Example sentences of "simply say " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he realized that people would simply say , ‘ No wonder she went mad , living with that Nigel Hughes . ’ |
| 2 | For instance , when coaching people in the carve gybe , rather than simply say ‘ Bend zee knees ’ which has little effect , it is better to ask them to try and get their knees to touch the water as they bank into the turn . |
| 3 | Close friends and family — those who really care about you — will be happy to comply but you must remember to tell them that you would like them to indicate what they think are your weaknesses as well as your strengths or they will simply say nice things about you . |
| 4 | I used to ask what I should do to fill the day and he 'd simply say go to the park and knit . |
| 5 | The statement would simply say that an exchange had been arranged in conditions of total secrecy , as demanded by the kidnappers , an unspecified ransom had been paid , and that they had broken their word . |
| 6 | Why could n't the woman simply say ‘ womb ’ , Celia thought . |
| 7 | Faced with that counter-attack , Murray stubbornly refused repeated appeals to simply say under which Law he took the unprecedented action . |
| 8 | I would simply say that if you want to know what happened in America after Pop and Minimalism , you have to concentrate on art made in unconventional places and with unconventional materials : out of the studio art , land-art , body-art and video . |
| 9 | The topic of metaphor is too broad to receive a detailed treatment here ; let us simply say that a metaphor induces the hearer ( or reader ) to view a thing , state of affairs , or whatever , as being like something else , by applying to the former linguistic expressions which are more normally employed in references to the latter . |
| 10 | Why then can we not simply say that topless ( a ) and topless ( b ) are different ( although perhaps related ) lexemes ? |
| 11 | I shall simply say that Lord Hailsham 's ‘ little ewe lamb ’ has not in practice proved to be the liberalising measure which he had hoped . |
| 12 | I shall simply say thank you all |
| 13 | We can indeed simply say that the statement that a particular rule is valid means that it satisfies all the criteria provided by the rule of recognition … |
| 14 | Or you may simply say who sponsored the baluster . |
| 15 | Alternatively one could simply say the seats were actually all taken , and that all three occupants happened to be in the toilet at the time . |
| 16 | He knows that Grampian regional council is bound by statute to say how much it got from the sale ; it can not simply say that it will not tell anyone . |
| 17 | He must not simply say that there will be professional advisers . |
| 18 | 1 In the most basic sense , we can simply say that the British Constitution is the " set-up " as it is . |
| 19 | and then what we would simply say is that , I mean a day is one point zero |
| 20 | No doubt when she told Nathan he would simply say , ‘ So what ? ’ |
| 21 | But we can simply say ‘ hello ’ , and leave it at that . ’ |
| 22 | Maggie had a tremendous urge to simply say , Shut up ! but she curbed her impulse and managed a rather sour smile , very grateful when Ana came across to her . |
| 23 | It makes it clear that a shopkeeper who sells cigarettes to young people can not simply say that he did not know that he was doing so . |
| 24 | At this time in the morning , I shall not go into the details of the report but will simply say that the Committee was shocked by what it found . |
| 25 | I I would simply say that I think it does deserve maximum weight because I you will not be surprised to hear , er take the same view as Mr from Leeds City Council , that under no circumstances should the the settlement be located anywhere other than in a location which will serve York and not Leeds . |
| 26 | Fraud may be difficult to prove , the person making the statement may simply say that he honestly believed , at the time he made it , that it was true . |
| 27 | You know technology matrix , something like that and what you do you just simply say okay whatever the skills are along here it does n't really matter . |
| 28 | I think I would simply say that er if you feel you can make a choice , so be it , if you feel you ca n't make a choice I would implore you to take up some wording similar to the wording I 've suggested , which seeks to commit the district authorities to a to a new settlement within within Greater York . |
| 29 | I have n't carried the exercise out but I would simply say that it 's it 's not valid to do an exercise like this in the way that this is done . |
| 30 | I 'm I 'm a little unclear exactly how much footloose allocation remains in Selby , I I er think I understand it to be quite small , taking account of , but I would simply say to the panel Leeds ' concern is that we should not be a counter focus in that corridor , which er most most greatly bear on our attempts to regenerate our inner areas and use our our many brown field sites . |