Example sentences of "[adv] say [pron] [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Was after world war one anyway I mind of that , so say it might have been in the twenties he might have done I would n't say proper |
| 2 | Just say you 'll do it Wednesday night . |
| 3 | Just say you 'd like to see your solicitor and they 'll ask you who it is and you 'll just say it 's er a gi a gi |
| 4 | Just say you 'd like to see your solicitor and they 'll ask you who it is and you 'll say it 's , you 're not sure of the name . |
| 5 | yeah , you can go ok watch her actually because er , she went right back up on these bloody chairs this afternoon , I mean she really cried , oh course I mean she , oh when Catherine come in I mean she 'd not long done it , then she nodded off to sleep I said oh they always say you should try , I mean I |
| 6 | ‘ I still say we should have called the police . ’ |
| 7 | I still say we will finish in the top ten . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I still say I should go in with you , ’ Laidlaw urged after he had parked the car outside Barak 's house . |
| 9 | Britain will stump up 14 per cent , France and West Germany both say they will pay 22 per cent . |
| 10 | The dunnos are n't just newspaper talk , either ; I 'm meeting a lot , as well as Week One defectors to Labour who now say they 'll vote Green . |
| 11 | Mr Gerrish 's family now say they 'll appeal against the verdict . |
| 12 | The parents now say they 'll appeal to the Secretary of State . |
| 13 | It 's also given us the new agreement on working time which our own government have tried to work against consistently for the last two years , they now say they 'll challenge it in Europe 's Court of Justice , well what they seem to forget is it 's got ta come back to Parliament for a second reading yet and they 've created such ill feeling in the Parliament and among the Commission , that it 's likely to be strengthened , we 're gon na end up with a strengthened agreement on working time by the autumn of this year . |
| 14 | Even the pools and betting organisations , which have attacked the lottery for so long , now say they would like to run it . |
| 15 | Until 1970 the foresters here say they could rely on a good sale of fir trimmings — used in Christmas decorations — to pay for the routine management of the rest of the forest . |
| 16 | The damage will run into thousands of pounds but the couple who live here say it could have been a lot worse . |
| 17 | ‘ Maman , please say I can go to the king , with or without the lady Anne , ’ he said . |
| 18 | Please say you 'll marry me . ’ |
| 19 | Please say you 'll try . ’ |
| 20 | Please say you will come ! ’ |
| 21 | But please say you will forgive me . |
| 22 | Those who live nearby say they 'll do everything in their power to try to stop it . |
| 23 | Union leaders there say they 'll challenge the procedure by taking legal action . |
| 24 | And you never say you 'd like to be taken out for a change , or ring him up when you want a bit of company ? ’ |
| 25 | People actually say they can remember the bits I mention in the songs and usually it 's completely not the case . |