Example sentences of "to say [that] 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 . |