Example sentences of "can say [prep] [noun] [be] " in BNC.
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1 | All we can say with certainty is that it would be the biggest man-made explosion in history , which does n't sound so bad when you say it quickly as I 'm saying it now . |
2 | Well , love , all I can say about Adam is that he 's Jake all over again — and being sensible never got anyone anywhere with Jake . |
3 | ‘ All I can say about Chelsea is that Newcastle United would be a bigger club if we got things right here . ’ |
4 | The worse word you can say to authority is , I can cope , because they leave you to cope ! |
5 | ‘ I thought a personal appeal to the Brotherhood for a relic for Shaftesbury Abbey would be much better than legal wrangling , and all I can say at present is that negotiations are going very well indeed , ’ said Mrs Rider last night . |
6 | All one can say at present is that though the process is difficult , time-consuming , and at times very unsatisfying , it is at least an improvement over those processes we have followed in the past . |