Example sentences of "say [pers pn] [verb] [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( 1 ) B : I must say I tend to be … |
| 2 | ‘ Did I ever say I wanted to be buried at sea ? ’ |
| 3 | To our colleague from London , let me say I happen to be a boilermaker , not because I 'm a dinosaur with me head in the past , but because that happens to be the occupation that I follow and that 's what I am . |
| 4 | ‘ Well , ’ Mitch said with a considering look , ‘ normally I would say we wanted to be alone tonight , but as I 'm going to be an uncle very soon … ’ |
| 5 | In particular he thinks the educated should have at least two votes , he does n't say how many erm that 's a matter determined case-by-case I take it , erm erratically it could be a thousand votes I mean he does n't rule that out , he does n't say it has to be more than one er two , but erm his view is that the educated to a specially privileged in a specially privileged position because they are erm more able to use their vote sensibly or to be given more than one vote , so we need now there 's going to be a question erm how do you know who the educated people are to make such suggestions , anyone with a university degree will be pleased to hear gets more than one vote on Mill 's system . |
| 6 | And it does n't say it has to be other people here probably not , every bit of it |