Example sentences of "say [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instigated by people in offices who say let's put out a guidebook . |
| 2 | I say let's give it a go and see what happens . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | That 's why I say let's have an increase in basic wage |
| 5 | When I say let's try , I mean you can try some . |
| 6 | And I say let's get Terry Wilson to do it because you know he 's on the |
| 7 | and er when it 's time to go home I say let's get going , there 's nobody here , |
| 8 | There is a sense in which after much complex art , much elaborate art , much sermonizing art of the sort I was talking about earlier , people sometimes get the urge to simplify things down and in a sense they say let's go back to the five finger exercise , let's see what a note on the piano sounds like instead of playing , you know , Chopin or Stravinsky all the time , let's remind ourselves what the actual note sounds like , or two notes together , or one note and then a gap and then another note , and you suddenly become aware of the richness , in a sense in these very simple elements . |
| 9 | Arrested persons must be cautioned in the following terms : ‘ You do not have to say anything unless you wish to do so , but what you say may be given in evidence . ’ |
| 10 | So far , what I say may not sound too shocking . |
| 11 | I understand that I need not say anything unless I wish to do so and that what I say may be given in evidence . ’ |
| 12 | You do not have to say anything unless you wish to do so but what you say may be given in evidence . |
| 13 | We may assume that the caution was in the following terms : ‘ You do not have to say anything unless you wish to do so , but what you say may be given in evidence . ’ |
| 14 | The caution shall be in the following terms : ‘ You do not have to say anything unless you wish to do so , but what you say may be given in evidence . ’ … |
| 15 | You do not have to say anything unless you wish to do so , but what you say may be given in evidence . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ What you say may be true . |
| 17 | ‘ What you say may be true . ’ |
| 18 | It is my duty to advise you that anything you now say may be noted by my sergeant here and possibly used in evidence in any future criminal prosecution . ’ |
| 19 | Detectives are warning the public not to approach the man who they say may be dangerous . |
| 20 | I say may be , because cask-conditioned beer is being reinstated so fast in so many pubs that it is becoming almost impossible to keep up with the total . |
| 21 | Bless our work bless us that all we do and say may be to your glory and for the sake of your kingdom guide us |
| 22 | And anything you say may be taken down they say ! |
| 23 | if you 've got one bit that ca n't work without another bit , and the bits can be relatively cheap , say may only be about twenty P a bit , but if the twenty P bit does n't arrive to work with the other bit |
| 24 | Mr Alan Bleasdale , author of the Channel Four serial GBH , which the four jurors say should have won the best serial prize , joined the row , saying he wanted to share the award . |
| 25 | In my next two chapters I shall attempt to compare the official curriculum in African primary schools with actual curriculum practice , and thus to contrast what official plans say should happen in schools with the realities of what actual schools and real teachers plan and provide . |
| 26 | Home helps are carrying out tasks which they say should be carried out by qualified nurses and are being forced to neglect domestic duties such as cleaning and shopping , according to a survey by public sector unions . |
| 27 | In times of political crisis and upheaval , political and governmental practice ( what " really " happens ) and established constitutional theory ( what the authorities say should happen ) are likely to be out of step and there are severe limits as to what the constitutional theorists can do to shape behaviour . |
| 28 | I 'm not stopping people doing it , because people ring me up and say should I do it ? |
| 29 | The gynaecological unit here has developed an information network , which they say should be available to all women . |
| 30 | Mind you , criticize and say should buy this should buy that . |