Example sentences of "say i [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | First I 'll divulge that I went to Bristol — they 'll know that already if they 're bright enough — then I 'll say I went to this Bed and Breakfast — then I looked for a job … |
| 2 | May I just say I went to erm Johnstown yesterday because I had half promised our friends here that I would go to support them . |
| 3 | The catechist will read out in the same way as we did for the Celebration of Enrolment , erm whichever catechist is doing will say I present to you and call out a name , and you stand up in your seat with your parents . |
| 4 | A : Yes , but I ca n't say I suffered from it . |
| 5 | ‘ I ca n't say I approve of it , young lady , you going into business , but I admire your courage and any help and advice I give willingly . ’ |
| 6 | But I ca n't say I approve of his method of filling it . |
| 7 | I ca n't say I approve of what he has done but I do n't ask him and I do n't want to know the details . ’ |
| 8 | ( 1 ) B : I must say I tend to be … |
| 9 | Some people might say I asked for it . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Now I can say I scored with Amanda de Cadenet , ’ joked the cheeky striker , 25 . |
| 11 | My childhood was all about manners and how to hold your knife and fork and which glass to drink out of , and we had to curtsey , and as for my father , well , if I was looking like this — with blonde hair hanging down and the red lipstick — he would say I looked like a slut . |
| 12 | ‘ Let's just say I got in a tight spot . ’ |
| 13 | And you could say I get about a lot without meeting anybody . |
| 14 | I must say I thought at the time that it was a pretty rough night to choose for a sentimental journey … |
| 15 | I must say I agreed with them as I agreed with some of the misgivings expressed by our German colleagues , too . |
| 16 | ‘ I mean I ca n't say I stamped on them myself . ’ |
| 17 | I ca n't say I know of anyone who wants to write to you . ’ |
| 18 | Belief … may be said to be the state of mind of a person who says to himself : " I can not say I know for certain that these goods are stolen , but there can be no other reasonable conclusion in the light of circumstances … |
| 19 | I would say I drifted into it , but that would n't be true . |
| 20 | ‘ Overall I suppose you could say I specialise in general gardening ! ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I ca n't say I care for the idea of you two discussing me behind my back , but if you must know I was suffering from reaction , ’ said Leonora with dignity . |
| 22 | Now I supported Prescott , I must say I voted for him for the er for deputy leader , right , but I think he 's wrong , right , on this particular issue , this compromise that he 's floating and I think it should be dropped . |
| 23 | ‘ Did I ever say I wanted to be buried at sea ? ’ |
| 24 | To our colleague from London , let me say I happen to be a boilermaker , not because I 'm a dinosaur with me head in the past , but because that happens to be the occupation that I follow and that 's what I am . |
| 25 | I must say I agree with Mr. Kegan — ’ |
| 26 | Ca n't say I agree with all their figures … good as he is I do n't think kelly is worth that sort of money at such an early age … certainly should n't be more than dorigo . |
| 27 | That 's what this programme is about , and in that time I mean I think , I was thinking actually as Terry was speaking , erm you said that it was not clear that you can judge somebody on a hundred days , and I must say I agree with that , and I think at the moment in the last hundred days we 've been at war and it 's impossible to judge a new Prime Minister , who 's come into office in the right at the beginning of what potentially could have been a very nasty war . |