Example sentences of "[pron] to say " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'd have somethin' to say if it was n't . ’ |
| 2 | Here I must think Wordsworth is deeper than Milton , though I think it has depended more upon the general and gregarious advance of intellect , than individual greatness of Mind From the Paradise Lost and the other Works of Milton , I hope it is not too presuming , even between ourselves to say , that his Philosophy , human and divine , may be tolerably understood by one not much advanced in years … |
| 3 | If we teach ourselves to say what we feel , we 'll become known as plain speakers . |
| 4 | ‘ This is a promise that God gave to Abraham , ’ North said Reagan had told him , in the slightly hectoring tone he always had in the North dreams ; ‘ Who am I to say that we should not do this ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ What am I to say ? ’ he whispered . |
| 6 | When I think about it I 'm not sure it makes any important difference how you imagine he looks , I mean who am I to say whether this Boy you are seeing has blonde hair or dark ; but I am sure that it does matter what he means to you . |
| 7 | Who am I to say ? |
| 8 | I can think of reasons for this , but who am I to say ? |
| 9 | What the hell am I to say to Sir Harry Marriott when he asks for Brown 's recall ? ’ |
| 10 | And ever since then I 've thought , ‘ Well , you do n't know the situation , circumstances or anything , so who am I to say anything about that person ? |
| 11 | And they just had this the er er You know the what was I to say they had their their s scythes to cut the What was I to say ? |
| 12 | And they just had this the er er You know the what was I to say they had their their s scythes to cut the What was I to say ? |
| 13 | But what am I to say ? ’ |
| 14 | Madam Speaker , when my constituents complain about high fuel bills and watch the bosses of privatised utilities coining money am I to say to them that as far as the Prime Me Minister is concerned it 's nothing to do with him ? |
| 15 | Who am I to say . |
| 16 | I to say , that erm , I would of liked to be highly commend with her , but , I do n't really think , not . |
| 17 | My dream is for someone to say : ‘ I understand your hair and your lifestyle ; this cut will really suit you . ’ |
| 18 | You are a slave , you are weak and it is no good for someone to say to you , ‘ Just follow my example ’ , because at moments like that the intrinsic goodness of another person becomes an impossible dream . |
| 19 | ‘ Should we find someone to say goodbye to ? ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Good ’ , thought the signalman , ‘ the policeman has called and it will be nice to have someone to say Hello to . ’ |
| 21 | You need to have someone to say ‘ You 're good … you 're worth this ’ . |
| 22 | I 'm quite an independent person , but I was quite insecure , I needed someone to say this is good , this is bad , and because he was doing that it gave me the determination I needed . |
| 23 | They also tend to feel sorry for you when what you really want is someone to say ‘ Yeah , you can do it . ’ ’ |
| 24 | When Roger feels that the group is sufficiently quiet he will ask for someone to say ‘ Grace ’ . |
| 25 | Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh that 'll sort out the I 'd like someone to say , I 'd like to have one or two that nobody gets . |
| 26 | You do n't always know what 's good for you , you do need someone to say . |
| 27 | He roused himself to say , ‘ Maybe . |
| 28 | After a time he nerved himself to say to a couple of youngish men , ‘ Have you heard at all about a man called Menzies ? |
| 29 | I think Francis Morgan feels I 'm a bit old for Angela — I 'm forty-three and she is twenty-nine — but he 's never brought himself to say so . |
| 30 | One distinguished-looking delegate , who Mark recognised as the Chairman of the British Conservative party , introduced himself to say that people with his experience should put themselves forward to serve in the European Parliament . |