Example sentences of "say [pron] would [verb] [indef pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They looked together at the one about the woman who had said she would give anything for a child , of any kind , even a hedgehog , and had duly given birth to a monster , half-hedgehog , half-boy . |
| 2 | Speaking through his secretary , the Right Reverend Peter Ball says he would like everyone to know of his immense gratitude for their overwhelming support . |
| 3 | Democratic party chairman Ron Brown added : ‘ George Bush has already said he would do anything to win this election . |
| 4 | And I , er and I pretended to be incapable and I , and said I would like someone to go and help me do shopping , home health service would have , come along . |
| 5 | Herman gave me some pretty match-boxes , and I said I would put one in Joanna 's Christmas stocking . |
| 6 | Not knowing what I was letting myself in for , but feeling in the mood for experiment , I said I would have one too . |
| 7 | Mr Boyd said she would choose something with a wide brim in a subtle pastel colour — probably to match an outfit made by her favourite designer , Jacques Reiss . |
| 8 | She showed the dresses to Philip , who laughed at them , but when she said she would get something for them , quite a lot , shrugged , unwillingly respectful . |
| 9 | The police said they would send one later . |
| 10 | Another amusing incident to come out of ‘ Space Oddity ’ was when I got a phone call from David one day , who said he had to record an Italian version of the song because two kids in Italy had apparently done a cover version of it and as it looked as if it was going to do quite well , the Italian record company wanted a version by the original artist and said they would send someone along to teach Bowie phonetically how to sing the song . |
| 11 | A High Court judge said they would earn nothing from the book , if convicted . |
| 12 | When the helicopter came to collect us , the crew said they would take everything in one journey rather than the expected two . |
| 13 | Just time to tell you that Ken Clarke won Guess the Scores from Headington ; he said it would finish one all at the Manor , and he said that Martin Foyle would get the goal . |
| 14 | erm , so you , that 's when he said he would send one to me , but he 's obviously sent them to , and Cath 's , Cath 's had one |