Example sentences of "if i can say " in BNC.
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| 1 | See if I can say something to persuade her . |
| 2 | But instead I sat quite still and thought , if I can say it here I can say it anywhere . |
| 3 | Now now if I can say a little bit about the building to you . |
| 4 | If I can say he 's smug because I 'm his sister , I can also say he 's a man of very high principles . ’ |
| 5 | Oh yes , if I can say anything sometime . |
| 6 | Shelley was all electricity where Byron was all beef — if I can say that without implying lack of admiration for Byron . |
| 7 | The purpose of of these four orders , which I must say I greatly welcome , it is one of the , the most beneficial things to come out of the B C C I er disaster er and er i if I can say in in effectively in answer to everything the honourable gentleman for Great Grimsby said and he and I have debated on many occasions , if fact usually on the television not on the floor of the house , but er an an an an because of it for not quite so long either , er but erm th the point I would make to his is that really what he was saying was th that what went wrong with B C C I is that Price Waterhouse knew there was fraud and did n't say so and that wha what Lord Justice Bingham pointed out was that there is a clear conflict of interest between the interest of the client who they work for and the public interest and that what needed , what was needed was some amendment to the banking act to clarify that and that is precisely what er this order actually does and you ca n't really er Madam Deputy Speaker , expect anyone to really seriously criticise the government when in actual fact not only have they come up with the regulation to deal with that but they 've also gone further and said we will apply this to financial services and to building societies and to insurance companies as well , just to be absolutely sure . |
| 8 | Well , it 's , it 's simple that if I got up at half past six , and took him up a cup of tea at quarter too seven , and when he was around at seven o'clock , I was grilling bacon and I was frying eggs , and I hope , I do n't know whether perhaps it 's my cold , but , I , I just used to feel terribly unwell after he 'd gone , for about two hours and my legs were so wobbly , I was sitting down on the sofa , I may go back yet to cooking him breakfast if I feel like it , but , the , I mean if I can say to these chaps that , there are times when I do n't feel like doing things , well , I reckon Dave that they are so glad to be in that house with the central heating , with the twenty four hour er , er a day water , and the comfort , there not going to argue . |
| 9 | If I can say |
| 10 | Now , if I can say to you if the vehicle was driven on and and on until the engine was damaged with a cylinder head gasket failure , then I would say yes we would repudiate it , because that would be customer negligence . |