Example sentences of "[vb mod] say [pers pn] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I I must say it fills me with trepidation . |
| 2 | ‘ I must say it makes you wonder what the Security Police are up to not knowing that — and Steinmark working with secret archives . ’ |
| 3 | I must say it gives me a certain amount of pleasure too . ’ |
| 4 | I must say I like it . |
| 5 | But i I must say I like it is a marvellous thing to be able to do that ! |
| 6 | I must say I mean I , I mean er there were two rolls |
| 7 | I must say I find it very irritating . |
| 8 | I find it I find I must say I find it difficult to understand why you find it difficult to understand that they they chose that particular route . |
| 9 | Well , I must say I liked it , er , I mean , I showed it because er suggested it . |
| 10 | Watching the editing of the Brahms Second Symphony I must say I forgot I was watching a film , simply because I was fascinated to hear new colours which the eye was suggesting by the way you were using shots of the violas and the trombones at some of the quietest moments in the work . |
| 11 | ‘ I must say you amaze me . |
| 12 | I must say he made you sound very interesting . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ And if the peelers come lookin' for ye , ’ someone said , ‘ we 'll say we saw ye headin' north towards Castlebar . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I 'll say I like them really high . ’ |
| 15 | Do n't worry about the cards , I 'll say I lost them or got mugged . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'll say I bought it , ’ said Lydia . |
| 17 | ‘ Then I 'll say I bought it months ago , ’ said Lydia . |
| 18 | They do it for to keep him going and then they 'll say he says you know I 'm used to getting up at half four and going so many miles every morning for a big jog . |
| 19 | He does n't know who you are but he 'll say he knows you . |
| 20 | But if it helps to get them together I 'll say she made it . |
| 21 | Others might say they hated her and mean it . |
| 22 | We might say we perceive them as separate because they vibrate at different frequencies . |
| 23 | When I got home I picked up the threads of my ordinary life again very quickly — you might say I snatched them up , and plunged into a round of work and social life deliberately intended to give me as few idle moments as possible . |
| 24 | ‘ We could say we found them , ’ said Gabriel wheedlingly . |
| 25 | You could say I meant it as a gesture . |
| 26 | Mr Alms , who described himself as retired but who runs Investment Chartwork , a firm of ‘ economic forecasters ’ , said : ‘ I suppose you could say I made it out of warped sense of humour . |
| 27 | But you could say I loved him . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'm very fond of your mother ; in fact , you could say I love her . |
| 29 | ‘ If I left the can just over there you could say you found it . ’ |
| 30 | She wished she could say she knew she was being difficult and edgy , taking it out on him because she 'd been denied another child . |