Example sentences of "i [vb mod] say [adv] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If I may say so your sister was particularly emphatic on the point . ’ |
| 2 | My Noble Friend Lord was if I may say so his usual wonderful combination of modesty and vehemence has erm drawn our attention to the very confused situation which arose . |
| 3 | I think if I may say so My Lords , we 're becoming slightly over-excited . |
| 4 | And first I must say why I need to make this digression . |
| 5 | I must say when I read that in 's letter , I did n't read that specific erm comment , I read something , something much much wider really , that , that really I felt that what she was saying was you know that when , when there is a group , then readers er musicians , everybody else reflect together and come together before they actually , you know , they do n't all operate the same but they come together and they reflect together on what the , the theme is , or you know , what was the main point of the readings . |
| 6 | I must say when I got up this morning I did n't feel much better than when I went to bed last night but there we are . |
| 7 | It 's only way you can get over erm tragedy I should say when he married quick because he got another compan for the life he locks himself inside er walls , you never even |
| 8 | And I thought , I 'm just going to wait and see what he says , and I 'll say well they 'll be walking round naked cos he 's not bought them a pair of socks , pants , T-shirt jumper , nowt . |
| 9 | Adrian , well erm the bosses men see , they wear the knee pads every day , I say to Jack I say you got a game called Sex Maniac , he says yeah , I 'll say well you 're fucking in there , knee pads associates |
| 10 | That 's why she 's asked me to do it , but like I said to mum you know , I 'm not gon na say to her , oh yeah I 'll do it whenever you want , I 'll say like they 're gon na do this extra course on Wednesday nights and she said , like unless she could get a baby-sitter she could n't go which is the reason I 'm doing it . |
| 11 | So I 'll say there we are you 've got seven pennies there now take ten away . |
| 12 | And I could say well I , I 've never done this . |
| 13 | I mean I could say well I could go on a diet , but , er and keep on this sort of thing like Margaret does you know |
| 14 | I wish I could say exactly what I saw . |
| 15 | If it was a child I 'd say here you sit up properly . |
| 16 | You 'll have to go into the branch , but what , if I was your manager , I 'd say well what we 'll do , is keep on working and training , until it 's alright |
| 17 | but she was getting there , her and Bren were er conferring you see I 'd sort of gone through what I 'd done and every now and again she 'd say well I 've done this and I 'd say well it 's right . |
| 18 | It would n't be , I would n't say oh no you ca n't have it , but I 'd say well you 'll receive it in a couple of days time and if they said oh well that 's not good enough , then fair enough , you , you know . |
| 19 | I 'd say when you go to this afternoon er ring the doorbell and say er just get handed a crash helmet and say this is for coming after . |
| 20 | I 'd say maybe you 're right . |
| 21 | I dare say even I 've done one or two rash things in my dim and distant youth . ’ |
| 22 | He , that 's what I , what I used to say when I was there ! |
| 23 | so on a Sunday I used to say right I 'm not gon na take my tablets today because it 's a waste of a tablet if you 're gon na eat like that , and on a Sunday I used to be absolutely exhausted because you take them all the time and they keep you going and then when you stop taking them they 've just , you wind down |
| 24 | Now at one time I used to say here you are here are the two products when you go on the training course it 'll be decided at the end of the training course which product you 'll go on . |
| 25 | This is what I used to say so I was n't scared of flying . |
| 26 | and then I would say well you know I just need to make a few notes |
| 27 | So I said well I 've never been in the situation but I said if it , if it was , if I was in that situation I , asked to see the manager or person in charge , make an offer to pay for any damage that was done and if that did n't suffice then I would say well I am the care officer for a Mencap home and the only thing I can do is say will you er get in touch with my boss and it 'll have to be sorted out from Head Office and she said perfect , you could n't do anything better , then she give me all different things that we 've gone into the next day and the patient 's done everything down the bed , what would you do ? |
| 28 | Well I would say physically it 's roughly about a quarter of the size of Woollaton Hall . |
| 29 | Definitely , yes , I would say like I 've spoke to Brian Horton on Sunday and he more or less said that it 's er Oxford United , fourth position in the league , let's hope so like you know , they are like , and I 've come here maybe to help get them in a better position . |
| 30 | If somebody comes along and offers me ninety I shall say well what about ninety two ? |