Example sentences of "[verb] say that i [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suffice to say that I do not believe that human activity can be explained from or reduced to the ecological level . |
| 2 | ‘ I was going to say that I do n't know of anybody who could have killed my uncle . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Now I suppose you are going to say that I have not mentioned the word lover , but I always think it 's ludicrous to call one 's wife one 's lover . |
| 4 | I would like to say that I agree completely with him about the lack of tennis action on our TV screens . |
| 5 | I was very pleased to see your interview with Nick Bollettieri about Andre in your December/January issue , and I would also like to say that I agree totally with what the other people who wrote to you said about Andre . |
| 6 | wanting , you know say that I sent away for erm |
| 7 | I mean maybe soon after you maybe I 'll say look well you know blah blah blah you got you know I like saying that I did n't like kind of bloke but not like she 's such a fucking bitch and all this . |
| 8 | I am bound to say that I do not believe that this debate has reached the level of fizz that one might have associated with a Bill that was to be fought doggedly tooth and nail by the Opposition . |
| 9 | If this were the conclusion to a regular bass assessment , and not a fond peek into the past , I would have to say that I did n't get anywhere playing the VI . |
| 10 | think I mind says that I ask where you going now , going now or , well he 's not been here . |
| 11 | ‘ I did say that I did n't want any , ’ Robyn declared coolly . |
| 12 | ‘ And just who dares to say that I do n't look after my son properly ? |
| 13 | I would hasten to say that I have never yet had the misfortune to operate anywhere which possessed all these undesirable features , but every one of us has seen some of them , or combinations of them in different circumstances , and everyone knows , from their own personal experience , how demotivating these characteristics are . |
| 14 | I had to say that I had not . |
| 15 | Well I disagree in as much as I have said that I did n't have a shotgun and ignoring that fact then that I did n't have a shotgun she certainly did not make a lunge at me . |
| 16 | I have to say that I regret deeply , deeply that I could not persuade her to make a film of Tosca . |
| 17 | I have to say that I look pretty damn good . |
| 18 | I have to say that I did n't see them in their homes prior to their being admitted at all . |
| 19 | If I have , e I have to say that I do n't think that the particular version of the inner northern route had its junction with the southern bypass moved to the west . |
| 20 | I have read the report of the guardian ad litem and such information as I have which would indicate her view of the local authority 's actions now on several occasions and I have to say that I do not understand what findings the justices believed that they were making or what reasons they were giving for their decision in that brief statement , which I have just quoted in full . |