Example sentences of "i say [conj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is why I say that at impact , during a proper swing , the shaft of a club is doing nothing to help or hinder a shot — and we can have no control over it at this point . |
| 2 | I say that with every degree of confidence . |
| 3 | I say that with some feeling because , in the three years , that I have been doing this job I have not heard so many well-qualified solicitors and barristers , people from the legal community and inquests and from pressure groups say that there are areas of deep concern . |
| 4 | I say that with absolute passion about a man who is my boss and my friend and with whom I am proud to serve in this Government . |
| 5 | I say that with the most heartfelt |
| 6 | I speak personally when I say that for me the Eucharist represents God 's powerful declaration that I am ‘ ransomed , healed , restored and forgiven ’ . |
| 7 | In any case , it 's weird that whenever I say that to Keith , he looks at me with the unmistakably quizzical air of the tall thin intellectual he is , his hair on the blond side of chestnut ( now heavily greying ) ; his fair skin with his rosy cheeks reminding one of Victorian youths with perfect complexions ( or so the novels of Wilkie Collins and the paintings of the Pre-Raphaelites would have us believe ) ; his eyebrows bushy and deliberately unkempt ; his classic tweed suit of the old school , worn with a shamefully Byronic air somewhere between hippy and academic ; his accent public school , as befits his education , although he also speaks a passable Spanish , so we can keep switching languages whenever linguistic difficulties develop . |
| 8 | I say that on behalf of the party he beat as opposed to the one that he put into third place — the Conservative party , which was marginalised in that by-election . |
| 9 | I say that on behalf of the permanent year-round staff at Festival House ( 3.5 people for the Festival and 2.0 for QFT ) but also on behalf of the professional staffs of the Grand Opera House , the Lyric , the Arts , the Ulster Orchestra , the Ulster Hall , the Ulster Museum , Stranmillis College , the Old Museum — in fact , all who help make the Festival the great event it is . |
| 10 | I say that as one who lived in Scotland for many years . ’ |
| 11 | I say that as somebody who learned to drive in Paris ( second worst on the national table ) ! |
| 12 | Nobody will blame me if I say that in the circumstances I became very uneasy . |
| 13 | I think that the hon. Gentleman will know what I mean when I say that in the context of coming towards the end of a particular available time , whether it is the time for talks or the time for a general election , there is reluctance among certain parties — and I make this remark generally — to turn their cards face upwards if there is any danger that other people will not have turned their cards face upwards by the time the whistle blows . |
| 14 | And I say that in a right of some statistics that appear in today 's agenda . |
| 15 | I 'm only half joking of course when I say that by comparison the rip-offs and the scams and the scandals mean nothing . |
| 16 | Eternity — something like that , you know ? , in some way , it 's a tale that in , the , that embraces those er thoughts that so many people are thinking these days , and yet I 'm an old fashioned fellow , erm and I say that by saying er yes , this , this is some , somewhat of a er new age category , all these things . |
| 17 | Also taking that view was Dr Tony Andrews of the Royal Veterinary College in London , who said : ‘ I know I have to be careful in what I say but in my view , the management in many herds as far as feeding regimes are concerned is little better than controlled starvation . ’ |
| 18 | as I say because of my health and one thing and another you could n't just and he , and he was really good he was and explained everything to me I say that |
| 19 | Its why I say because of this that we have a stake in terms of our own enlightened self-interest in understanding better developing countries . |
| 20 | I mean they were n't aluminium so they blew off I used to wear one of those and er , you know , for safety , you see , but er anyway I survived the survived the war and but wh it 's amazing really when I look back how we d how we managed because we had such nice people in there , as I say and like these actors Jack Claude Cecily . |
| 21 | I says that to Mrs she said I 'll see if I can afford one before Christmas . |
| 22 | I says and at that price why do n't you buy them yourself |
| 23 | I said that without my dear brother I had little care where I was , and no one I wished to speak to . |
| 24 | Earlier I said that on the whole our food was not bad : salads , fruits and nuts were plentiful but I had taken on my parent 's tastes . |
| 25 | Er Foster and Allen are here and when I said that at the beginning of the programme it started a flurry of phone calls as to where they were . |
| 26 | Oh I , I said that to you at the time Robert , I mean I 'll be honest and I saw that document and I nearly died and it 's the way they say it too |
| 27 | ‘ I said that to … to get back at you , because I thought you were ashamed of it , ’ she admitted , beginning to feel slightly guilty . |
| 28 | They do n't ca they do n't care I used to say that a if I said that to Steven pack it in , somebody will hear , he 'd say well open the bloody windows and let them hear ! |
| 29 | I know , I said that to Kevin , if you 're part of the family |
| 30 | No she was n't , but even so , you know , I said that to Liz , Liz said oh it 's not , it 's nothing to do with your responsibility . |