Example sentences of "[vb mod] say [modal v] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 Nothing Jake might say could upset her any more .
2 She knew that nothing she could say would change his mind .
3 And nothing he could say would make her forget them .
4 She would not return to you because you believed her to be a fallen woman , and nothing she could say would convince you otherwise . ’
5 If I put that aside I would say let's put you on erm postal wallets .
6 Let's say let's make it erm one square going up there is ten miles .
7 okay let's say let's say we 're looking at carbonates
8 Let's say let's say we want to make
9 Well let's say let's say we 've got a fixed pressure now , we 're not going to mess about with the height of the water , it 's a constant hundred feet or so .
10 Erm here y'are we 've got a lad with a kite it 's fixed on the ground well let's say let's say it 's fixed on the ground first of all and erm we 're trying to find out how high it is and it 's directly over this point which is erm and we do n't we do n't know .
11 let's say let's say I just gave it to you like that .
12 But but but if you write the formula down let's say let's say you get it all wrong and I say , What happens if you have an acid and an alkali ? and you say , Well I know they all give a salt so that 's a safe bet , so I 'll say they give a salt .
13 Now let's say let's say your mum came in and she said how many for this pizza and we said oh just the three of us and she cut it cut it up into three pieces three pieces all the same size .
14 We you you 've got let's say let's say there 's your third you 've got your third .
15 He has it firmly in his head that this whole fracas is on my account , and nothing I can say will sway him .
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