Example sentences of "i [modal v] say " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If I may say so your sister was particularly emphatic on the point . ’ |
| 2 | So , despite his presentation of sceptical arguments against knowledge of the nature of things , Gassendi does , nevertheless , hint that ‘ it may well be that the basis for knowledge does exist ’ ; even though this will be ‘ a knowledge of experience and , I may say , of appearances ’ . |
| 3 | Now , you 're a plants-woman of no small renown , if I may say so , your ladyship . |
| 4 | Miss Blagden duly took the wretched gun and it was she who was kind enough to write on delivering it : — I found your husband very well , Wilson , and as expected by you much agitated over the rumours that another concerted effort is to be made to free and unite his country which subject I may say engages the minds and hearts of his employers hardly less . |
| 5 | Many were taken away by the Romans , others by Napoleon , but ours was a present from the Egyptian government in the last century — a jolly nice present , too , if I may say so . |
| 6 | I may say that we both agreed that our relations will be governed by his decision , that I would have gone along with it had he made a mistake which harmed me . |
| 7 | I may say that I am very glad to have finished that hack-work . |
| 8 | Grand young woman , if I may say so . ’ |
| 9 | There were some fifteen minutes of questions — dealt with exceedingly briskly by the speaker , I may say . |
| 10 | We do n't think , if I may say so , that the philosophers are yet talking to us in a language that we understand , although some of us are beginning to grasp it . |
| 11 | And his manner was , if I may say so , more relaxed , almost like an aristocrat . |
| 12 | If I may say so , my German is perfectly adequate . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Yes , thank you , miss , we 're stopping at the Royal , and I may say it seems fairly comfortable . |
| 14 | And I may say that , if it were , my longing ( or desire ) would be affected considerably . |
| 15 | ‘ -poste is not worthy of you , if I may say so . ’ |
| 16 | I think I may say with Dryden : |
| 17 | It is , as I may say from repeated experience , a pure and unmixed pleasure to have a goodly volume lying before you , and to know that you … need not open it unless you please … |
| 18 | And just in case I may say things I 'll be sorry for , I 'd better not go on , except for one last word . |
| 19 | I may say I was almost as nervous as any of my students at this point . |
| 20 | To laughter , he told Mr Major : ‘ If I may say so , Prime Minister , send it to your Cabinet . |
| 21 | I may say that I ‘ perceive ’ the indigestibility of something I have eaten through its effects on me ; the unpleasant feelings I have in my stomach . |
| 22 | ‘ If I may say so with some dignity , sir , I 'm trying to set them an example . |
| 23 | ‘ If I may say this gently , Chief , one does not question Lieutenant Denholm on those matters . |
| 24 | Moving on , and if I may say so , you have hit the nail on the head with your reference to the registration and its rarely stated function to boost the circulation of the LTA 's own magazine . |
| 25 | ‘ Critics have found me narrow , ’ his opening paragraph continues , ‘ and I have no doubt that my opening proposition , whatever I may say to explain and justify it , will be adduced in reinforcement of their strictures , ’ adding bitterly that ‘ the only way to escape misrepresentation is never to … say anything . ’ |
| 26 | But this I may say , that it seems unworthy of you that you should be too angry over this affair . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Forgive me , but if I may say so , you have far too modest an opinion of yourself . ’ |
| 28 | Mr Chamberlain 's services to the State are infinitely greater than any I have been able to render , but we are both men who are giving all we can give to the service of the State ; we are both men who are , or try to be , actuated by principle in our conduct ; we are men who , I think , have exactly the same views on the political problems of the day ; we are men who I believe — certainly on my side-have esteem and perhaps I may say affection for each other ; but the result of this dynamic force is that we stand here today , he prepared to go into the wilderness if he should be compelled to forsake the Prime Minister , and I prepared to go into the wilderness if I should be compelled to stay with him . |
| 29 | ‘ So reunion has come at last , thanks , I think I may say , to me , ’ Neville Chamberlain wrote to his sister . |
| 30 | I may say that the above " idea " belongs to my system of controlling the boys by " influence " rather than by the " cane " . |