Example sentences of "you could [adv] say " in BNC.
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| 1 | You could also say he was driven there by the railway . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | But it , you could equally say that well |
| 4 | You could even say that you should worry if a child reaches the age of seven or eight without ever using swear words , since he or she may not be listening to people perhaps not even to you . |
| 5 | You could even say that Bert was embarrassed . |
| 6 | You could even say that Milton 's rejecting the future in this speech and saying I label sin what is going to become , if you have prophetic powers , new kind of ethic . |
| 7 | Ian , you were one , , and Tracy , if you could just say a few words . |
| 8 | cos you could , I mean if if she asked you about it , you know , you could just say well honestly I 'm quite , I did n't think you were the kind of person who 'd go for I know , I know that thing is I mean I can see , I can see that she 's going for him because |
| 9 | for the easy job , you set your stall out , you make a jig to sort it all out , you can slide it in , zip , zip , zip , done you could probably say what , three an hour out , if you 're lucky , two and a half , three an hour |
| 10 | you know it 's go you could easily say it 's a minimum of three days |
| 11 | ‘ I do n't think you could honestly say it was going well just now , but it will do soon and that 's all that matters . ’ |
| 12 | You should speak first , as your daughter 's natural father , and when you have finished , you could then say , ‘ I will now pass you over to Ted , Mary 's stepfather ’ . |
| 13 | In Australia you could never say : ‘ I 'm going to Paris for the week-end . ’ |
| 14 | As Michael Codron recalled : ‘ You could never say that Kenneth was ever happy . |
| 15 | I think you could truly say that education can not thrive without enjoyment . |
| 16 | Er , H I V , the aids virus is a , a debilitating disease , we wo n't pay out initially because as soon as on diagnosis you could basically say they are , er , they 've got a debilitating disease , but we will pay out as soon as the illness actually affects some other part of the body er , and moves in to another disease . |
| 17 | I think what you could sensibly say , to them , is , Look , I gather you 've had supply problems with |
| 18 | Mr Grayson replied : ‘ If we can assume that the same degree of care is taken in all countries showing — and I think it is true , certainly , of Switzerland and West Germany — beech observations , then you could certainly say that the health of beech trees reflected in crown condition must be borne out by observation . ’ |
| 19 | You could certainly say I was very surprised . ’ |
| 20 | Ooh , you could certainly say that , yes . |
| 21 | Well you could certainly say they could use them without understanding electronics , but that 's probably a good thing . |
| 22 | Oh yes , erm you know , having been brought up w in a you could almost say a quarrying atmosphere that 's the right er expression but erm I mean one knew what w went on in the quarry you know . |
| 23 | You could almost say there 's a kind of rule that says you ought to write in fairly free verse nowadays and that you 're making a kind of statement if you do n't . |
| 24 | So then you could actually say something like that , the item purchased is , check that it 's suffice to your requirements . |
| 25 | So you could literally have a situation in which you could live say er er a woman could er live er you know a mile from the state line and in one state er abortion er could be something which ended up with a doctor in prison for life , in another state , across the state line , it could be something which was er you know er provided free of charge by the state public health authorities . |
| 26 | I 'm telling you all this , and perhaps you do n't have to erm pay for any of these treatments we do gift vouchers , so if you 've got anybody who wants to buy you a gift of any sort , you could always say well , I fancy erm an eyebrow trim , or I fancy a pedicure perhaps they would like to buy you a gift voucher and then you can come in and it could be a present for you . |
| 27 | You could always say your spending more |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | You could always say , oh well er they did n't stop me and you claim about half a million hey that 's not bad drop something on your foot and say |
| 30 | ‘ Yes , Dorothea , ’ said Isabel Lavender , her small mouth pointing the consonants , ‘ but you could hardly say he took part . ’ |