Example sentences of "i [verb] you [modal v] say " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean you could say in this situation the stag was doing it for the benefit of the species but er you do n't need to er you do n't need to take that point of view . |
| 2 | We 'll set larger , we 'll set in eighteen point , I mean you can say something about — not an abstract , because they did n't want to be academic . |
| 3 | yes , well I expect you 'd say that worded better in the interests of a vulnerable section of society to take this |
| 4 | I expect you 'd say Stratford on Avon is south . |
| 5 | I know you will say and I will support you , that we really do n't want members bringing up detailed points like that at this committee . |
| 6 | The same way with the bombardier waste gunner , radio operators , engineers and all the gunners , so that our crews were all buddy-buddy. crew and my crew were buddy-buddy from the minute we were formed , right on through , I guess you might say the rest of our lives here , even though we have not gotten together since the war but I have talked to on the phone one time when I was in New York City . |
| 7 | ‘ I guess you could say I was famous , ’ answered Chucko , patiently . |
| 8 | I guess you could say it 's a hobby . |
| 9 | I guess you could say she spoilt me and — ‘ |
| 10 | Lance Corp Zolden , of the Royal Corps of Transport , added : ‘ It is a standing joke that we are the Army 's AA I guess you could say that is true . ’ |
| 11 | On Clinton 's plans to rescue the US economy , the president snarled : ‘ I guess you 'd say his plan really is Elvis economics . |
| 12 | I suppose you might say it 's the real thing . ’ |
| 13 | Racketed around , I suppose you might say , ’ he added somewhat bitterly . |
| 14 | ‘ The former wife of Sir Humphrey Selvedge — his relict , but not his widow , I suppose you might say . |
| 15 | I suppose you may say : ‘ Why should I be more green ’ ? and what I say to that is : ‘ I do n't know what the reason is for you but I do know that for me it 's about showing compassion for the planet we live on and trying to hand on as much beauty and good-will as we possibly can to future generations ; while improving our own quality of life . |
| 16 | and your point in this context , it , as I say the context in which I 've asked you to address me , I suppose you would say , erm given the matters are arguable or whatever the test is under those issues , er , nevertheless if you allow the case that 's been put up , erm , either by way of defence or by way of set up or by way of counter claim to impede the collection of funds , erm , then er you are not then you are erm , erm taking a measure which could could , jeopardize the of the objectives of this treaty , er whereas I image you will say , or you might say , I do n't know , erm , provided this does n't impede the collection of central funds erm , in the meantime , if er the defendants wish to pursue their counterclaim to trial then er , there 's nothing to prevent them from doing so |
| 17 | ‘ I suppose you 'll say that 's corny , but I 'm terribly sentimental . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I suppose you can say whatever it is you want to say right here , only I 'm not hanging around to hear it . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I suppose you could say I am playing to my peers . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Overall I suppose you could say I specialise in general gardening ! ’ |
| 21 | I suppose you could say I found the Goddess . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I suppose you could say that , but I had never thought of it in those terms . |
| 23 | ‘ Yet , ’ Moreau was saying , ‘ I suppose you could say a soldier has more need of a religious faith than most . |
| 24 | I suppose you could say I was all kinds of a fool to trust him , but I 'm a designer , not an accountant . |
| 25 | And I suppose you could say that in a way it it worked . |
| 26 | Livingston , known as Baby Ben for his admiration of the self-confessed drug-taker Ben Johnson , said : ‘ I suppose you could say that 's the end of my life . |
| 27 | I suppose you could say that the occasion went with a bang . |
| 28 | He 's not the player he used to be but I suppose you could say the same about me . ’ |
| 29 | I suppose you could say I was a something of a late developer in two out of three . |
| 30 | ‘ Yes , well , if you feel it 's lucky to see all the things you held dear being handled and bought by strangers just to pay off your father 's debts , then I suppose you could say I 'm lucky . ’ |