Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] say that " in BNC.
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| 1 | I merely say that I think the question might be expected to interest your readers , but I am by no means confident that they will care much about the matter . |
| 2 | Someone rightly said that language exists to prevent us communicating , and of no country is that more true than my own . |
| 3 | I only said that about Ralf because he 's a man , and for some strange reason fitzAlan seemed to think … |
| 4 | I only said that to annoy her as Fenella was leaning over the staircase banister to fix some tinsel with double-sided tape and one more inch and she need n't have bothered wearing a skirt at all . |
| 5 | I only say that it is the route of the Council of Europe that has been recognised by the Community as leading to Community membership itself . |
| 6 | I just said that to Charlie to needle him . |
| 7 | ‘ I just said that I was having a drink with her to ask her what she would really like as a wedding present from the firm , because men are no good at that sort of thing . ’ |
| 8 | I just said that I did n't know . ’ |
| 9 | Well I 'm just saying I just said that we 're not likely to get it here . |
| 10 | I never said he was , I just said that he 's called Paddy . |
| 11 | But I just said that it was for the Welsh Office cos I thought if er they knew it was for a Authority you know ? |
| 12 | I just said that I 'm going |
| 13 | Ten ninety two eleven ninety two twelve ninety two Well can I just say that the the process of replacing er people on maternity leave is progressing . |
| 14 | Can I just say that my father who is eighty four , is caring for my mother er for the past eleven years , and we keep sort of saying well is it not time that she should maybe go into hospital ? |
| 15 | Can I just say that I |
| 16 | Can I just say that I , I went to the meeting to do with local planning at Hall |
| 17 | Can I just say that that 's the day before the C S M T that I 'm going to , so how does it |
| 18 | May I just say that the majority of people will care for their animals but it is those people who buy , we have s er cases where erm people will turn up on Christmas day and say to their elderly relative , We bought you a puppy . |
| 19 | Yes I just wanted to say that , can I just say that within about three days of coming off the drug , all my symptoms of feeling violent , murderous , suicidal completely disappeared and they 've never come back since , and all I 've had since then is a dose of vitamin B six every day . |
| 20 | Can I just say that if you leave the transportation of the animals aside and the training of the animals aside , I do n't think we have a right to use animals in this way . |
| 21 | And could I just say that I think that the issue of sustainability does also touch upon the need for the new settlement to be be located on a public transport corridor , preferably an existing public transport corridor , and I think again that argument for for s for somewhere where a rail link , preferably , could be provided , and that of course would tend to support all those factors tend to support a location on the Northern side of York rather than the Southern side of York . |
| 22 | ca can I just say that the introduction of the Choices booklet need a real bit of it was a bit |
| 23 | Erm before we actually get down discussing this er submission can I just say that we do have another issue to talk about at er two o'clock this afternoon and therefore it means that our discussion will , on this topic , will have to terminate at one o'clock . |
| 24 | Can I just say that I had figured four hundred million it is in fact four fifty . |
| 25 | Can I just say that I had figured four hundred million , it is in fact four fifty . |
| 26 | Can I just say that in getting them , I think erm the er Lands Charity trustees are not actually obliged to report to us , and Kevin 's doing this as a matter of sort of courtesy really , because we appointed him , erm but erm erm I think it 's a subject that could well be called on for one of these sort of regular , little , important at the A G M , erm |
| 27 | Can can I just say that I think it 's interesting that Mao 's sort of targeting the local tyrants and the erm the evil gentry I mean because you could , you could ar argue that basically the landlords are only trying to get a return erm which is , which is equal to what they can get if they invest all their money in or you know erm or whatever or big cities |
| 28 | Can I just say that after the last meeting and you urging us all to write I did write to them . |
| 29 | Can I just say that er Ray phoned me up the other day and he said er , would you be prepared to take part in probationers ' , er regional probationary sort of training day er which is at coming up er in a few months time , to give erm presentation skills er I part of what we were doing , erm but just those O H Ps that we did on that part . |
| 30 | Could I just say that readings taken in this adapted way are called decibels A-weighted , which is a bit sort of technical and silly , but it 's kind of important if you 're measuring the sort of sound that people listen to . |