Example sentences of "i would say [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 I would like to have discovered what had become of Mr Graham , for although we had not known each other well , I would say we had got on on those occasions we had met .
2 Again without apology to Jonathon Porritt , I would say we are defining animal welfare as the quality of environment as perceived by the animal and we are defining environment protection as the quality of environment as perceived by us .
3 I could never come to the situation where I would say we 're all equal .
4 ‘ Well , ’ Mitch said with a considering look , ‘ normally I would say we wanted to be alone tonight , but as I 'm going to be an uncle very soon … ’
5 ‘ After the way the Falcone family have treated you , I would say we have no right to stop you if you want to go — and , whatever you decide , I 'll pay you in full .
6 I would say we 've lost about fifty per cent but we 're putting on a promotion to try and get people in
7 I mean every year we have a campaign from about the middle of January to the end of February where we promote British holidays through our shop windows , and in fact I was just totting up our advertising spend in the last four or five weeks and I would say we have spent almost a hundred thousand pounds on partner advertising for Lunn Poly — book your holiday at Lunn Poly for U K holidays .
8 ‘ I am not so complacent that I would say they wo n't become a formidable competitor but for now they are not , ’ Jonathan Martin , head of sport at the BBC , said .
9 They 're more or less as a , I do n't think there 's a great lot of difference onl I d I , they 're not pushing , they have n't the same , the , I would like to say , I would say they have n't the same interest in their union , they 've not the same interests in the union as they had in the earlier days when there was a union .
10 No , I mean it , not lazy , I would say they 're cleverer , put it that way .
11 I would say they be about erm three feet across .
12 So I w , I have n't heard what they 've said about holidays , but I would say they ought to say to people , if , if you know , if your allocated six weeks holiday , you take that six weeks holiday .
13 Although , understanding the way , volume manufacture and I would say they 've probably if they 've got similar production facilities , got a very good chance of producing good stuff anyway .
14 ‘ Wales have made enormous strides , but I would like to see them being more creative before I would say they are a real force again . ’
15 I would say I drifted into it , but that would n't be true .
16 Sometimes in the weeks and months that followed , I would say I would rather not talk about her in front of her .
17 I would say I tend to listen to Peter Gabriel more .
18 ‘ In fact , I would say I now have a far stronger squad than I had last year and it is n't costing as much . ’
19 Yes I would say I would spend more if I had it , I think beauty 's a question of money
20 If I told lies , I would say I loved you !
21 I would say I have some influence .
22 I would say I 've been pretty lucky recently myself .
23 I would say I think that 's a very good point chairman now can we ask perhaps either our groundsman or or or whatever to look at it to see if something to make it safer for these these people to er get access to .
24 I would say I have a more practical turn of mind . ’
25 I would say I would say a a I would say about er eighteen .
26 it 's been finished , so it was , I would say I was going to town .
27 No , I would say I want the same school , you can do with me what you like , Paul I suggest you do n't throw that away before I loose my temper with you .
28 I 'm essentially a social historian , although I sometimes think that if I wanted to find the right adjective , and I 've never been too much worried about adjectives , I would say I 'm really a cultural historian .
29 I know because I 've tried it as well , and I would say it was a large contributing factor to a breakdown of understanding , because at this point I was watching the deterioration of the relationship between Tony DeFries and David .
30 But I would say it 's some kind of tribesman . ’
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