Example sentences of "but i have say [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Comparisons are insidious , I know , but I have to say they 're good . |
| 2 | ‘ I know you love Hector , my lord , but I have to say it , if you kill me for it . |
| 3 | ‘ I ca n't believe what 's happened today , but I have to say it was the best 45 minutes I 've had since coming back , ’ he smiled . |
| 4 | As my comrade from Scotland says John Prescott has done a good job here , but I have to say it 's not up against very much . |
| 5 | Now as someone who 's taught at other institutions — I 've taught at the University of Kent and at Middlesex Polytechnic — I think I was aware of the level of harassment which erm was there in those institutions , there certainly was sexual harassment , it certainly was a problem , but I have to say it did n't seem to me to be the problem that the students have identified it as being in Oxford and I think that 's striking and it 's something that erm as tutors and as a university we really do have to think about . |
| 6 | It gave us a bit of a giggle in the office , but I have to say it 's not the sort of thing that we would show to the public . |
| 7 | In print this wo n't look too good over breakfast , but I have to say there is more to this chapter of our being then we know . |
| 8 | brought the green one home cos I brought the three samples home , the one that we 've got down and another one and another one for the hall and stair , but I said I 'm sure it was n't the same as that , but it might have been , but I have to say he always said we would |
| 9 | But I have to say I 'd be a bit apprehensive if he was going to marry my widowed mother-in-law . ’ |
| 10 | Well I have to say Sandra that I would , alright you 've got a lot of mess , but I have to say I 'd sooner have one like that than |