Example sentences of "to say [that] i [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have to say that I regret deeply , deeply that I could not persuade her to make a film of Tosca . |
| 2 | His way of praising me was to say that I wrote as naturally as a hen laying eggs , or to remark , after he had destroyed a work with his criticisms , ‘ Everything I have not marked seems to me either good or excellent . |
| 3 | To say that no man could ever take the place of Tony is to say that I 've never got over his death . ’ |
| 4 | Then Duncan Paterson , the selection convenor , came on to say that I had better get myself over to Murrayfield as soon as I could ! |
| 5 | I have to say that I look pretty damn good . |
| 6 | I am delighted to be able to say that I have just received notice from the Department of the Environment that Chorley is to be allocated an additional amount for doing up old housing — nearly £0.25 million . |
| 7 | I would hasten to say that I have never yet had the misfortune to operate anywhere which possessed all these undesirable features , but every one of us has seen some of them , or combinations of them in different circumstances , and everyone knows , from their own personal experience , how demotivating these characteristics are . |
| 8 | I would like to say that I agree completely with him about the lack of tennis action on our TV screens . |
| 9 | I was very pleased to see your interview with Nick Bollettieri about Andre in your December/January issue , and I would also like to say that I agree totally with what the other people who wrote to you said about Andre . |