Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] [adv] say [interj] " in BNC.

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1 I 'll just say oh well we 're working on Saturday
2 What a bagnificent bebory you 've got ’ They are likely to say : ‘ I 'll dever say dough agaid ’ instead of ‘ I 'll never say no again . ’
3 I 'll certainly say no , but there you go !
4 Well , I could hardly say no , although it was the last thing I wanted .
5 well no its your view , although ninety one of the women here said no and er , if I had a vote I 'd , I 'd probably say no because I 'm absolutely convinced I would use it if I had it
6 I 'd never say no , even if she was feeling a bit randy and I was n't .
7 I would then say yes .
8 ‘ Since you 've already been invited , I can hardly say no ! ’
9 I can hardly say no .
10 ‘ Since you came so far I can hardly say no . ’
11 there is no better way , but er the problem with that is that , you know okay , you might get , you might get some peasants who say well we 're really grateful , we 'll go off and fight but some of them might just say no look , we 've got some land I 'm not gon na leave it ,
12 Anyone out there remember Michael Keaton doing his nut in Clean And Sober or James Woods acting pop-eyed in The Boost ( both 1988 ) to show you should just say no ?
13 She 'll probably say no .
14 She 'll just say yes , that 's a !
15 She 'll always say no Kevin .
16 But she also did n't see any way she could graciously say no after Nelson had just saved her bacon .
17 So , you 'd just say oh I did n't know it was erm false you just say
18 Well if you rung you could always say oh I 'll have to go cos somebody at the door if she starts going on a bit long .
19 You would obviously say yes he 's got a big future and that save in Corinia was a was a lifesaver for Villa .
20 If you do and they complete a report and give you their best advice you can still say no thank you I 'm going to put it in the building society .
21 4 Each pack costs around £8 — but you can always say no to any pack you do n't want , you 're never under any obligation to buy and we 'll stop sending you them whenever you ask
22 Well we 'll just say no .
23 He has some very harsh words for the Japanese about their ban on Frankie Detory saying it 's shortsighted and harsh in the extreme and we 'll all say yes to that .
24 We could hardly say no . ’
25 When they ring up we can just say oh yes , what 's your ?
26 Instead of answering Would you like a glass of beer ? with Yes I would like a glass of beer we can just say Yes I would knowing that like a glass of beer will be understood .
27 Yeah , you 've got a ten point scale but with effort we can hardly say hey , there 's a class there and you have n't , you have n't put anybody down as poor !
28 I think if you 're talking about a very exclusive one up in town they might well say no smoking .
29 They could just say no
30 No I think it was just , certainly Tom tried to lift us or because over the winter months when nothing was happening negotiations-wise , you know he knew if he did n't lift us then nothing would and everyone would get so disheartened they 'd just say oh sod it and back to work or forget it and what have you .
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