Example sentences of "you [modal v] say [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I expect you 'd say Stratford on Avon is south . |
| 2 | Erm I , I do n't think I have a problem saying well actually I deal on er i if someone said erm if you said I play with Joe Snooks you 'd say Joe Snooks , that 's interesting Joe 's a , a very good client of mine |
| 3 | Before you could say Maradona , Boss Man had won and they had gone in a puff of Deep Heat vapour . |
| 4 | But it truly is , Fenella. if the Robemaker is there , or even if one of his horrid spells — what they call Sentry Spells — is lurking , we 'd be taken up and captured before you could say Gruagach . |
| 5 | Cast them upon their own resources , and they 'd be on Valium three times a day before you could say Hoffmann-La Roche . |
| 6 | I suppose you could say David had it so often that it be nice for him to get it . |
| 7 | But you could say AA or better . |
| 8 | No housekeeper could have resisted such an impassioned deputation : Violet was duly taken on and had donned her skivvy 's apron before you could say Octavia Hill . |
| 9 | Which was a pretty passive thing to do , in some ways , erm , and similarly , you could say Woodrow Wilson ended up crucified by the , by the allies . |
| 10 | You can often allow a verb and an object together , but never a subject and a verb , so sentence three and five you can say Florence said she teased Dougal and she did , I E she did tease Dougal , but sentence four is ill-formed . |
| 11 | Before you can say Edward de Bono , it might have found a way of creatively accounting your taxes , so the taxman actually owes you money . |
| 12 | You can say Daz and Flash and Bold . |
| 13 | You can say Persil ca n't you ? |
| 14 | Though we 'll be home before you can say Jack Robinson . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'll be back before you can say Jack Robinson . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ If you touch that fish I 'll have you up the steps before you can say Jack Robinson , ’ hissed Herbie , going blue in the face ‘ Whaddya mean , ’ argued Lofty , ‘ I found im and I got ta licence . ’ |
| 17 | If she is not watched like a hawk she will be in trouble of some sort before you can say Jack Robinson . ’ |
| 18 | You can say Morecambe Bay Wines and buy all his |