Example sentences of "say [pron] [vb mod] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However after today 's result Morland staff say no-one will ever see them as an easy target . |
| 2 | I say I 'll just unplug the wall . |
| 3 | You say I 'd rather have |
| 4 | The police say someone could easily have been killed . |
| 5 | Factory inspectors say somebody could easily have been killed . |
| 6 | I know what you girls are like , you say you 'll just have it short to see what it looks like , and then you say Pedro at the salon wo n't let you grow it just for the moment , and then you say you 've got to look your best for some wedding or other and you ca n't go with it straggly and then you end up not growing it again and if I do n't mention it every week you think I 've learned to like it and if I do mention it every week you think I 'm nagging so I do n't mention it and I 'm stuck with it . |
| 7 | Say you 'll actually negotiate that in , in the erm preliminary meeting |
| 8 | Say you 'll never leave me . ’ |
| 9 | Some people say you can actually taste the clover in it . |
| 10 | They say you can still see a gap in the treeline where the Hurricane shaved the tops off what would then have been saplings . |
| 11 | So now can you see how politically , there is a kind of political subtext to this section erm as I say you can only follow it so far down a road then you come to a dead end but I think it 's there and you ca n't really ignore it , the political subtext . |
| 12 | The cynics say you can only die once and either heart disease or cancer are likely to get you in the end . |
| 13 | Well a cooker you definitely , a fridge say we could perhaps borrow that one of mum 's until we could afford one . |
| 14 | ‘ But I ca n't agree with the prophets of doom who say we will never qualify for the World Cup finals again . |
| 15 | Are you going to , when you do your care packages say we can only award so much , we 'll have to reduce it , arbitrarily ? |
| 16 | The football authorities say we can now concentrate on what happens on the field rather than the terrace , because hooliganism is being forced out of the game . |
| 17 | No one was injured but factory inspectors say there could easily have been casualities . |
| 18 | If matters are n't resolved to their satisfaction the environmental groups warn whatever Timbmet say they may well come back . |
| 19 | The people of both villages say they 'll also remember the 2 men who sacrificed their lives yesterday . |
| 20 | Thames Water say they 'll no carry out further studies of the site over the next two to three years . |
| 21 | Yet even the cooperative farmers say they 'll now support the strike . |
| 22 | But staff at Earlys say they 'll never go on a package holiday again . |
| 23 | But staff at Earlys say they 'll never go on a package holiday again . |
| 24 | ESC founders Michael Bogdanov and Michael Pennington director and star of the Shakespeare tragedy say they would rather stay away from the Civic , one of the strongest dates on their world tours , than face the same problem again . |
| 25 | Labour councillors say they would rather have flats backing on to the gardens than rats and rubbish . |
| 26 | To find its value , attention is focused on the proportions who say they would break the law , ignoring proportions who say they would never break it ( figure 13.6 ) . |
| 27 | Some parents say they can barely afford children : living costs rocketed in the late 1980s , and Taipei is now reckoned to be one of the world 's most expensive cities in which to live . |
| 28 | If you try and fudge it and set up three or four , say they can all discuss the same thing , you are building in the ability for major conflicts . |
| 29 | But the police say they can still prosecute because the real number plate shows up on the negative . |
| 30 | An independent charity , the association say they can only hope to continue this level of help to sporting organisations with the public 's support . |