Example sentences of "say [pron] [vb mod] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm the the railway track , erm once it was extended through to and I say I 'll give you the details on that in a minute , erm went over the er Road , and then the track that was nearest to er the town , was curved in and joined that other line erm and er went off to . |
| 2 | So I say I 'll ring him back . |
| 3 | say that 's not fair , say I shall miss you then wo n't I ? |
| 4 | I may be tempted to offer the spontaneous inclination itself as reason for my choice , and say I shall do it because I want to do it ; but in examining myself objectively I see that a fact about my wants and likes would be directly relevant only to a causal explanation of my actions , and could be used in deciding what to do only as I use any other objective facts . |
| 5 | Sorry I ca n't really sort of say I must admit I could n't really see why they should be like that really cos I mean it is a bit puzzling cos if they 've only just done anything , they 've only been tampering with this finger so |
| 6 | I say I will use it while I am here and give it back when I go . |
| 7 | Yeah say I can do it Wednesday nights , apart from that , you know it 's too bad sort of thing ! |
| 8 | He was prepared to stand out and fight on their own , and let the people of West Ham say who should represent them . |
| 9 | Just say you 'll do it Wednesday night . |
| 10 | Please say you 'll marry me . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ They say you 'll marry him before the end of the year , miss . ’ |
| 12 | I I 'm I say you must excuse me going on at such a pace but I 've got A I 've got another meeting quite shortly and B you 've got some little mo I think M Michael 's looking to take over . |
| 13 | But they say you must leave it running for two days . |
| 14 | ‘ Say you will protect me , Jacques . |
| 15 | Say you will marry me , and earn your place in heaven ! ’ |
| 16 | But you will relate it , cos no matter what they say you will relate it . |
| 17 | But please say you will forgive me . |
| 18 | And I say to your father , I say you will kill 'er ! |
| 19 | Best alternatives for holidaying dog owners have traditionally been kindly neighbours or kennels , but a York-based hotel chain say you can take it with you ( your pup , that is ) . |
| 20 | I mean , the Anaglypta we 're painting looks lovely , but as I say you can re-paint it as it goes |
| 21 | Say you can buy them films if you want |
| 22 | This is something to be aware of : say you 'd like it loud if you would , otherwise as a mistaken token of respect you 'll hardly hear it . |
| 23 | We could then leave it and say we 'll pick it up in an hour or so |
| 24 | then as I say we 'll discuss it towards the end . |
| 25 | How about what 's the American word for post they do n't say oh we 'll put it in the post they say we 'll put it in the ? |
| 26 | Erm against that there is this elephant which appears , and you say we might have it and find a zoo for it , and in fact we ca n't move fast enough to find the zoo . |
| 27 | The Chicheley-Smythes have bought an absolutely super villa in Sardinia and say we could rent it if we 'd like to . |
| 28 | The society say they 'll inform him anyway . |
| 29 | So he say they 'll give it to you back so that 's what they done they give me me money back , cos they 'd already give him back his , you see . |
| 30 | Commuters say they 'll believe it when they see it . |