Example sentences of "[adv] say [that] i [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had never heard the word and unwisely said that I did n't know what it meant . |
| 2 | I can only say that I know not whence they came , nor have ever enquired whither they are going . |
| 3 | Thank you very much , I can only say that I have always felt it a privilege to be part of N C V O. Er , I have enjoyed my time enormously and if I 've had any role that I feel that I 'm proud of , it 's constantly bringing members to mind . |
| 4 | ‘ I can only say that I do n't remember any of this , ’ I said carefully . |
| 5 | Chairman and managing director of John Wood Group PLC Ian Wood agreed with Mr Steadman : ‘ I am glad I did not have the difficult task of judging the competition and can only say that I look forward to adding another series of works to our existing collection at John Wood House . ’ |
| 6 | I I I 've already said that I do n't accept that er the French are unlikely to ratify er I think rather the contrary but that remains finally for them er and not for me . |
| 7 | ‘ In any case , I 've already said that I do n't want to fight any more with anybody . |
| 8 | Well we were a better er service , they were a better ser I 'm not saying that I think so , I know they were a better service don does n't does n they 're not quite proof , there were in an tramcar Edinburgh Corporation tramcars were running , they were running at a , a , every year a profit . |
| 9 | Yes I 'm not I 'm not saying that I do n't think it 's a an important consideration . |
| 10 | I 'm not saying , twenty-five years later , that big Dave 's metaphor was quite as incisive as Virginia Woolf 's , I 'm just saying that I know now why he was n't entirely wrong . |
| 11 | That is not to say that I have n't met some canny little folk , but generally I do n't speak their language because I have never been used to them . |
| 12 | That is not to say that I have n't got sympathy for the problem that he 's faced with . |
| 13 | I just said that I did n't know . ’ |
| 14 | By then the subject-matter had enthralled me , and I shall not say that I felt more loving . |
| 15 | Shall we just say that I did n't meet the right woman ? |
| 16 | ‘ Let's just say that I do n't think Bertha would appreciate your particular brand of sympathy . |
| 17 | We can already say that I mean there there obviously there 's a lot of talk now about erm taxation towards towards resource taxes and those sorts of things which the Green Party were saying you know fifteen years ago or something . |
| 18 | I need hardly say that I do n't care to have things so . |
| 19 | ‘ If this offer is not accepted no one can ever say that I did not try to help my club . |
| 20 | So I can honestly say that I 've never known anyone who 's ever played for Leeds . |
| 21 | So I can honestly say that I 've never known anyone who 's ever played for Leeds . |
| 22 | No , no I can , I can honestly say that I do n't think there was any , any what you can call rough families as I can remember . |
| 23 | ‘ No , I think I can honestly say that I have n't . ’ |
| 24 | Baroness Seear , a leader of the Liberal peers for several years , remarks that ‘ I can honestly say that I have never been in a place that treats you better on male-female equality . |
| 25 | Although I would also say that I do n't suppose there are very many Councillors that do n't actually , at the end of the day , being a Councillor is costing them a lot of money and those members ' allowances are very , very small and they certainly in my case nowhere near cover the cost of being a County Councillor . |
| 26 | and to deal with problems of substance abuse , unemployment , illiteracy , rather than things which are fashionable and to my mind highly like opera and the ballet which is n't to say that I do n't love them both , but I think that you have to have a sense of complete reality about the social issues . |
| 27 | I ca n't say that I looked too far ahead , probably because I 'm the kind of person who lives for today . |
| 28 | I could n't say that I felt very well for that was n't quite true , but I certainly no longer felt ill . |
| 29 | ‘ So I ca n't say that I know where your mother is or why she left . ’ |
| 30 | I ca n't say that I 've even found cases with definite pathology needing to dilute more . |