Example sentences of "say [pron] could " in BNC.
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| 1 | We say nothing could be further from the truth and indeed to get any if you read just one newspaper this morning we will say from that which you will actually see in the witness box . |
| 2 | ‘ Nick , ’ he continued with a tone of wry honesty in his voice , ‘ there are some mighty clever people who say I could be President of the United States three years from now , but what no one seems to realise is that I do n't care about that . |
| 3 | Erm n I as I say I could n't see her the bed it was it was a duvet and . |
| 4 | But I have n't got I could n't at this stage say I could do a tap next year . |
| 5 | You say I could make a veterinary nurse — that 's as maybe , but I 'm sure I 'd never be any good as a vet . ’ |
| 6 | Oh , alright , yes , then I 'll ask her originally , but I say I could n't , could n't check up , well I 'll find somebody else then . |
| 7 | The police say someone could easily have been killed . |
| 8 | Factory inspectors say somebody could easily have been killed . |
| 9 | and and Joanne Joe , say who could judge this , this is for our competition we 'll say Heidi coming , no , is anybody else in it , no er Sarah 'll come in cos she does n't know , right ? |
| 10 | Say you could n't get through to your mother . |
| 11 | Right , so you could of written , when you say you could of written better , what do you mean ? |
| 12 | Like you say you could sort of travel into London in that hour could n't you ? |
| 13 | They say you could borrow the Walkman ? |
| 14 | very good , yeah , I say you could borrow my printer again , but that 's , that packed up you know |
| 15 | Well that 's what I 'm saying about the image of the drinking er I guarantee you could as you know as you say you could be in a pub all afternoon all evening all night with maybe twenty people having a music session and ten of them might n't be drinking at all . |
| 16 | The Chicheley-Smythes have bought an absolutely super villa in Sardinia and say we could rent it if we 'd like to . |
| 17 | Say we could do ten each or something like that . |
| 18 | Well a cooker you definitely , a fridge say we could perhaps borrow that one of mum 's until we could afford one . |
| 19 | No one was injured but factory inspectors say there could easily have been casualities . |
| 20 | Police say there could be many more of the bombs and they 're warning people to be on their guard . |
| 21 | TWO North-East councils say there could be job losses following the Government 's announcement of charge capping yesterday . |
| 22 | As many as 64 MPs have lined up to criticise his management style and union leaders say there could be up to 6,000 job losses at the corporation , which employs about 20,000 people . |
| 23 | The girls who sign up for fashion 's survival course say they could n't imagine life on the other side of the camera . |
| 24 | Until 1970 the foresters here say they could rely on a good sale of fir trimmings — used in Christmas decorations — to pay for the routine management of the rest of the forest . |
| 25 | The National Federation of Independent Business , which speaks for small businessmen , puts job losses as high as 1m ; some economists say they could be as low as 100,000 . |
| 26 | But Health and Safety officials say they could still be many homes where staff are n't aware of the rules . |
| 27 | Supporting her , other women who say they could also lose their homes because they 're separated from their RAF husbands . |
| 28 | Drug users say they could be at increased risk from AIDS after a decision to stop giving them free clean syringes . |
| 29 | They say they could be in business within 5 years , moving water from the wet north to the dry south and putting an end to drought . |
| 30 | The course owners say they could compromise . |