Example sentences of "say [pers pn] could [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm n I as I say I could n't see her the bed it was it was a duvet and . |
| 2 | Say you could n't get through to your mother . |
| 3 | Well a cooker you definitely , a fridge say we could perhaps borrow that one of mum 's until we could afford one . |
| 4 | Supporting her , other women who say they could also lose their homes because they 're separated from their RAF husbands . |
| 5 | The girls who sign up for fashion 's survival course say they could n't imagine life on the other side of the camera . |
| 6 | The pair say they could both have been killed if neighbours had n't woken them up . |
| 7 | They say they could now lose thousands of pounds without expert advice on their crops . |
| 8 | She said I just went in there and she said I could n't stand any more , she said do you know Joy she said you 're one of the nicest people I know , she said I tell you what I 've never heard in my life two people stab somebody like you 're being stabbed , she says I could n't sit there any more |
| 9 | She had done all the house out and got all the presents and everything , but then they says I could n't have him or see him . |
| 10 | Oh he says we could n't do that he says that now , he says I could n't get that done for you . |
| 11 | She says she could n't stop singing , even if she wanted to try . |
| 12 | Says she could n't stop 'erself , she was so sure she 'd been saved . ’ |
| 13 | She says she could n't get involved with the love story . |
| 14 | But Mrs Rubinstein says she could only look for common themes . |
| 15 | These puppies are thriving in the warm environment , their owner says you could n't get a better start for young bird dogs . |
| 16 | She had said she could n't stand living in such close proximity to quite so many facial quirks , but there was something deeper in her decision to take a small flat near the school . |
| 17 | Well , they 've had , they 've only had you must of been better or Miss Johnson would of said you could n't go to the public |
| 18 | Ah ! rang , you should have said you could n't pick me up cos you 'd been to the pub . |
| 19 | Oh he says we could n't do that he says that now , he says I could n't get that done for you . |
| 20 | She says we could n't help but remember the sort of thumping speeches |
| 21 | He says we could not approve his application . |
| 22 | he says we could either put it forward because the windows are obviously a lot wider |
| 23 | Brian Horton says they could not have had a better match . |
| 24 | He says he could n't afford it . |
| 25 | Next month he planned to retire from the army , but says he could n't resist this call to duty . |
| 26 | He says he could n't believe it . |
| 27 | Had it not been for anti-depressant drugs and psychitaric help , he says he could easily have taken his own life . |
| 28 | John Thaw says he could never have guessed when he started that the show would become so popular . |
| 29 | Without it , the company says it could n't compete with businesses overseas . |
| 30 | IBM Corp held detailed salary discussions with two other people , one of them Lawrence Bossidy of AlliedSignal Inc before it hired Louis Gerstner as chairman and chief executive , the Wall Street Journal reckons : it says it could n't get the name of the other candidate . |