Example sentences of "[vb mod] say [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the process of losing his undisputed title to Bowe , on what one must say was an overwhelming points decision , Holyfield defined the qualities of a true champion . |
| 2 | Once he 'd gone , I was approached by a woman who started rubbing my stomach and putting her hand down my trousers , which I must say was enough to make me say yes immediately . |
| 3 | Instead he fixed his eyes on his hands , which were clasped together on the desk , studying them as if the words he must say were written on his bony fingers . |
| 4 | So I think , if I 've got ta say , mum 's I should say was maternity which you , they were very , very political animals . |
| 5 | went to put the , he , he went away again , but I , I did mention to the police , who I might say were very helpful were ninety per cent of burglars do n't get cleared up so of course it was n't important and I never expected it would be , but I did mention to the police at the time that I would like an future occasion because I 've been trying to use guns in America er to have a gun in the house but they er , but they would n't erm agree to it at all |
| 6 | And if you look at there are certain er types of people in history who use very non-symmetrical hand gestures who perhaps you might say were not the most open communicators in the world |
| 7 | Some of these newsreels I might say were faked , I do n't mean George Albert Smith 's were faked , but erm there was for example the case erm of the Boer War . |
| 8 | With regard to the embalming of the Egyptians , whatever they might say was their motive , it appears that it was a catch upon the public . |
| 9 | In 1951 ‘ he was so excited that all he could say was ‘ It 's a desperately close race — I ca n't quite see from here who is ahead — it 's either Oxford or Cambridge ’ . |
| 10 | All I could say was , with what special materials does he propose to undertake this great task ? |
| 11 | All he could say was that it had to be called a great and profound change , and that it had happened , ‘ I have a feeling of being at home when I am with her , as though she gives me my own hearth , a feeling that our lives are interwoven . ’ |
| 12 | But all he could say was , |
| 13 | All I could say was ‘ Thank God ’ . ’ |
| 14 | He tried to speak , and all that he could say was , ‘ Where did you come from ? ’ |
| 15 | And all Piers could say was : I bet he 's having dirty dreams about you . |
| 16 | And all that she could say was , ‘ I 'm Christine Ashdown 's sister . ’ |
| 17 | All he could say was that we were waiting for something to happen . ’ |
| 18 | Indeed , the internal acrimony levelled against him at times has been such that , when his departure was announced , the best that some figures within the health network could say was ‘ we 'll be very happy to wish him goodbye ’ . |
| 19 | The air dissolved around cordon bleu , and all I heard were parrot screeches , barking and the blowing of a horse 's soft mouth — that was him — and all I could say was : Quack quack quack . |
| 20 | All Nora could say was that funds in all the banks were exhausted and their known outgoings over the next four weeks exceeded their best estimate of income three-fold . |
| 21 | I offered my profuse apologies but all she could say was ‘ Can ye no take care o ’ yer dug ! ’ |
| 22 | All she could say was , ‘ You 're horribly wrong . |
| 23 | Oh yes yes er I should say that er Street er Street then you get into Palfrey now you see Palfrey was a little bit less due to the fact that there were a hell of a lot of railway men at work down there , I mean really all belonging to some department on the railway , you get er drivers and all the men and the permanent way of being in Street I mean a lot of people from Palfrey lived down lived in Palfrey was working in the permanent way in Street , so it was a really , Palfrey you could say was a railway community . |
| 24 | I was probably what you 'd say was a hippy at the time , y'know … |
| 25 | All he 'd say was that nature meant men and women to be attracted by each other and if they were n't , the species would n't reproduce themselves . ’ |
| 26 | Er , well as in the English you 'd probably say if you did n't study philosophy , you 'd say were identified as Venus , but it 's not the same thing . |
| 27 | In a letter to Minnie , who seemed the natural recipient of the account she wished to give , she described how — when first she was taken ill Minnie , which I expect you have heard of from Miss Arabel , who I dare say was given a terrible fright as were we all , many despaired of her life but I did not and I am pleased to say my faith was justified . |
| 28 | Prices of appellation d'origine controlee wines rose to what some would say were over-ambitious levels but lack of demand has forced them down again by a tenth or more in Britain with even bigger discounts available in French supermarkets . |
| 29 | On the M12 , all Reitzle would say was : ‘ I can not predict the future for that car . |
| 30 | ‘ When you look at the Tory legislation there is surprisingly little we would say was totally unacceptable . |