Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] [adv] say [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Erm , I should also say that bit about some of us were even gods , erm that also is erm there are some options there on translation erm you could also say men who were different and particular , that is we were and erm particular humans and we were gods . |
2 | Erm I I should also say that for the for the record that erm we accept the Greater York figures and regard them as also acceptable . |
3 | I might just say one other thing , though , that I think it 's a great mistake to see the I D S , which as I said is a national institute at Sussex , as somehow just a British institution on its own looking at these problems . |
4 | For example , ( a ) damage to paths , is also caused by walkers , witness the problems of erosion on many popular tracks ; ( b ) the passage of cyclists requires walkers to step aside ( ! ! ) — this and para ( c ) sound really churlish , I might almost say childish , and give the impression of an RA membership composed entirely of geriatrics — which I 'm sure is not the case . |
5 | I 'll just say that 's it not |
6 | I 'll just say that |
7 | I 'll just say those again it 's Radford Hyson Green St Annes Lenton or Snainton . |
8 | Finally I 'll just say this to him , I agree that we have a great deal of things to learn from the United States , not in the way he suggests but it is a fact that er over the economic cycle of O E C D between seventy nine and eighty nine er America the United States saw growth of twenty six percent which created eighteen and half million jobs in their free enterprise economy . |
9 | I 'll just say this . |
10 | Oh , I 'll just say this one , but it 's fucking easy , what were the sex pistols ? |
11 | If I could just say one other thing , that is that I 've had a an initial of , of the blocks done and pending the outcome of Woolwich which I expect to get tomorrow erm , if they are backing out then I will be getting a full structural , engineers structural survey within a couple of days , this is the actually meeting plan . |
12 | Er er no no I could never say that . |
13 | Now he 's bitter , unpredictable : I 'd even say psychotic . |
14 | ‘ I 'd hardly say that ! |
15 | Well er sir the same point applies , and I 'd only say this . |
16 | ‘ Inevitably there are going to be offences where I feel disgusted by what the person has done and I would probably say that to them . |
17 | After talks in Moscow on Nov. 27 between President Gorbachev and Iraqi Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz , described by Gorbachev as " difficult , I would even say harsh " , the Soviet Foreign Affairs Ministry estimated that only 350 Soviet nationals had thus far been allowed to leave Iraq . ) |
18 | Yeah , I would almost say that upside down , there seems to be more flowers going down than up do n't they ? |
19 | Er , and I will also say one thing , and that is when you take it away with you I keep a copy of it , and that 's our little secret , O K it does n't go anywhere else . |
20 | I can also say that morale in these teams , at the time I had contact with the projects appeared to be considerably higher than in comparable teams in more orthodox services . |
21 | Per perhaps I can just say one point . |
22 | my Lord I think so yes , erm if I can just say this I understand on the structures that a letter has been , er , an offer has been made by a letter erm of the structure and obviously there would be and that , that was done I think some time ago , erm and it might be my Lord how to what sort of structure is , but , but , erm I think from our side , erm we , we 've taken the first step and we 're going |
23 | He was a man of exceptional generosity , in fact I can truthfully say over-generous . |
24 | As for magic , which readers of Frazer 's The Golden Bough might suppose to lie at the very centre of the anthropologist 's interests , I can only say that , after a lifetime 's career as a professional anthropologist , I have almost reached the conclusion that the word has no meaning whatever . |
25 | I had an instant bond with Marie — I thought she was beautiful the moment she was born — I can really say that . |
26 | This time she heard him use a rude word , and said out aloud , ‘ Oh , Michael , you should never say that . ’ |
27 | They reckon the doctor should 've says to him He should n't have said that , full stop , you should never say that to an alcoholic . |
28 | I 'm quite sure you 'll still say that , but erm , because it is er , it 's in a sense , it 's complex . |
29 | Ooh , you could certainly say that , yes . |
30 | You know , and she would constantly say that , and before six months , there were n't any interpretations at all . |