Example sentences of "[modal v] say [pron] [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I would say that if obviously a head gasket goes on a vehicle and somebody knowing that fact continues to drive the vehicle , yes — and damages their engine — yes I must say we would reject liability . |
| 2 | I must say we could do a lot worse than you . |
| 3 | I must say I 'd have thought I could rely on you to calm people down . |
| 4 | ‘ I must say I 'd have been happier , ’ said Rose , when everyone was suited and they had all sunk into their chairs , ‘ if Viola had kept away . |
| 5 | And I must say I 'd have been lost without her . ’ |
| 6 | Fair enough I must say I 'd have given it to Whitlow myself but it does n't really matter as far a Leicester fans are concerned as long as they can hold on here for another two minutes now . |
| 7 | And I should say I 'll forget it too , but I wo n't . |
| 8 | They 'll say they 'll know she came from . |
| 9 | I says of course , yes right he says , I really enjoyed he says you know , so I mean that made my day that did Dare n't tell Shirl , sh otherwise she 'll say you 'll do all the cooking ! |
| 10 | And it 'll say you 'll see how to spell it . |
| 11 | To them I 'll say you 'll find things are strange for a time but , with the help of your colleagues , you 'll soon find your feet but , for yourselves , avoid falling into the bad habits of others . |
| 12 | Dad will have no problem , but he 'll say you can get lager and stuff no problem . |
| 13 | She says no you ca n't , I might do and then when she 's ready to go out she 'll say you could 've taped it . |
| 14 | Lads , give another lad a tenner to do his horses , if he wants to take off , he 'll say I 'll give you a tenner to do mine tonight . |
| 15 | Yeah another thing that that old folk use I know that my granny used to say she 'll say she 'll turn things round she 'll say , I 'm having nothing with it to do , instead of , I 'm no having anything to do with it . |
| 16 | So we look at this ten pound we 're going to put that ten pound on the table we might put a ten pound note or we might say we 'll have ten one pound coins . |
| 17 | One might one might say one might say rarely . |
| 18 | You might say you could measure its position to ten decimal places , but you could always then measure it to eleven and predict a completely different result ; all the difference between a whirlwind which knocked down someone 's house and a single molecule of oxygen disappearing up their nose . |
| 19 | ‘ He might say he 'd do it , but he would n't . |
| 20 | He might say he 'd like to speak to the guy first . |
| 21 | Cos I might go out one night and I might say I might meet up with a with a another white man or another you know a black man or something , |
| 22 | er present work , and so I mean , you , you , could say we 'll take it , er two or three hundred complaints from London , and buy time I suppose , erm to see if if if er work up here had picked up or natural wastage went or what ever , erm , if it did n't go up then , I mean in the long term , erm one could n't envisage keeping on with more staff than what 's thought to be a fairly generously assessed formula anyway , says we need . |
| 23 | We could say we can divide the world into two , although with many shadings in between : those who marry to avoid their problems and those who marry to tangle with them . |
| 24 | You could say we should agree with our sums . |
| 25 | It seemed there was nothing he could do to persuade the child to cease her disobedience , nothing he could say which would frighten her sufficiently for her to come to her senses . |
| 26 | You could say you 'd do a better job next time . |
| 27 | You could say it should have been allowed many more to establish itself , but it was not a notable success . |
| 28 | If anybody asked , she could say she 'd come back for her shoe that had fallen off in the stumbling mess of wrecked furniture . |
| 29 | And then she could say she 'd like to borrow it . |
| 30 | You could say he 'll bore himself stiff , in fact . |