Example sentences of "i [vb base] to say [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The beauty and interesting nature of this little bird ’ , Gould wrote , ‘ naturally made me anxious to bring home living examples ; I accordingly captured about twenty fully fledged birds , and kept them alive for some time ; but the difficulties necessarily attendant upon travelling in a new country rendering it impracticable to afford them the attention they required , I regret to say the whole were lost . ’ |
| 2 | Finally , I want to say a few words about the problems with our present laws , especially in relation to welfare . |
| 3 | Finally , I want to say a few words about the assumption of " slowly varying currents " in connection with the last example . |
| 4 | As to the other case that I want to say a word about , I have to confess now to beating a drum that I have been beating with varying success for a number of years . |
| 5 | First I want to say a little bit about the nineteen ninety three ninety four building materials pay round which is dealt with in some detail in the written report that you have . |
| 6 | Second I want to say a few words about the efforts that have been made in the last twelve months to increase the G M B's role in the building and civil engineering industries and third I want to say something about the present serious situation in the building industry pay talks . |
| 7 | Finally I want to say a little bit about the current deadlock in the building industry pay talks . |
| 8 | I want to say the thing that 's happening at the moment in my difficult life that I 'd hold onto like a drowning man with a log . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm sorry to keep you waiting , ’ he went on , ‘ but those of you who have been here before will know that I like to say a few words to break the ice before we get down to the real business of the weekend . |
| 10 | With the leave of the House , I wish to say a few words in reply . |
| 11 | I wish to say a few words about what measures we would be considering if we had the misfortune to have a Labour Government . |
| 12 | I could hardly believe that there 's nobody on level three mm and you see we done the Easter eggs and they ca n't join in , I have to say no , it 's a shame you know the |
| 13 | There is no escape ; I have to say a few words about the properties of materials . |
| 14 | I have to say the results were incredibly heartening , and after a minimal amount of extra tweaking with the Quad-FX 's master controls the Boogie was powering all the effects individually , with no extra noise and no unwanted distortion at all . |
| 15 | The next day we shared a three-course meal ( I have to say the food was excellent , thanks to Jimmy and Martin , the youth workers at the Farm ) called an ‘ agape . ’ |
| 16 | If my financial researches are right I have to say the most likely suspect for that particular activity is Wheeler . ’ |
| 17 | Meetings once again I have to say the old , old chestnut please can we start at eight o' clock er we 're getting new members who get a bit discouraged when we have a late start . |
| 18 | Erm we will pay bed breakfast and evening meal up to thirty pound a night and I have to say the trainers will always know of some good deals . |
| 19 | I I have to say the top earners of course ask for those further away . |
| 20 | ‘ The Police generally support us on this , but I have to say the problem does not seem quite as serious now as it used to be , and they did not mind us frequently playing Saturday games last season . ’ |