Example sentences of "[vb base] me say " in BNC.
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| 1 | You make me say things which should remain unsaid , you pressure me on an emotional level which I find difficult to control . |
| 2 | Is that what you want me to say ? ’ |
| 3 | As Maxine Waters , the US congresswoman for South Central put it , in a sermon in the First American Methodist Episcopal Church last Sunday , ‘ People want to know why I 'm not saying exactly what they want me to say . |
| 4 | Erm , yeah , sh I know you 'll be thinking about sending her to prison today but if you could think of anything else that erm , I do n't know , a suspended sentence or something like that , then obviously she 'd , she 'd be really grateful for that , would n't you , Mrs , yeah erm , er , Mrs White is there anything else you want me to say ? |
| 5 | If you want me to say anything more just give me a kick and I 'll add something more . |
| 6 | Then we 'll go and see the district nurse on Wednesday , is there anything you want me to say ? |
| 7 | I 've the feeling that you expect me to say something to you ? |
| 8 | His father would now and again telephone me saying that David was down to his last few pounds and that he worried about money . |
| 9 | Well yes , but let me say that I gave up going to auditions well before I became well known through The History Man , on television . |
| 10 | ‘ Or , let me say , I knew he was behaving as other people 's fathers did n't behave . |
| 11 | Let me say a few things about this . |
| 12 | We had Trimalchio 's feast to go on , described by Nero 's mate Petronius , so we had an idea of what they ate , and let me say that it was as much of a surprise to find they had sausages and black pudding as it was to find out they had concrete . |
| 13 | While in this frame of mind , let me say that it would not be a calamity for parliamentary democracy if electors today decided to return the Labour Party under Mr Kinnock . |
| 14 | But let me say here that that was just how it looked to me at the time ; that there was a nice logic to it , that Boy 's beginning matched O 's ending , that Boy 's first night was O's last , or it certainly would have been his last if Boy had not fallen into his arms . |
| 15 | But let me say immediately I do not have Miss Kenton in mind at all when I say this . |
| 16 | Let me say here that nothing could be further from the truth . |
| 17 | And let me say now that I have been impressed by certain of the arguments I have heard here . |
| 18 | Let me say this . |
| 19 | ‘ First and foremost , possum , let me say that I am a housewife and do n't pretend to be anything else [ some mistake surely — Ed ] . |
| 20 | If this sounds a strange gospel coming from a theologian , let me say immediately that there is so much in the Bible about the awfulness , the cruelty and the unfaithfulness of human kind that we may be sometimes justified in wondering why God continues to love us at all . |
| 21 | But for those who open it , let me say what it is about . |
| 22 | If the tobacco road is considered the one-way street to perdition , then let me say that it is as incompatible as the marriage of athletic sports with smoking sponsorship . |
| 23 | Without getting into these deep and murky waters , let me say that problem solving uses thinking , but that solving a genuine problem usually requires some creative act , ranging from the flash of insight that illuminates the entire problem to the glimmer of light that shows a direction to pursue ( and which may be a will o' the wisp ) . |
| 24 | Let me say straight away that I am far from being a male chauvinist ( many of my girlfriends over the years have been females ) , indeed the very first person to introduce me to canoeing was Marianne Tucker who subsequently represented England in the 1960 Olympics . |
| 25 | ‘ Let me say it , Julia . |
| 26 | ‘ Let me say , Mum . |
| 27 | But let me say that 's not my intention . |
| 28 | But , if I can take it ( given you 've stuck with me so far ) that I 'm preaching to the converted , then let me say that I think the GR-1 is a vast improvement on the GR-50 in terms of sound and ease of approach . |
| 29 | Before you reach for your collecting tins let me say they develop a good wheeze of taking in gullible Western guests and faking a few midnight tiger sightings with the aid of a collection of clockwork beasts and some carefully concealed tapes . |
| 30 | ‘ Whilst you remain here with us — and let me say here and now that there will be a place here for you for as long as you wish — you will share in the life of the household and have all provided . |