Example sentences of "i [vb mod] say [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm he erm I should say at a rough guess there would be at least eight . |
| 2 | No I should say with a er you know , I mean you 've got ta er i if it 's tongue and groove or , or whatever but as I say , tongue and groove is best . |
| 3 | It was only after the resolution which this experience brought that I could say with a new reality , ‘ This God is my God . ’ |
| 4 | " No , " I 'd say with a mysterious air . |
| 5 | Like , I 'd say to a young officer , maybe just out of the depot [ training centre ] , if a old lady calls you for assistance to her , you 're a police officer and she will look to you for help , ad we have to leave people with a certain level of satisfaction . |
| 6 | And he sort of puts his hand near it , oh it 's a bit warm , oh I 'd say about a couple of amps . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'd say in a way that basically it 's a form of a policing job . |
| 8 | Well it er I was very it 's not a stately home it 's the equivalent I would say to a sort of erm lower landed gentry upper er working class sort of place . |
| 9 | I would say like a bit myself you know |
| 10 | You have to train people to become doctors or engineers or professors , and at the same time to train them in questioning all that — not only in a critical way , but I would say in a deconstructive way . |
| 11 | The best that I can say for a personality explanation is that it prevents executives from thinking about changing their behaviour , because it understandably makes little sense for them to undergo some kind of therapy . |
| 12 | ‘ I can say without a shadow of a doubt that he was one of the most popular people in the club , very straight and down the middle . ’ |