Example sentences of "[pron] could say [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could say Mrs Gotobed had made a Will but we could n't find it . |
| 2 | Before you could say Maradona , Boss Man had won and they had gone in a puff of Deep Heat vapour . |
| 3 | But it truly is , Fenella. if the Robemaker is there , or even if one of his horrid spells — what they call Sentry Spells — is lurking , we 'd be taken up and captured before you could say Gruagach . |
| 4 | Cast them upon their own resources , and they 'd be on Valium three times a day before you could say Hoffmann-La Roche . |
| 5 | I suppose you could say David had it so often that it be nice for him to get it . |
| 6 | But you could say AA or better . |
| 7 | No housekeeper could have resisted such an impassioned deputation : Violet was duly taken on and had donned her skivvy 's apron before you could say Octavia Hill . |
| 8 | Which was a pretty passive thing to do , in some ways , erm , and similarly , you could say Woodrow Wilson ended up crucified by the , by the allies . |
| 9 | ‘ We could say Kylie 's just having fun , being a big kid , giving us a giggle ; but then the grown up Kylie goes and writes a caption to go with the picture , ’ began the psychologist 's summing up . |
| 10 | In the end a single telephone call to London saved us before we could say Jack Robinson . |
| 11 | Though no one could say Miss Phoebe was sour — ninepence to the shilling maybe , but she had a heart under her flat chest . |