Example sentences of "say that i have [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | Though it has to be said , he wrote , and Goldberg , his eye racing down the page covered in his friend 's tiny handwriting , paused to sip from the glass of fresh orange-juice at his side , wiped his forehead and went on typing , it has to be said that I have occasionally had the illusion that I knew what step to take first and even , occasionally , what step to take second , I will not talk about a third . |
2 | I think that I am not alone in saying that I have not properly done my job of examining in detail some of the legislation which has come before us . |
3 | David did n't like it because he was on there and so we went through saying that I have only the most important |
4 | ‘ Azadi said that I had just twenty-four hours to provide him with the exact location of the ship — or else I would be executed . |
5 | Slightly bewildered , I said that I had n't . |
6 | I said that I had never heard anything more extraordinary . |
7 | I then said that I had always looked forward to going to the Board of Education . |
8 | Okay , yes I agreed for the er the price but I said that I have n't seen the work . |
9 | To say that no man could ever take the place of Tony is to say that I 've never got over his death . ’ |
10 | I had to say that I had not . |
11 | Then Duncan Paterson , the selection convenor , came on to say that I had better get myself over to Murrayfield as soon as I could ! |
12 | The last time I had an office job was in 1986 — it was a disaster , and I 'm pleased to be able to say that I have n't done a day 's work since . |
13 | That is not to say that I have n't met some canny little folk , but generally I do n't speak their language because I have never been used to them . |
14 | Suffice it to say that I have n't had a single problem since on either machine , and would n't be surprised if David Heron 's problems can be solved by the same process . |
15 | That is not to say that I have n't got sympathy for the problem that he 's faced with . |
16 | I am delighted to be able to say that I have just received notice from the Department of the Environment that Chorley is to be allocated an additional amount for doing up old housing — nearly £0.25 million . |
17 | ‘ Now I suppose you are going to say that I have not mentioned the word lover , but I always think it 's ludicrous to call one 's wife one 's lover . |
18 | I would hasten to say that I have never yet had the misfortune to operate anywhere which possessed all these undesirable features , but every one of us has seen some of them , or combinations of them in different circumstances , and everyone knows , from their own personal experience , how demotivating these characteristics are . |
19 | I ca n't say that I 've even found cases with definite pathology needing to dilute more . |
20 | ‘ I 'm quite disappointed by the sound of the amp — it 's just not there for me — although I would say that I 've always thought Trace Elliot had a kind of soul-less sound . |
21 | ‘ Well , I ca n't say that I 've really earned this , ’ said John , taking a cup , ‘ but perhaps I can be forgiven my first day . |
22 | So I can honestly say that I 've never known anyone who 's ever played for Leeds . |
23 | So I can honestly say that I 've never known anyone who 's ever played for Leeds . |
24 | I have a small , immediate family and up until my cancer I would say that I had very few friends . |
25 | ‘ No , I think I can honestly say that I have n't . ’ |
26 | At this point I must say that I have n't yet found a carp that did n't eat Tropicanas . |
27 | If we also consider thoughts about them qua spectacles , then we would say that I have not succeeded in thinking about them unless I am thinking about artefacts , thinking about items that can be worn on the nose , that aid vision , that are more-or-less breakable , that did not exist a thousand years ago , that this pair existed yesterday but did not exist in 1983 , and so on . |
28 | Baroness Seear , a leader of the Liberal peers for several years , remarks that ‘ I can honestly say that I have never been in a place that treats you better on male-female equality . |
29 | But you could say that I have never really stopped missing Mother . |
30 | Thank you very much , I can only say that I have always felt it a privilege to be part of N C V O. Er , I have enjoyed my time enormously and if I 've had any role that I feel that I 'm proud of , it 's constantly bringing members to mind . |