Example sentences of "to say [conj] i [vb base] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have to say that I regret deeply , deeply that I could not persuade her to make a film of Tosca . |
| 2 | To say that no man could ever take the place of Tony is to say that I 've never got over his death . ’ |
| 3 | I have to say that I look pretty damn good . |
| 4 | The last time I had an office job was in 1986 — it was a disaster , and I 'm pleased to be able to say that I have n't done a day 's work since . |
| 5 | That is not to say that I have n't met some canny little folk , but generally I do n't speak their language because I have never been used to them . |
| 6 | Suffice it to say that I have n't had a single problem since on either machine , and would n't be surprised if David Heron 's problems can be solved by the same process . |
| 7 | That is not to say that I have n't got sympathy for the problem that he 's faced with . |
| 8 | I am delighted to be able to say that I have just received notice from the Department of the Environment that Chorley is to be allocated an additional amount for doing up old housing — nearly £0.25 million . |
| 9 | ‘ Now I suppose you are going to say that I have not mentioned the word lover , but I always think it 's ludicrous to call one 's wife one 's lover . |
| 10 | I would hasten to say that I have never yet had the misfortune to operate anywhere which possessed all these undesirable features , but every one of us has seen some of them , or combinations of them in different circumstances , and everyone knows , from their own personal experience , how demotivating these characteristics are . |
| 11 | ‘ And just who dares to say that I do n't look after my son properly ? |
| 12 | I am childless ; but the Jews are my children and I love them as a parent should , which is to say that I do n't love them for their qualities ( remarkable as these seem to me to be , naturally ) , and only wish them to exist , and to flourish , and to have their right to life and love . |
| 13 | ‘ I was going to say that I do n't know of anybody who could have killed my uncle . ’ |
| 14 | and to deal with problems of substance abuse , unemployment , illiteracy , rather than things which are fashionable and to my mind highly like opera and the ballet which is n't to say that I do n't love them both , but I think that you have to have a sense of complete reality about the social issues . |
| 15 | If I have , e I have to say that I do n't think that the particular version of the inner northern route had its junction with the southern bypass moved to the west . |
| 16 | ‘ I think you 're about to say that I do n't understand , but I assure you I do . |
| 17 | I have read the report of the guardian ad litem and such information as I have which would indicate her view of the local authority 's actions now on several occasions and I have to say that I do not understand what findings the justices believed that they were making or what reasons they were giving for their decision in that brief statement , which I have just quoted in full . |
| 18 | I am bound to say that I do not believe that this debate has reached the level of fizz that one might have associated with a Bill that was to be fought doggedly tooth and nail by the Opposition . |
| 19 | Suffice to say that I do not believe that human activity can be explained from or reduced to the ecological level . |
| 20 | I would like to say that I agree completely with him about the lack of tennis action on our TV screens . |
| 21 | I was very pleased to see your interview with Nick Bollettieri about Andre in your December/January issue , and I would also like to say that I agree totally with what the other people who wrote to you said about Andre . |
| 22 | but y I ca n't I have to say and I know right ca n't give her what she wants is somebody to sit down somebody to sit her down and talk to her and you ca n't give her the benefit of that because it 's a little battle right between the two silly little girls if you like and if that j if that happens had won right and that 's the way will feel it |
| 23 | ‘ There is much to say and I know not where to begin . |
| 24 | I du n no what to say and I look down at my feet . |
| 25 | Well I do n't mind , well I mean this is a horrible thing to say but I do n't necessarily mind people robbing from the rich but when it 's poor people robbing from the poor , it 's a really wank off , really wanky thing to do , you know , I just think it 's disgusting . |
| 26 | That 's safe to say because I have n't any of that kind of art . |