Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] say " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes erm listening to the punters I mean I know loads of people come up here and there 's one thing which all of them tend to say and that this place is threatening . |
| 2 | But there was , I regret to say , much worse to follow . ’ |
| 3 | Of course , the servants ' hall at Darlington Hall , like any servants ' hall anywhere , was obliged to receive employees of varying degrees of intellect and perception , and I recall many a time having to bite my lip while some employee — and at times , I regret to say , members of my own staff — excitedly eulogized the likes of , say , Mr Jack Neighbours . |
| 4 | ‘ I regret to say I have , Mr Stevens . |
| 5 | Mr Pecksniff refers to them as ‘ those fabulous animals ( pagan , I regret to say ) who used to sing in the water ’ . |
| 6 | ‘ I regret to say I think you are . |
| 7 | Etc , I regret to say , were sniping aircraft from Vichy , France , who flew over the channel , sometimes as low as twenty to thirty feet above the waves and were trigger happy . |
| 8 | Long-finned Koi are here to stay , I regret to say ! |
| 9 | In fact , if you value your domestic happiness , it might be advisable for Jenny to absent herself during my visit , as I am , in fact , I regret to say , irresistible to all women . |
| 10 | That will give me an opportunity of passing on any messages — of a verbal nature only , I regret to say ! |
| 11 | As the outcome bears no relation to either an efficient market or the declared aims of government policy , it sets up pressures for those who feel injured to seek political solutions , which mean greater government intervention and greater inefficiency — a treadmill with which I regret to say we are all too familiar in the United Kingdom . |
| 12 | Alix , I regret to say , did not take the Civil Service seriously as a prospect . |
| 13 | I regret to say that there are no general guidelines available . |
| 14 | Many of the owners were sympathetic but the majority , I regret to say , were not so inclined . |
| 15 | ‘ I regret to say , ’ said the voice with satisfaction , ‘ I 've never heard of you . ’ |
| 16 | When Newham 's councillors talk of 40,000 jobs coming to east London , they are conning not only their own people but the rest of us , including , I regret to say , the people of Hackney . |
| 17 | Disgraceful accusations were made by Opposition Members , including , I regret to say , the Chairman of the Select Committee on Employment , the hon. Member for Newham , North-East ( Mr. Leighton ) , from whom I expected better . |
| 18 | We are dealing with the issue of investment and the necessity for it — which , I regret to say , the Chancellor of the Exchequer did not seem to understand . |
| 19 | I regret to say that this has been a breathtakingly disappointing debate , even by the standards of those initiated by Labour Members , redeemed only by an excellent constructive contribution by my hon. Friend the Member for Epping Forest ( Mr. Norris ) , who made an outstanding speech . |
| 20 | Sadly , Maastricht represents the third occasion in half a century on which Britain has been given the chance to face its European future and , I regret to say , the third occasion in that time on which we have chosen to seek refuge in the past . |
| 21 | The dispute , of which much has been made , I regret to say , by some ill-informed members of the Labour party , was about recognition , not trade union membership . |
| 22 | I regret to say that in consequence of the contents having been packed before they were thoroughly dry they are all in a badly mildewed state , so much so that I shall have to dry each specimen individually and remove the mildew with a brush : the smallest of the two large skins has also lost the whole of the wool or hair from the head ; The bottles too not having been properly secured , the spirit has escaped and caused the small boxes to fall to pieces forming an heterogenous mixture of nests , eggs broken and sound , tops , bottoms , and sides of boxes , plants , etc . |
| 23 | ‘ The beauty and interesting nature of this little bird ’ , Gould wrote , ‘ naturally made me anxious to bring home living examples ; I accordingly captured about twenty fully fledged birds , and kept them alive for some time ; but the difficulties necessarily attendant upon travelling in a new country rendering it impracticable to afford them the attention they required , I regret to say the whole were lost . ’ |
| 24 | I regret to say that I forgot to give the Vice Chairman 's apologies for non-attendance . |
| 25 | That means five thousand eight hundred and twenty five pounds which one multiplies by four , giving a total under that schedule of twenty three thousand , three hundred pounds , I regret to say that it is of course inherent in the judgment that I have to deliver that there is a good deal of what |
| 26 | Now I 'm against that and I 'm therefore against I regret to say what the Noble Lord , Lord said , and I 'm extremely sorry to see that he has moved on this particular matter er because th there is no case , that has been really made out for this . |
| 27 | At Ibrox on Wednesday night we heard the usual rammy of an unco-ordinated band and throng ( and a pipe band , I regret to say , only compounds the offence ) , and pretty awful it sounded on the radio . |
| 28 | ‘ I believe that it is quite wrong that you should refuse this reasonable request and I regret to say that your attitude is all too typical of the secretive nature of British government , which cries out for reform . ’ |
| 29 | Er , I 've had a word with Jeremy about decorating , oh Florrie I must apologise I did try to ring you , I think I managed to get everybody else , erm but you were n't there , in and then I , I left it I regret to say , erm but we thought perhaps we ought to have the kitchen re-decorated and I 've had a word with Jereminy , Jereminy , Jeremy and he says about two hundred pounds and I did get permission from some of you and I 've gone ahead and asked him to do it and he said about three weeks , but before we can have that done , in the meantime , the roof leaked again out in the kitchen Erm , so I 've had a word with Peter who was going on holiday and he should be home this week and he said he will look at it as soon as he 's home , so I 'll give him a ring , I 'll try tomorrow night , I 'm out tonight , I 'll try and give him a ring tomorrow . |
| 30 | I 've volunteered to take the stage curtains to the cleaners and I have n't done it yet I regret to say , so my apologies , it will get done eventually , er I hope . |