Example sentences of "if i [modal v] say [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 I 've done it for years , and if I may say it myself , I 'm quite good at it .
2 I do view this as one of the ‘ great classics but I do not know if I would say it is the greatest book ever written in English as I have not yet read widely enough but I would definitely say that for all the above reasons that it is a great book .
3 And if I dare say it , she has come to glory as the earthly manifestation of a holy trinity with Nicholas Ryan , father , producer , and his wife Roma , Holy Spirit and lyricist .
4 PAMELA : If I should say I am not , then you will call me hard names and perhaps I shall tell a fib .
5 But instead I sat quite still and thought , if I can say it here I can say it anywhere .
6 If I can say he 's smug because I 'm his sister , I can also say he 's a man of very high principles . ’
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