Example sentences of "[adv] [modal v] say [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The right hon. Lady got rid of him because he obviously used to say to the Cabinet , ’ You wo n't get away with this , you know . |
| 2 | Instead of taking it over a thirty five year period , what you would then have is that you go up very steeply let's say by putting lump sums or er regular capital premiums erm which you 'll receive a tax refund and then it stops but the benefits of the fund keep going so at age sixty they would have the same effect of reaching your pension there with no contributions |
| 3 | And er he he always used to say of me , he say , Well you know er he was on the Executive , he said of the Trades Council . |
| 4 | That 's what I always used to say to the troops . ’ |
| 5 | Grant , whose wife Dawn died in October following a long battle with cancer , added : ‘ The boss always used to say to me how tough Dawn was , but there was no one tougher than Arthur . ’ |
| 6 | After that he always used to say to me , ‘ Do n't get me mad , now . ’ |
| 7 | Well she always used to say , why you do n't say anything , but she always used to say to , she 'd never come down to the house , I mean I do n't think she 's been to my house , house five times |
| 8 | Cos people often used to say to me because I 'd , I 'd played everything you could play except golf , and , and er , and I , I , people used to say you did two men 's work and you I , I met a chap one day , this was an instance , I 'm not trying to blow me trumpet do n't think that at all . |
| 9 | This , surely , is much more like what we really would say in a normal conversation . |
| 10 | Erm well let's say for example I was in posted in for |
| 11 | When they come to consider the plaintiff 's damages , it must be highly material that they then may say to themselves , however , this would family was harbouring this dangerous criminal two days beforehand . |
| 12 | And no one else can say of me that I know in one case and not in the other , because for all I know I am wrong both times . |