Example sentences of "[vb mod] say [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I liked York very much , because it was set round a lake and erm it was the first one I went to , but I must say that of the other modern universities that I know I would say that Sussex was erm was the other best one that I 've been to and the one that I 've felt most erm comfortable and happy in . |
| 2 | And I must say this to you : if you feel as you do , how can you go on ? |
| 3 | But I must say some of the American girls are slightly more polite … |
| 4 | I should say that for us revenue services , ordinary database services do come first keeping the tax level does come second and the prestige projects , even rather good ones like the market square project definitely come third . |
| 5 | I do n't think I should say sorry for doing what at the time I believed to be right , ’ said the Prime Minister , receiving his loudest ovation of the night . |
| 6 | Bob knocked back his coffee , and I was about to stand when he said , ‘ Listen , Alex , I do n't know if I should say this to a poet , but there are some things a damn sight more urgent than the doggerel of a dead country squire . |
| 7 | He was a demon wonder at finding food , I 'll say that for Vern . |
| 8 | They gie ye a lot of wine in here , I 'll say that for this pub . ’ |
| 9 | And he 's got guts , I 'll say that for him . |
| 10 | ‘ Well , if he did kill himself , he died dean , I 'll say that for him . ’ |
| 11 | " Yes , she turned up trumps , I 'll say that for her . " |
| 12 | ‘ She 's done him proud , ’ said Mrs Flaherty , ‘ I 'll say that for her . ’ |
| 13 | They 're pretty good about the toilets , I 'll say that for them . " |
| 14 | I 'll say that for Lorne . |
| 15 | ‘ No one 'll say that of me , eh , Lily , eh , Ethel ? |
| 16 | Here what we had was a case of the supreme court , well I 'll say more about this later , but the supreme court declaring segregation by race to be unconstitutional and requiring that these decisions be recognized and enforced by relevant authorities . |
| 17 | Still , I 'll say this for you : you 're the first Scotsman I 've met who 's prepared to put his hand in his pocket for a round of drinks . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I 'll say this for you , Yank . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'll say this for old Wix , ’ he went on when the spasm had passed , ‘ though he does n't approve of me for not toting a gun , he 's bloody good to the old man . ’ |
| 20 | It is n't much , but I 'll say this for Dr John Young . |
| 21 | ‘ And I 'll say this for you , ’ he said , ‘ I did n't want to bring you . |
| 22 | ‘ At least I 'll say this for Doreen — there 's no deceit about her . |
| 23 | But the relationship was extremely good , I think that you might say that for many years in my service , it was almost a case of the law abiding citizens in Ipswich coping with the wrongdoers . |
| 24 | the fact that she 's , she 's intelligent as well erm she , you know , she 's gon na s she knew that I did n't know what I was talking about so she said right you look , yo you look er you , you ask them about this , this , this and this and they might say this to you , so I knew what , if they asked me , I knew what I was talking about rather than |
| 25 | ‘ I might say this in closing , ’ he said , ‘ … as far as foreign policy goes , Mr Kissinger ( Mr Ford 's secretary of state ) has been the president of this country . |
| 26 | But even the less dedicated of us , public and semi-professional , I think you could say that of us all really . |
| 27 | But then one could say same of Verbier and she has not ruled that out . |
| 28 | I could say some of the things I had n't been able to say when I left him , because I had n't shared his feelings then . |
| 29 | You could say this for the new position : it took us back a way from the medical cut and thrust . |
| 30 | Marvelling that anyone could say this without a trace of selfconsciousness or humour , Wexford looked her up and down . |