Example sentences of "[adv] say [that] i [verb] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 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 . ’
3 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 .
4 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 .
5 By then the subject-matter had enthralled me , and I shall not say that I felt more loving .
6 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 .
7 So I can honestly say that I 've never known anyone who 's ever played for Leeds .
8 So I can honestly say that I 've never known anyone who 's ever played for Leeds .
9 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 .
10 I ca n't say that I looked too far ahead , probably because I 'm the kind of person who lives for today .
11 I could n't say that I felt very well for that was n't quite true , but I certainly no longer felt ill .
12 I ca n't say that I 've even found cases with definite pathology needing to dilute more .
13 ‘ Well , I ca n't say that I 've really earned this , ’ said John , taking a cup , ‘ but perhaps I can be forgiven my first day .
14 I ca n't say that I did honestly enjoy it at first .
15 As someone seduced by the clever remake that was ‘ Iron Lion Zion ’ , I ca n't say that I feel quite as lubricated by this one .
16 I then said that I had always looked forward to going to the Board of Education .
17 Then Duncan Paterson , the selection convenor , came on to say that I had better get myself over to Murrayfield as soon as I could !
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