Example sentences of "do say " in BNC.
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| 1 | What you could have done say was this one here that 's marked E does n't have to be all of those who supported Everton , it could be just that bit . |
| 2 | now what you 've done say er little vandal 's here again |
| 3 | I 've done say eighty |
| 4 | The confidential report , The Philippine Poor : What is to be Done says about 30 million Filipinos , out of the country 's 56 million population live in ‘ absolute poverty , in the sense of having an income that did not enable them the satisfy basic needs ’ . |
| 5 | if anything can be done to say one of must take those steps are needed to be taken up . |
| 6 | It will not do to say , ‘ If the death penalty will save a single life , it is justified . ’ |
| 7 | Sophia wished her sister had not been wearing tartan trews , but it would never do to say anything . |
| 8 | So it will not do to say that the reason why the Government found it necessary to curtail debate on the Bill was that they felt that there would be massive opposition to it . |
| 9 | ‘ My heart was racing so uncontrollably that it was all I could do to say anything at all , ’ she told him . |
| 10 | Right if you do n't agree do n't er do say please do say because if you do n't agree I 'd rather hear your views |
| 11 | Erm not really you know maybe in an out of the way way they might but you know the type of musicians we are or whatever , you know we can do say I can do all the Irish stuff the up tempo rousing songs I can play Irish and Scottish dances and that kind of stuff , then Tony can do right across the board with easy listening stuff and country stuff and even one of the tracks on our new C D is er is er well what I would term a pop song . |
| 12 | And to do say one , two , three 's done . |
| 13 | He said he puts more , more he calls in and says it 's awful really cos this rubbish and he said whereas I should be able to do say the whatever ten o'clock post in whatsit . |
| 14 | Each day we used to do say an hour in the morning , whatever time was available between leaving school and getting back , dinner time , then in the evening you might have two , two and a half hours you left you , you finished school , and er you might finish at eight o'clock if you were lucky you 'd finish at half past seven . |
| 15 | I move Lord Mayor and in so doing to say that the controlling group can accept the amendment proposed by the Conservative Group on standing order C six A. |
| 16 | What did said went wrong ? |
| 17 | Yes , well I did n't call , but I did said Jane , well you leave , well I 'll leave you to it said Mr Sandy , if you would come upstairs , the policeman and Jane entered her room , please look in the cupboard , I think we 've got a case Sarge , do you mind if I make a quick phone call ? |
| 18 | I do said the old man who 's hair was almost down to his waist . |
| 19 | Lay , right , give me the pen , right do said and do lay after come on work your way across , hurry up Stacey please work your way across not down and you 've just dropped your pen have n't ya ? |
| 20 | ‘ I do say so . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Really , the things you do say . |
| 22 | Though people do say he 's very like my husband . ’ |
| 23 | Do say yes , Clarissa . ’ |
| 24 | But we do say that its object [ has ] been gained , and that after all the stir and excitement , the inconvenience … we are back where we wished to be , and with the miners ' case under negotiation . |
| 25 | ‘ Do say something , ’ Dorothea said , standing over and smiling a little . |
| 26 | But I do say that we , the ordinary man , must either insist he takes responsibility for what he discovers , and does concern himself with the ethics of its methods and application , or accept the responsibility to ourselves , and make our own decisions about how science is used . |
| 27 | Against this interpretation lies the evidence that we can and do say , when appropriate , things like ‘ Of course he consented to the operation , but that does not entitle you to perform it since he is just a child ’ ( or he did not know how dangerous it is ) . |
| 28 | That ‘ I knew the moment I saw him ’ ? ( people do say that about their men , more often than you 'd think ) . |
| 29 | ‘ Why , folks do say , your honor ! as how that he is a Poet , and that he is going to put Quantock and all about here in print ; and as they be so much together , I suppose that the strange gentleman has some consarn in the business . ’ |
| 30 | Do say : ‘ Sandy , I would like you to get dressed now , please . ’ |