Example sentences of "i [vb mod] say [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Like the time when we were having a well-established film star on the show , and the researcher suggested that I should say as an opening gambit , ‘ You 're still a very attractive man , are n't you ? ’ |
2 | And he sort of puts his hand near it , oh it 's a bit warm , oh I 'd say about a couple of amps . |
3 | ‘ I 'd say in a way that basically it 's a form of a policing job . |
4 | Well it er I was very it 's not a stately home it 's the equivalent I would say to a sort of erm lower landed gentry upper er working class sort of place . |
5 | I would say like a bit myself you know |
6 | The best that I can say for a personality explanation is that it prevents executives from thinking about changing their behaviour , because it understandably makes little sense for them to undergo some kind of therapy . |
7 | ‘ I can say without a shadow of a doubt that he was one of the most popular people in the club , very straight and down the middle . ’ |