Example sentences of "say you [vb mod] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So it would probably be better to mention it to her , but say you 'll be discreet , not record anything that . |
| 2 | ‘ I always say you can be frightening , Lydia , ’ said Betty . |
| 3 | Victor says you might be interested in a couple of days ’ work . ’ |
| 4 | The deputy editor of Which , Judith Gubby , although she 's not a banger fan herself , munched her way through two dozen different varieties , says you 'd be amazed at what 's inside . |
| 5 | ‘ I have always said you must be willing , ’ he responded , and the smile did not leave his eyes . |
| 6 | It is a kind of brainwashing , because underneath the ad for the chocolate is another kind of message , saying you must be slim , heterosexual , white ; you have to be a certain class , have money . |
| 7 | And he said you 'll be able to go round the roundabout then I the flaming things ! |
| 8 | Anyway , they bought me this you know and er and , she said you 'll be able to go on your trips . |
| 9 | So I held his hand all the way and mum was there and I said you 'll be alright dad I said do n't worry about it I said er , we 'll be here when you come out , he said yeah alright , I 'm alright , so as the surgeon came out he said look Mrs he said I 've seen your daughter , yeah , I have to say this to you he said it 's a fifty , fifty percent chance that John will come back from the operation , operation OK and he said it 's a one hundred percent chance he wo n't without surgery of course he do n't know anything , got his little cap on |
| 10 | ‘ Mitch said you might be able to help . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ The lad said you might be glad of word as to his daring adventures . |
| 12 | ‘ John Killick said you might be interested in anything anyone could remember about Stephen Summerchild . ’ |
| 13 | Yeah but you said you 'd be busy ! |
| 14 | as Patrick used to say you 'd be able to poo through the eye of a needle |
| 15 | I hate to say you should be American , because of course , no-one should , but this one single evening of Great British Music — Spiritualized , Curve , The Jesus And Mary Chain , in that fixed order — is three and a quarter hours that compounds and crystallises everything that is vibrant and clever and downright sex-mad- filthy about what squares call ‘ alternative ’ . |
| 16 | ‘ I did say you would be cold if you came to live with me , but you said you would n't mind . |
| 17 | ‘ Did Sally say you might be able to squeeze me into your car ? ’ she asked , fluttering her eyelashes . |