Example sentences of "me [prep] say " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Forgive me for saying so but in East Prussia — Poland , I should say ! — we had our pick of game . |
| 2 | May Jupiter forgive me for saying this Buddy - but I do think his head would go nice on your mantelpiece . |
| 3 | Of course — if you will forgive me for saying so — it is a bit stilted in its present form . |
| 4 | ‘ Forgive me for saying so , but all this talk about Charlotte is making Mrs Durkin rather nervous . |
| 5 | The most important duty that I owe you , the reader , is that I be absolutely honest and candid , and therefore , although I have no doubt that the growers will not like me for saying so , I suggest that unless you aspire to the show bench , or base your gardening on taking chances , you should not heed the blandishments but look instead for the shortcomings . |
| 6 | I am sure Peter will not take issue with me for saying , right now , that his filter is an ugly beast . |
| 7 | I am sure Martha will forgive me for saying that her very presence excites envy from others . |
| 8 | Pardon me for saying so , that 's a lovely pen . |
| 9 | If you will forgive me for saying so , you scarcely seem his type . ’ |
| 10 | You probably hate me for saying that . ’ |
| 11 | As regards the Niemecz mechanical organs bearing Haydn compositions : Neumann criticizes me for saying that the machines play ‘ within a narrow range , stating that the machines ’ air brakes can be set in such a way ‘ that the speed is either halved or doubled ’ , and that therefore ‘ the question of an absolute original tempo becomes pointless . ’ |
| 12 | John Hall wo n't thank me for saying this but the MetroCentre falls into this category . |
| 13 | Forgive me for saying so but the lighting in here is appalling , you do n't you get headaches ? |
| 14 | ’ A particularly poisonous little girl might sting me into saying , ‘ Fiona has the same glacial beauty as an iceberg , but unlike the iceberg she has absolutely nothing below the surface . ’ |
| 15 | What are you trying to bully me into saying , Luke ? ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I do n't know what this is all about , but you ca n't bully me into saying anything ! ’ |
| 17 | I am sure that many of the competitors , and other guests over the years , would like to join me in saying this big ‘ Thank You ’ , too . |
| 18 | While some of us have sought to help , the real weight of responsibility has fallen on his shoulders and those of his wife and I 'm sure all members of Council will join with me in saying a very real thank you to them both . |
| 19 | Whether he guessed what I was likely to say I do n't know , but he spoke with a sudden rush as if to prevent me from saying something that we would both have to accept and talk about . |
| 20 | But , at that stage , the only thing that prevented me from saying , ‘ oh well , I 'll go and find a regular job instead , ’ was that I was aware that this thing existed — racialism — and that whatever happened , getting away from it , getting out of the firing line , would n't help me . |
| 21 | I keep having hot flushes , know what I mean ? but d' you think they care ? they just follow me round saying ‘ Miss we 've dropped a stitch ’ . |
| 22 | Well , be careful what you 're committing me to saying . |
| 23 | Polidori came down to supper and sat next to me without saying anything . |
| 24 | But David surprised me by saying , ‘ OK , now we 've got that out of the way , let's go and do the rest of the album ’ . |
| 25 | ‘ I hate cocaine , ’ he said finally , and he surprised me by saying it for the Maggot had always struck me as one of life 's rebels . |
| 26 | He introduced me by saying in that courteous and gentle way of his : ‘ Our guest this week is an industrialist , a company man . ’ |
| 27 | I refused to have a mastectomy and I see now in terms of theory , that I was stagemanaged at various points on the production line , into trying to turn me into a well-behaved patient by traumatising me by saying ‘ If you do n't do what we tell you … ’ or ‘ You 're being very naughty ’ or ‘ You 're being hysterical ’ , or ‘ We have n't got time to deal with all these questions , we 'd never get round ’ , and so on . |
| 28 | If , if , if I could summarize , if you could bear with me by saying that , there is no embracing legislation which covers fire safety , and there is no legislation which actually prioritizes it . |
| 29 | After you 'd totally devastated me by saying you did n't find me remotely attractive , I was left racking my brains to think of a way to change your mind . |