Example sentences of "[modal v] say [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I must say the old trousers he wears let him down a little — but at the wedding he 'll wear his best suit . |
| 2 | ‘ I must say the Australian horses will be fresh , just starting their season , while the European horses are probably on the wane now . ’ |
| 3 | But I I I think you should say a clear and simple statement of what our what we need for the company or person approached is |
| 4 | Well Street was really I should say the only industrial part of Caldmore or Palfry , cos there was Harveys had a factory up there and there was a little bit of factory work in Street , there was actually a small factory on the corner of Street and Lane , but the factory area was mostly in . |
| 5 | And erm I should say the average family was around about four , four mark , four and five children mark . |
| 6 | Or I should say the wee imp ran into me . |
| 7 | well I should say the like er |
| 8 | Your remarks on the Masefieldian lines go to the root of the matter — I should say the bad Masefieldian lines for in some points one would not in the least be ashamed to have learned from him … |
| 9 | I 'll say a quiet good-bye to your mother and father and perhaps you would explain to Sandra and tell Matthew when you come back . " |
| 10 | We 'll say a little prayer for your baby , shall we ? ’ |
| 11 | Just easier you see , cos he 'll say the then for when we do a price increase next time . |
| 12 | I 'll say the magic words for you . |
| 13 | Learning is a natural — one might say an instinctive — human activity . |
| 14 | Under these conditions he might say the following : ‘ If I can satisfy you that the fuel consumption of this car is no greater than that of the Vauxhall Cavalier , would you buy it ? ’ |
| 15 | Elizabeth took no part in this discussion and Lydia wondered whether it was her imagination or whether Elizabeth had the air of someone who could say a great deal if she chose . |
| 16 | So I have a certain interest , you could say a certain responsibility . " |
| 17 | You could say the only form of comfort I 've got are my complaints ; I 'm forever complaining about my complaints . |
| 18 | Think how many management consultants ( agents of organisational change ) there are — 1,763 firms at the last official count — and while you could say the internal cost in terms of management person hours and midnight oil bills dwarves the external consultant fee that goes with it , it does n't leave an awful lot for the average consultancy of Runnit Downe Foryewe & Howe , even if every firm blew an assignment each . |
| 19 | Then he continued ‘ Minch could say the right things . |
| 20 | In fact , you could say the average public relations executive 's world is littered with messages to send the client . |
| 21 | He possessed in an extraordinary degree the gift of conciliation and could say the happy words which quell the rising storm ’ , wrote one of them . |
| 22 | It was all wrong and back to front , but no one could say the old baggage lacked for courage . |
| 23 | Er I 'd say a wide range . |
| 24 | Du n no I 'd say a fair . |
| 25 | If cornered into making a decision , then I 'd say the obvious star of this threesome has to be the Japanese SB405 . |
| 26 | I dare say a good many rabbits would have kept quiet and thought about keeping on the right side of the Chief , but I 'm afraid I 'm not much good at that . |
| 27 | I dare say the slippery bastard had a good reason . |
| 28 | I desired you and — how shall we put it — I am as they used to say a little bit priapic . ’ |
| 29 | And she used to say a big head |
| 30 | Stern ( 1983 ) argued that a good pedagogical theory — or as adult educators would say a good andragogical one — would enable us to view language teaching in a much better perspective and to recognize its relationship with other kindred activities . |