Example sentences of "say that [modal v] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I say that 'll give them something to talk about . |
| 2 | They wanted to talk to you direct , but I said that would frighten you off . |
| 3 | I said that 'd do you good to be in business for a couple of years , that 'd get you sorted out ! |
| 4 | She said it 'll just , she said that 'd , she said that 'd straighten it , yeah . |
| 5 | I said that will teach her to what for for saying that ! |
| 6 | er , mm , how we got the days of the week because I said that could name it Monday because that was the day everybody got their money , got paid |
| 7 | There was something of importance he wished to say that would affect them all . |
| 8 | Christian was too happy to be the bearer of bad news , and yet he had told them earlier he had something to say that would affect them all . |
| 9 | She wished she could think of something to say that would make him trust her , only after her stupid behaviour earlier she thought it might be a long time before he fully believed her . |
| 10 | But as his eyes travelled across to Elinor 's crowd , with their frizzy haloes of hair , their flowered dresses and carefully arranged profiles , he realized that there was nothing he could think of to say that would persuade them he was anything other than a boring little man . |
| 11 | Lucy remained silent , knowing this to be a fact , nor was there anything she could say that would make him feel more sympathetic towards her aunt . |
| 12 | Again and again she had told him there was nothing she could say that would help him , but he refused to be distracted from his goal . |
| 13 | I 'd say that 'll take you around three weeks . |
| 14 | If you think there 's anything you can say that will change my mind about — about — ’ |
| 15 | Added to that is her instinctive feeling for people — what to do and say that will please them most . |