Example sentences of "do say " in BNC.
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| 1 | Right if you do n't agree do n't er do say please do say because if you do n't agree I 'd rather hear your views |
| 2 | Erm not really you know maybe in an out of the way way they might but you know the type of musicians we are or whatever , you know we can do say I can do all the Irish stuff the up tempo rousing songs I can play Irish and Scottish dances and that kind of stuff , then Tony can do right across the board with easy listening stuff and country stuff and even one of the tracks on our new C D is er is er well what I would term a pop song . |
| 3 | And to do say one , two , three 's done . |
| 4 | He said he puts more , more he calls in and says it 's awful really cos this rubbish and he said whereas I should be able to do say the whatever ten o'clock post in whatsit . |
| 5 | Each day we used to do say an hour in the morning , whatever time was available between leaving school and getting back , dinner time , then in the evening you might have two , two and a half hours you left you , you finished school , and er you might finish at eight o'clock if you were lucky you 'd finish at half past seven . |
| 6 | ‘ I do say so . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Really , the things you do say . |
| 8 | Though people do say he 's very like my husband . ’ |
| 9 | Do say yes , Clarissa . ’ |
| 10 | But we do say that its object [ has ] been gained , and that after all the stir and excitement , the inconvenience … we are back where we wished to be , and with the miners ' case under negotiation . |
| 11 | ‘ Do say something , ’ Dorothea said , standing over and smiling a little . |
| 12 | But I do say that we , the ordinary man , must either insist he takes responsibility for what he discovers , and does concern himself with the ethics of its methods and application , or accept the responsibility to ourselves , and make our own decisions about how science is used . |
| 13 | Against this interpretation lies the evidence that we can and do say , when appropriate , things like ‘ Of course he consented to the operation , but that does not entitle you to perform it since he is just a child ’ ( or he did not know how dangerous it is ) . |
| 14 | That ‘ I knew the moment I saw him ’ ? ( people do say that about their men , more often than you 'd think ) . |
| 15 | ‘ Why , folks do say , your honor ! as how that he is a Poet , and that he is going to put Quantock and all about here in print ; and as they be so much together , I suppose that the strange gentleman has some consarn in the business . ’ |
| 16 | Do say : ‘ Sandy , I would like you to get dressed now , please . ’ |
| 17 | People do say — ‘ Oh , it is all right Teresa is tough she can take it ’ — but no woman should be subjected to this treatment . |
| 18 | ‘ Hmmnn , even if I do say so myself , that is quite some job . |
| 19 | When I do say , open up on the one Warlord I designate . |
| 20 | But ( vii ) people do say things , using the first person singular , present tense , of psychological verbs , which are sometimes true , sometimes false . |
| 21 | Do say you 'll come . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Miss Fenemore , they do say that if a man has done wrong , and has been punished for it , that should be the end of it . |
| 23 | ‘ I do say so . ’ |
| 24 | so , erm , it 's not actually very big , there are about eight addresses here , they do say if anybodies able to write in Spanish |
| 25 | " I do n't pretend that medical science has yet found a method of treating cholera that 's quite satisfactory , I do n't say there is n't room for improvement , ladies and gentlemen … but what I do say is that it 's the duty of a member of the medical profession to use the best available treatment known and accepted by his fellow physicians ! |
| 26 | People do say that erm there are far too many pupils but if you 've got the stuff and the accommodation , which our school provide they 're not overcrowded . |
| 27 | But I do say good for France to honour artists . ’ |
| 28 | A job well done , if I do say so myself . ’ |
| 29 | From the evidence that is available there seems to be some doubt about whether inspection is methodologically sound ( though this is mainly based on what the inspectors fail to say rather than what they do say ) . |
| 30 | They do say they 're a great comfort , " she added vaguely . |