Example sentences of "say [modal v] [vb infin] [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | I say let's give it a go and see what happens . |
2 | Just say let's say they also want you to do I want you to do the graph er they wanted this one where it was twenty as well okay . |
3 | you know kind of build on , build on the criticism as it were and build on the things that people say could improve it erm |
4 | Police are keen to recover her stolen black handbag , which they say could help them find to her attackers . |
5 | Mr Smith , who is also chairman of Fraserburgh Fish Merchants ' Association , said it was not just the French who were suffering from cheap fish imports — catches could be bought from eastern European boats in the North-east at prices which local fishermen say would put them out of business . |
6 | But nothing I say will make him post it . |
7 | Matters have come to a head with the publication of a new and more detailed insurance group rating system which insurers say will enable them to pinpoint the higher risk models more accurately . |
8 | The residents of a small Lanarkshire village have blocked a main road in a protest against essential repair work , which they say will isolate them completely . |
9 | Those big blue eyes do n't work on me , and , until I see something in writing , a proper , documented civil agreement , nothing you say will convince me you did n't know full well what you were doing . |
10 | It also spoke , however , of ‘ due account of prevailing economic and social conditions ’ — a get-out clause that ministers said would give them free rein while saving the face of parliament . |
11 | To offset criticism , Novell is promising to deliver a new NetWare NFS gateway this month , which it says will make it easier for NetWare clients to access Network File System services on remote Unix systems . |
12 | To offset criticism , Novell is promising to deliver a new NetWare NFS gateway this month , which it says will make it easier for NetWare clients to access Network File System services on remote Unix systems . |
13 | Hewlett-Packard Co is racing down the object-oriented programming road and last week it inaugurated a distributed-object-computing programme that it says will accelerate its efforts to develop and deliver a distributed object computing environment for heterogeneous networked systems . |
14 | There are also plans to further develop the cereal processing at Girvan — something which Mr Sandy says will occupy him now that his nephew is in place as managing director : ‘ It 'll keep me out of mischief . ’ |
15 | Nothing my father says can enter my brain for the words already in there screaming : Murdering toad . |
16 | Now that is n't easy actually , because you know , the practitioner 's think they know best and they actually quite resent , you know , the young Policy Officer 's coming in and saying let's do it this way , shall we ? |
17 | I 'm certainly not going to er w to say let's give you a trial of this or a trial of that , until we know what 's happened with your chest , so |
18 | yeah , I got f I got , my total marks I could 've got was fifty eight and I got fifty four and she gave me a C and she said must improve your marks . |
19 | What I have to say might upset you even more than your father 's heart attack . ’ |
20 | Nothing I said could make him change his mind . |
21 | I was dark , my black hair cropped close , a slight cast in one eye , and a cheeky expression which many said would send me to the gallows . |
22 | Omar had a young servant called Demise , and there was another fifteen-year-old lad called Yusuf Nico , who Omar said would make himself useful doing odd jobs . |
23 | Ah that 's right we said would do it |
24 | Something they said would mean something to him . ’ |
25 | However , when a one-time tenant called to say his possessions had been seized to pay his debts , Sheridan gave him the £300 which the man said would restore him to his former state . |
26 | In a letter to employees George thanked everyone for their understanding and sympathy which he said would help him and his family cope with the terrible tragedy . |
27 | And he said erm well he said we can ta take into consideration you 've four kids he said can extend it for twenty eight days |
28 | Let's say let's make it erm one square going up there is ten miles . |
29 | We 've got three choices , we can either say let's give it a go back at your original job , and it might be a bit job . |
30 | okay let's say let's say we 're looking at carbonates |