Example sentences of "if i may say [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If I may say so your sister was particularly emphatic on the point . ’ |
| 2 | Now , you 're a plants-woman of no small renown , if I may say so , your ladyship . |
| 3 | Many were taken away by the Romans , others by Napoleon , but ours was a present from the Egyptian government in the last century — a jolly nice present , too , if I may say so . |
| 4 | Grand young woman , if I may say so . ’ |
| 5 | We do n't think , if I may say so , that the philosophers are yet talking to us in a language that we understand , although some of us are beginning to grasp it . |
| 6 | And his manner was , if I may say so , more relaxed , almost like an aristocrat . |
| 7 | If I may say so , my German is perfectly adequate . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ -poste is not worthy of you , if I may say so . ’ |
| 9 | To laughter , he told Mr Major : ‘ If I may say so , Prime Minister , send it to your Cabinet . |
| 10 | ‘ If I may say so with some dignity , sir , I 'm trying to set them an example . |
| 11 | Moving on , and if I may say so , you have hit the nail on the head with your reference to the registration and its rarely stated function to boost the circulation of the LTA 's own magazine . |
| 12 | ‘ Forgive me , but if I may say so , you have far too modest an opinion of yourself . ’ |
| 13 | And what worries me , if I may say so in this matter is that , that I find er in my retirement , a sensitivity among some of my fellow ministers about something that one of them described as a threat to status a feeling that there must be a protection of prerogatives . |
| 14 | ‘ Mr. Preston , if I may say so that was pretty cold blooded of you to leave her lying on the floor until I came in . ’ |
| 15 | The case has no direct bearing on the issues before me , but Sir Robert Megarry V.-C. 's judgment contains a full analysis of the original lessee 's liability , admirably summarised , if I may say so , in the following paragraph , at p. 137 : |
| 16 | The danger of attempting to categorise the situations in which equitable relief will be afforded is well recognised in the authorities and , if I may say so , rightly . |
| 17 | You 've extended courtesy , patience , and fair-mindedness to all , so that you 've been a tribute to the enquiry process if I may say so . |
| 18 | All these things , if I may say so , are entirely irrelevant so far as Dr Hill is concerned . ’ |
| 19 | But , if I may say so , it was totally acceptable , and I could not think of anything better , so I agreed with alacrity . |
| 20 | This , if I may say so , considering my bulk in those days — now much reduced by the ravages of health and time — was a very considerable offer . |
| 21 | ‘ That 's just the point , Mr Glover , if I may say so . |
| 22 | ‘ What a becoming dress , if I may say so . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ The thing about you , Helen , if I may say so , is that you are so refreshingly detached from all that one finds disagreeable about contemporary life . ’ |
| 24 | If I may say so , a lot of your charges could probably be reclassified under a single heading : That he would n't have liked us if he 'd known us . |
| 25 | ‘ And how — if I may say so — unEnglish . ’ |
| 26 | He gulped down the mouthful before saying : ‘ Well , that 's pretty obvious , if I may say so . |
| 27 | Well er in the early days , erm there were occasions where erm if I may say so , that , that just to divert for a moment , the scheme had to have supervision , and there was an increase in the staff , the number of foremen and chargehands increased . |
| 28 | Er if I may say so , erm it was early in our career that er in my career that er along with the shop stewards , we disagreed in principle with the management on an annual wage increase . |
| 29 | If I may say so , you 're a bit long in the tooth to be an articled clerk , and — to make up for that — you have an air of authority that scarcely fits you for a junior position . |
| 30 | ‘ And you appear to underestimate the degree of your education , if I may say so . ’ |