Example sentences of "[vb base] say [pron] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most people say say you ca n't do it you ca n't do that can you go on . |
| 2 | Make says it will sell direct , rather than via the hardware manufacturers with which it has relationships . |
| 3 | ‘ Well , I nivver said I could read Indian signs , but them 's some make of jeep thing . |
| 4 | All the rule books seem to say you must wear some sort of jacket — the BSJA naturally stipulate the colours — and in some classes it should even be tweed . |
| 5 | Cos our John used to come in and she goes you know said you 'll have to excuse me , once they go away I can relax . |
| 6 | No it 's to much of a , I hate saying I 'll go out at eight o'clock and tell him to be home and at quarter too eight he has n't come and oh , I 'm to tired really , but , so I 've always played it that I will help when I when I can , but uhum , I do n't go on the committee , cos then your stuck , you 've got to go . |
| 7 | ‘ You know , people keep saying we ought to hang coats on Shylock 's arm … ’ |
| 8 | You can hear them from a long way now what you do is you sit them down and let them take up their own particular position , you can , if they 've got their medication their Ventilin or whatever , you can put it beside them , they will know if they need to take it or not , get them with the fresh air and let them take up their own position which is usually leaning forward so that it expands their lungs , talk to them about something different because sometimes well they 've got to think of what to answer you , it 's relaxing those tubes , now if they 're taking their medication and it does n't work within about five minutes get them to hospital , because the only people that really die with asthma are those that have taken medication and keep saying I 'll give it a few more minutes , give it a few more minutes and if they 're getting worse and worse they 're leaving it too long . |
| 9 | I keep saying she should eat little and often , but the young do n't listen . |
| 10 | And they start saying they would do it to people now . |
| 11 | So if you start saying there ca n't be any publicity where there 's been alleged malpractice or where there 's controversy er well you 're going to get into in into a ludicrous situation in which the media will never be able to discuss a situation of this sort . |
| 12 | Okay , so I mean they sa they all do say they 'll be talking at the same time , but as I say , th that bit goes there . |
| 13 | Do say you 'll come . ’ |
| 14 | Do say you will come . |
| 15 | They tend to say we must overthrow the existing social order and establish a new just social order , when human beings will be liberated from the corrupting erm , alienating er forces , that er , make them bad , and everything will be , everything will be okay . |
| 16 | ‘ You mean to say you ca n't pilot it ? ’ |
| 17 | You mean to say you could go down our steps there and if you keep goin' you 'd come out on the water ? , |
| 18 | If you look at it in a certain way , right , it shows your ignorance , I mean you 're over in England , right , for so long — I mean to say you should know what to chat in front of certain people , right ? |
| 19 | I hate to say you should be American , because of course , no-one should , but this one single evening of Great British Music — Spiritualized , Curve , The Jesus And Mary Chain , in that fixed order — is three and a quarter hours that compounds and crystallises everything that is vibrant and clever and downright sex-mad- filthy about what squares call ‘ alternative ’ . |
| 20 | I I I was certainly with that question has been recorded and I I ca n't answer immediately but obviously you you what you 've said we 'll take that up with the management committee and come back to you straight away . |
| 21 | and you know it sort , it surprises you so much because I 've said we 'll go on this moving stair thing er what they call it ? |
| 22 | They 've said they 'll do what they can for you , and I believe them . |
| 23 | On the other hand we know there are some churches that are finding great difficulty in meeting er , what they 've said they can |
| 24 | So I 've said they can get stood on . |
| 25 | But by when I 've just had a little crumb I 've said they can have the rest back . |
| 26 | So we 're parking illegally but the police actually have almo they 've said they will turn a blind eye to it if providing that we all do it sensibly and without and face like in the line of the traffic . |
| 27 | Of course , if you tell him what I 've said he 'll deny it , but I assure you he only wants one thing and that 's your practice . ’ |
| 28 | They had nowhere else to go because this is closed and as they 've said you ca n't pay the mortgage on a single engine two seater aeroplane and you ca n't get rid of , to sell one of those things , there business in liquidation . |
| 29 | You 've said you 'll go . |
| 30 | Just because you 've said you 'll go or because you think ? |