Example sentences of "[vb mod] [adv] say [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Equally , we must only say in general terms what is required of him .
2 However , in terms of the recommendations , and I shall very , very quickly come to those , and deal with those very quickly , Chair , erm , I should just say to you that the , be , beware of structuralism .
3 You should just say to her
4 Chairman , I must just say about other organizations , it is approved that they 're going , part of the West Midlands region , is more better off than integral part of the region of Great Britain , or whatever , erm , if they 've got money into their region , they jolly well keep it there , we do n't know where Coventry is .
5 I must just say to yo , you 're dying to ask , like what he 's doing over the corner ?
6 Und the money , Alice — I should not say to you this — it walks away from him … ’
7 You must also say to your children : ‘ If you are going to stay out , you must ring me however late and I wo n't be angry . ’
8 And at the same time , and slightly in contradiction to that , I found it increasing erm , er , perception and indication of dissatisfaction with the way in which the joint er , collaborative structures were actually working , if I may say , especially at the top level in terms of the political erm erm , so I say to you colleagues , that you are required as er , by statute to , to have in place collaborative structures , er , under a statute that goes back to the nineteen seventies , and I should also say to you that up and down the country that authorities like your own are at this stage doing what you 're doing , and that is reviewing the effectiveness of the operation of those structures , and probably coming to much the same conclusions .
9 Fairfax should now say to the assembled Masai : ‘ Whatever happens to her she will always remember that it was the Masai who showed her that the human race shares one , universal , spirit . ’
10 One was about to start work in the engineering department of Rover and was already cute enough to know what you should and should n't say to a journalist , especially when it comes to forthcoming developments of the K-series engine .
11 I should n't say to anything to Miss cos we do n't know what she got .
12 The but is the superego is a part of the ego so we have to er before we go on to the superego , let's just say for the time being that repression is directed by the ego itself .
13 I bet she 's got ta get irate and ring me back , tell Geoff what I said , I thought well I do n't care , she 's speaks it and I 'll just say to her quietly well , you know I said now Marie 's done this to Geoff after all his hard work and he 's helped his worry anyway then defies him , he begs her to leave and she defied and she 's moved .
14 So I mean , I 'm not gon na point the questions at anyone in particular , I 'm just like have them answered , but I might just say to is this normal for her to be late .
15 And he 'll often say to me look there 's a fresh box under there , help yourself to what you want , i have n't opened that box .
16 I too , as one who is not a Christian , might well say of him that he knew and loved God .
17 But , but , but the whole social and cultural revolution evolution change has led I think to whole different schisms in the press which perhaps may have existed in some of the very one might almost say near communist publication like the
18 Not only would this be an effective riposte — ‘ Touché , ’ he might validly say on his release — but he would be safe in the reassuring knowledge that he need no longer worry about testicular cancer .
19 ( We might indeed say of such a theology that it was a Jesuology , rather than a Christology ; and Christianity has , at its worst , we may think , come to resemble this . )
20 He might then say to himself , as indeed I did , ‘ Well , this is power to give directions with a view to a hearing in seven days ' time , at which hearing there will be a determination of a particular question which has arisen between the parties . ’
21 At thirty-seven she could only say for sure who she was not and she felt that time was running out .
22 One could only say of an electron encircling the hydrogen nucleus that it had a certain probability of being found here and a certain probability of being found there .
23 Well I could only say in the cupboard ?
24 At a seminar hosted by the Edinburgh Concurrent Supercomputer Project last month , researchers and vendors could finally say with confidence that supercomputing in the 1990s and beyond will be done by parallel computers .
25 ‘ Whilst it was the physician 's opinion that she had not had carnal relations for some two years , he could not say for certain .
26 Mrs Ayers , who is still recovering from the shock , said at the moment she could not say for certain anything had been taken .
27 I would not have entrusted , to use Jennie Lee 's pungent phrase , the conduct of a chip shop to him , least of all the nation 's international affairs , but I could not say with any firm conviction that they have necessarily been handled better by his successors of either party .
28 When he read stories about Balder , Adonis and Bacchus , he was prepared to ‘ feel the myth as profound and suggestive of meanings beyond my grasp even tho ’ I could not say in cold prose ‘ what it meant ’ .
29 Asked if she would abandon her attempt if they became ill she replied that she could not say in advance , and pointed out that there would be eight doctors , including one paediatric specialist , immediately to hand .
30 Er , Madam Speaker I 'm very much aware of the case that the my honourable friend has er mentioned because he has written to me er about it and I have looked into the circumstances er of it and I understand that the employment service have made no final decision on that particular site and I 'd be happy to respond to my honourable friend er once I 've had a chance to discuss it further with the Chief Executive of the employment service whose responsibility it is but if I could just say to my honourable friend the principle of integrating er the work of the job centre and the payment of benefits on one site is a good one which is for the convenience of er people who make use of the job centres er and er as er er the honourable er gentleman , the member for Workington is indicating from a sedentary position , was a recommendation which was supported by the public accounts er committee and I believe and I believe that it er makes sense to proceed on a value for money basis with this policy but I will certainly look at the particular example in my honourable friend 's constituency with interest .
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