Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] say [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I must say Professor Hoskin I was rather struck by pictures in the papers today , yesterday of Boris Yeltsin standing over a boar he 'd shot , it was strongly reminiscent of pictures we 've seen of the former president of Romania , Ceauşescu . |
| 2 | ‘ I must say Nicole 's a proper Amy Johnson , ’ said Sir Vivien . |
| 3 | I must say Oliver ordered some pretty filthy wines those times I went out with him . |
| 4 | ‘ That 's my first win in the race , ’ Paul said afterwards ‘ and I must say La Greine gave me a great run . ’ |
| 5 | I I must say Brenda , all this knocks years off my age . |
| 6 | So many conductors — and I must say Furtwängler was sometimes one of these — create enormous crescendi ; and after them the music collapses . |
| 7 | Also I must say Robert Lobetta . |
| 8 | I must say Jean , you did n't do a bad job for woman ! |
| 9 | I must say Mr Pennington was very co-operative . |
| 10 | Well I must say Mr Mayor I was gratefully assured by the answer that councillor gave earlier on about the er strenuous efforts the council is making to improve the security at the Kingsway cash point as I now gather it 's called . |
| 11 | But only those who know me very well call me Fen , and I do n't know you from Adam — or perhaps I should say Eve . ’ |
| 12 | The best thing to do because having said that then I might say Mike what 's your opinion what was important to you and and pass it on ? |
| 13 | Her face was below his face and she said , ‘ I 'll say Angharad was ill again . ’ |
| 14 | With the reverb on the amp as well as the one on the drum machines I 'll say God damn heavy ! |
| 15 | I could say Mrs Gotobed had made a Will but we could n't find it . |
| 16 | And Les said he 'd be sitting here I 'd say Duane ooh ooh should I be working he 'd say . |
| 17 | He said he was sort of just miles away , sit there he was you know looking out to space and I 'd say Duane ooh should I be working he 'd say . |
| 18 | I 'd say Liverpool . |
| 19 | ‘ Yeah , I 'd say Perry knows . |
| 20 | So I 'd say Peter ; he had more talent in a little finger than I 've got in my whole body — no exaggeration . |
| 21 | If pushed I 'd say Golding . |
| 22 | You see , if that did n't go , I 'd say Gerry try it there , not do n't do that , try it . |
| 23 | As a broad generalisation I 'd say Luba Edlina is darker and more probing with the music , making it sound more serious and perhaps less mercurial than usual . |
| 24 | If I did n't know better , I 'd say Bolan and Starr were obviously partaking a bit too copiously at this time . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'd say Greeny , definitely . |
| 26 | When the mugs of tea — from the smell , I 'd say Lapsang Souchong — are handed round , they sip in silence . |
| 27 | Of other contemporary people , I 'd say Craig Ginn , the Black Flag guitarist , for the sheer audacity to be that nerve-wracking . |
| 28 | I 'd say Korg have got the A4 just about right , and if not all the sounds are to my liking , then that 's really my bad luck . |
| 29 | ‘ In the early days I 'd say David was writing about 90 per cent of the songs . |
| 30 | I 'd say Vijay Singh as he 's out there working at sunrise and still there at sunset . |