now . |
| 20 | It 's difficult to be sure , but I 'd say he 'd been put in the water immediately after death and that he 's been tossed about in shallow water over a rocky bottom ever since . |
| 21 | I do n't have that much brains , but I 'd say I had good common sense . |
| 22 | I do n't want to sound too flame-eyed and low-blink-rate about it — and , all right , I know I 'm a real simp in many areas — but I 'd say I was way ahead of Tod on this basic question of human difference . |
| 23 | Well I 'd say to price it , I know they 're not quite so expensive on carpet but I 'd say I 'd say about seventeen pounds , but I bet it was about twenty seven or thirty one |
| 24 | Devlin shook his head , ‘ Jesus , son , but I 'd say you should find a different class of work , the both of you , ’ and he turned and went out . |
| 25 | but I 'd say it 's th it 's th Je , the Jewish teaching as Christ would have preached it |
| 26 | Yeah , but I 'd say it 's because she 's a |
| 27 | But i must say we 're now the great chance , one of the Great chances that we have next June , in my mind , is the Post Office will put the let er Our pamphlets through every letter box in eight constituencies , |
| 28 | cause a bit of trouble down there but I must say we do n't have it here now . |
| 29 | I can not imagine what sort of place this gentleman imagined he was coming to in bringing the latter , but I must say it struck something of an odd note to see in Darlington Hall these two large silent men staring suspiciously in all directions a few yards from wherever the Italian gentleman happened to be . |
| 30 | I am never surprised when after a holiday a colleague or neighbour tells me ‘ I had a very nice holiday but I must say it 's nice to get back to work ’ . |