Example sentences of "[adv] say that i [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I merely say that I think the question might be expected to interest your readers , but I am by no means confident that they will care much about the matter . |
| 2 | I can only say that I know not whence they came , nor have ever enquired whither they are going . |
| 3 | As the hon. Gentleman introduced the subject of colour of dress , I can only say that I have been listening to him for almost 18 years and I wish that he would sometimes change the colour of his tie . |
| 4 | Thank you very much , I can only say that I have always felt it a privilege to be part of N C V O. Er , I have enjoyed my time enormously and if I 've had any role that I feel that I 'm proud of , it 's constantly bringing members to mind . |
| 5 | ‘ I can only say that I do n't remember any of this , ’ I said carefully . |
| 6 | Chairman and managing director of John Wood Group PLC Ian Wood agreed with Mr Steadman : ‘ I am glad I did not have the difficult task of judging the competition and can only say that I look forward to adding another series of works to our existing collection at John Wood House . ’ |
| 7 | I can only say that I see no right whatsoever . ’ |
| 8 | Erm I can only say that I believe that there should be an examination of them erm we need to know exactly erm what brought about these tremendous floods . |
| 9 | part of it , have a look at it , Sandra , if you pa if you pass it onto each other and then just say that I think that 's worth getting cos we do have the money now er to start and look at things like that . |
| 10 | I have just said that I think that ’ jerk ’ is not among the list of unparliamentary expressions but I asked the Leader of the Opposition to refine it . |
| 11 | It will be apparent from what I have already said that I agree with the views expressed by Lord Donaldson of Lymington M.R. in In re J. ( A Minor ) ( Wardship : Medical Treatment ) [ 1991 ] Fam. 33 , 41–42 . |
| 12 | I I I 've already said that I do n't accept that er the French are unlikely to ratify er I think rather the contrary but that remains finally for them er and not for me . |
| 13 | ‘ In any case , I 've already said that I do n't want to fight any more with anybody . |
| 14 | Well we were a better er service , they were a better ser I 'm not saying that I think so , I know they were a better service don does n't does n they 're not quite proof , there were in an tramcar Edinburgh Corporation tramcars were running , they were running at a , a , every year a profit . |
| 15 | Yes I 'm not I 'm not saying that I do n't think it 's a an important consideration . |
| 16 | I 'm not saying , twenty-five years later , that big Dave 's metaphor was quite as incisive as Virginia Woolf 's , I 'm just saying that I know now why he was n't entirely wrong . |
| 17 | This is not to say that I advocate the status quo . |
| 18 | That is not to say that I disagree with Sir Bernard 's suggestion that the primary health-care system needs to be radically overhauled . |
| 19 | That 's not to say that I think we made a mistake . |
| 20 | That is not to say that I have n't met some canny little folk , but generally I do n't speak their language because I have never been used to them . |
| 21 | That is not to say that I have n't got sympathy for the problem that he 's faced with . |
| 22 | which I could n't find today did I not in the actual end approved version does it not say that I 've got the tape and people fixed |
| 23 | I can not say that I believe that that council necessarily represents the views of industry and commerce . |
| 24 | I can not say that I care for these self-perpetuating societies . ’ |
| 25 | " I can not say that I think of [ the causal determinist 's view ] as having any plausibility . |
| 26 | If the question be ( as , in the actual state of the law , I think it is ) , whether consideration is , or is not , given in a case of this kind , by the debtor who pays down part of the debt presently due from him , for a promise by the creditor to relinquish , after certain further payments on account , the residue of the debt , I can not say that I think consideration is given , in the sense which I have always understood that word as used in our law . |
| 27 | Let's just say that I deem it wiser to get a head start on them . ’ |
| 28 | Let's just say that I 've got the matter in hand . ’ |
| 29 | I can just say that I 've clocked it , even though I can I just I ca n't clock it yeah I can just say I could cos I know how it end . |
| 30 | And could I just say that I think that the issue of sustainability does also touch upon the need for the new settlement to be be located on a public transport corridor , preferably an existing public transport corridor , and I think again that argument for for s for somewhere where a rail link , preferably , could be provided , and that of course would tend to support all those factors tend to support a location on the Northern side of York rather than the Southern side of York . |