Example sentences of "[prep] say so " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I would of said so , but |
| 2 | Nevertheless , despite saying so , she is convinced that his diary is full of entries about her . |
| 3 | The small group is a place for learning and growing in the use of the gifts and the leaders need to take the risk of saying so , encouraging their use , and being an example themselves . |
| 4 | But he is derisive about English defenders and he has a descriptive way of saying so . |
| 5 | Shamefully , it carries an even clearer impression of the ICC 's terror of saying so directly . |
| 6 | He was on the point of saying so when he despaired . |
| 7 | The reason for many sudden deaths is still not known , but instead of saying so , we blame what is a commonplace incidental necropsy finding after the age of 25 : sclerosed coronary arteries . |
| 8 | Instead of saying so , she pecked him on the cheek . |
| 9 | Husband or wife do get excluded for instance because the marriage has not been a particularly happy one erm and there would therefore be no particular one why the deceased would leave anything to spouses erm but it 's worth saying so if that 's the case , to prevent an action coming along and saying Oi why am I not being there , why have I been left out ? |
| 10 | ‘ I 'm an atheist , ’ she said defiantly , although feeling rather foolish for saying so ; foolish and a little ashamed with Omi standing next to her . |
| 11 | ‘ Forgive me for saying so but in East Prussia — Poland , I should say ! — we had our pick of game . |
| 12 | Of course — if you will forgive me for saying so — it is a bit stilted in its present form . |
| 13 | ‘ Forgive me for saying so , but all this talk about Charlotte is making Mrs Durkin rather nervous . |
| 14 | I think it better for you if you can avoid things like that , although I have no authority for saying so . |
| 15 | Certainly after yet another record victory , and the third highest of all time by anyone in the Championship , a strong case would be made for saying so . |
| 16 | The most important duty that I owe you , the reader , is that I be absolutely honest and candid , and therefore , although I have no doubt that the growers will not like me for saying so , I suggest that unless you aspire to the show bench , or base your gardening on taking chances , you should not heed the blandishments but look instead for the shortcomings . |
| 17 | Pardon me for saying so , that 's a lovely pen . |
| 18 | ‘ Something like that … though I would n't have thanked you for saying so . ’ |
| 19 | If you will forgive me for saying so , you scarcely seem his type . ’ |
| 20 | Forgive me for saying so but the lighting in here is appalling , you do n't you get headaches ? |
| 21 | The Wonder Stuff come from Stourbridge , in the West Midlands , and have never been shy about saying so . |
| 22 | He shook his head doubtfully as if he did not believe me but did n't want to be harsh about saying so . |
| 23 | Forgive me if I am indelicate in saying so , ; had you ever troubled to talk to me often , I could have made it evident earlier . |
| 24 | No harm in saying so . |
| 25 | When in 1850 Sir George Hamilton Seymour , then representing Britain in Lisbon and with thirty years of diplomatic experience behind him , told a parliamentary select committee that " Certainly I consider that giving dinners is an essential part of diplomacy ; I have no hesitation in saying so . |
| 26 | If there was a package worked out in advance , why wait until back-bench fury was at its height before saying so ? |
| 27 | Indeed he had a strong feeling that only his six foot four inches prevented one of them from saying so . |
| 28 | Even Christianity , which is in danger of saying that when God ‘ became ’ man in Jesus He gave up all the attributes of divinity , like omnipresence , draws back from saying so , admitting that God ‘ put on ’ or ‘ added ’ humanity to His unchanging divinity during the Incarnation . |
| 29 | If the hotel does n't collapse under us , she told herself , but refrained from saying so out loud . |
| 30 | Scarlet both hated and feared them but was restrained by her class and upbringing from saying so . |