Example sentences of "always [verb] say " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was awful , he spoke so awkwardly , he always has to say things in a roundabout way , he always has to justify himself at the same time . |
| 2 | I thought , ‘ This name looks good in print , ’ and that was quite a relief because Aspel is not a good name to pronounce — people always want to say Aspirin or Cesspool … . |
| 3 | Mm , and they 're always going to say yes are n't they , unless they 're a reasonable human being and has got a bit of money they can use . |
| 4 | ‘ The next day she would always phone to say that she had been in and she 'd pick on a few things that she was n't quite happy with . ’ |
| 5 | O'Toole always refused to say why and when he stopped drinking , but denied that it was because of a stomach operation he underwent . |
| 6 | He knew that he was clever and always wanted to say his piece in meetings . |
| 7 | At the Greenwich Meridian : Every single spot on earth is the centre , that 's what I 've always tried to say in my music . |
| 8 | People are always asking Rosa to go places and talk to schools and she has always tried to say yes . |
| 9 | He always liked to say what was going to be done , he was very domineering . |
| 10 | I always did say Mr Merrivale was a lovely young man ! ’ |
| 11 | Daddy always did say to do what you do best , and I am very good at it … so they say . ’ |
| 12 | I always did say you were a fool to tell him . ’ |
| 13 | He always did say those new-fangled machines were dangerous . ’ |
| 14 | Walter always did say you were underhand . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ He just said : ‘ Tell her : ‘ You always did say I did daft things if you were n't around to stop me . ’ ’ |
| 16 | ‘ You always did say that her fairies were the lightest you ever tasted . ’ |
| 17 | The Bush administration has always liked to say that Eastern Europe holds a special place in its heart ; Americans love the praise heaped on them in Washington when East European heroes like Lech Walesa and Vaclav Havel come to call . |
| 18 | you just said Indian , and I 'm always trying to say what , what I believe is the correct thing to say these |
| 19 | That was your annual affair and the er the er the chapel itself was at the end of it used to put up a tiered platform if you can imagine it you know at the end of the little chapel and the erm the younger children was on the bottom and as you got older you graduated to the top and er I do n't know why it was though but er I always had to say the collection piece . |
| 20 | you see I moved a bit more now but and I I 've still got good hearing er apart from this ear here , this ear , I ca n't hear so well , quite so well , this side , you see so I always have to say excuse me while I , hang on while I turn off the television , you see , and then they have to wait a minute till I turn it off and then what I do is because I have this phone extension put in |
| 21 | The Inspectorate 's observation is therefore little more than a truism , and is merely typical of the kind of thing inspectors have to say , and always have said , in their reports . |