Example sentences of "said [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm and if you 've got see if you 've got a vowel and then a c sound so if we said Let's have a look at some vowels and then a c sound . |
| 2 | I said let's wait and see how it prints and Vic agreed but I did n't get good vibes . |
| 3 | But er eventually I found out that er , er , I ca n't er work peacefully here , because if I stopped for er , fighting for the benefit of the workers then er they will think that er I have been bribed or something like this and if I keep fighting for them then there 's no peace of mind , there 's always struggle , so I thought I 'll leave , and the second was , that I wanted to bring my family into this country and I was n't saving anything while leaving them because that 's a bit expensive area and er , the person who got the job for me he said let's migrate to Yorkshire . |
| 4 | Well he 's not in he 's out today he 's out he and his wife are out cos we put a phone call in we said let's have a chat with him |
| 5 | But surely in that when I said let's see whether it considerations I said . |
| 6 | Ange said let's pop in Jenny 's . |
| 7 | And , we 've looked in Mawpers , and we 've Newcastle , and Jim said let's go to Gateshead . |
| 8 | well we ca n't go into the reasons for that but I said let's respect the reasons I said if that 's how you feel I said , you 're a man you you must make your own decisions I said probably in a few months time you 'll come |
| 9 | So Dave said well let's , you know , you sit and eat , and eat , he said let's get up Christmas present , have a couple of Christmas presents , going swimming ten till twelve , perhaps go for a walk over the common or something , |
| 10 | He only said af when we come out of there said let's pay and go in again . |
| 11 | The first time we had a break together , Dinda said let's go out , I said well somewhere fairly close where we can take little Rocket |
| 12 | And when I took over the magazine I said let's just use the typefaces that they use in the newspaper and supplement them for some headlines , but try to make it belong in the New York Times . |
| 13 | The virtue of artists ' writings for the reader of criticism is that it can often serve as a touchstone for judging the worth of mediators , particularly those presenting views of what the artist intended ; what the artist said may be more to the point . |
| 14 | In the process of making them , did you meet any opposition apart from that which you said may have come from the medical malpractice fear ? |
| 15 | Part of what the Minister said may have been correct . |
| 16 | You know , the beginning when I said may I smoke ? |
| 17 | What Y said may be right , even though Y fails to act by it . |
| 18 | The things I said may have been unjustified , and the fact that I just happened to be bloody tired and bad-tempered was no excuse . |
| 19 | He might have rejected Malebranche 's extension of the arguments about relativity of perception from secondary to primary qualities ; he might have rejected the further conclusions Bayle said should be drawn from them . |
| 20 | The fate of the six people involved in the snackbar death reflected some of the bad practices which they said should be corrected through the institution of a truly socialist legal system which had human rights incorporated into it . |
| 21 | , The congress called for the introduction of a solidarity tax on industry and a supplement on the higher levels of income tax to finance the reconstruction of former East Germany , which it said should be carried out according to " ecological principles " . |
| 22 | Yesterday however , David Goodson of Loughborough University offered the team of biologists , naturalists and conservationists a set of underwater transducers which he said should be able to produce the right effect . |
| 23 | So she said should we go down now Oh . |
| 24 | I know it 's daft , she said should 've gone Christmas week and I said I 'm not going down Christmas week so I went the week before . |
| 25 | Mr Davies , 40 , who attended with his parents , Derek and Joan , said he has just returned from Bosnia , which the Queen said must be a dreadful place to work . |
| 26 | But Mr Crandall said the company will not seek concessions because that would hurt employee morale , which he said must be maintained in a service business . |
| 27 | Sammy said must have been me he said all I said to him here are Ton here 's a mug of tea , mug for a mug |
| 28 | yeah , I got f I got , my total marks I could 've got was fifty eight and I got fifty four and she gave me a C and she said must improve your marks . |
| 29 | ‘ But what he said might be true … about the … er … slaves dying and there being no sale . |
| 30 | During the next two days , Elinor slept a lot , which Dr Craig-Dunlop said might be because she wished to evade reality . |