Example sentences of "[adj] [modal v] say [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The right hon. Member for Chingford said that he can not go along with the negotiations at Maastricht because he wants to protect Britain from ’ rabid dogs and dictators ’ — some might say from himself . |
| 2 | Newtonmore is a little quiet ; some would say behind the times . |
| 3 | All depend in varying degrees on the analytical activities of conscious thought , but all would say with Thomas à Kempis : I had sooner feel compunction than know its definition . |
| 4 | When Judgment Day comes , many will say to me , ‘ Lord , Lord ! |
| 5 | Everything has obviously been well prepared both technically and musically ( not the remotest suspicion of a studio run-through ) , and the orchestra sound really fired up , which is more than one can say about a disturbingly large number of recordings which have emerged over the last few years ! |
| 6 | Conspiring against almost everything ( one can say in retrospect ) were his exaggerated notions of his own divinely inspired relationship with the Iranian people . |
| 7 | It must now be asked if the same could said in the mid-1980s . |