Example sentences of "[verb] you could say " in BNC.
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| 1 | No , I do n't think you could say they were engaged . |
| 2 | ‘ I did think you could say I had a cold because you know how frightened Gran is of catching colds . |
| 3 | And therefore it was a system the the employer encouraged but of course er I do n't think you could say that there were many people who were happy with the system . |
| 4 | Now you take all those , take Street and Street , they were all very respectable people and er I do n't think you could say there were any slums about at all as far as I can remember . |
| 5 | I mean you could say in this situation the stag was doing it for the benefit of the species but er you do n't need to er you do n't need to take that point of view . |
| 6 | Yeah so if it was somebody you did n't like you could say , here I saved you one of these , have a look at number element , very useful |
| 7 | You know you could say these scale checks , they 're , but they 're still urgent to be done . |
| 8 | ‘ I suppose you could say I am playing to my peers . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Overall I suppose you could say I specialise in general gardening ! ’ |
| 10 | I suppose you could say I found the Goddess . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I suppose you could say that , but I had never thought of it in those terms . |
| 12 | ‘ Yet , ’ Moreau was saying , ‘ I suppose you could say a soldier has more need of a religious faith than most . |
| 13 | I suppose you could say I was all kinds of a fool to trust him , but I 'm a designer , not an accountant . |
| 14 | And I suppose you could say that in a way it it worked . |
| 15 | Livingston , known as Baby Ben for his admiration of the self-confessed drug-taker Ben Johnson , said : ‘ I suppose you could say that 's the end of my life . |
| 16 | I suppose you could say that the occasion went with a bang . |
| 17 | He 's not the player he used to be but I suppose you could say the same about me . ’ |
| 18 | I suppose you could say I was a something of a late developer in two out of three . |
| 19 | ‘ Yes , well , if you feel it 's lucky to see all the things you held dear being handled and bought by strangers just to pay off your father 's debts , then I suppose you could say I 'm lucky . ’ |
| 20 | Before I left school , the local papers were full of me , They were always saying things like ‘ This boy will go all the way to the top ’ and that , and I suppose you could say I took notice of the media . |
| 21 | I suppose you could say that he deserted . |
| 22 | Well , I suppose you could say I really was a successful student — first class academic results , running for the College , first bassoon in the Orchestra ( what a joke ! ) , and all that . |
| 23 | ABBERLEY : And I suppose you could say it was . |
| 24 | I suppose you could say that there are one or two ‘ grey areas ’ . |
| 25 | ‘ In a way , yes , I suppose you could say I am . |
| 26 | But I suppose you could say that it was a war that needed fighting ; if that can ever be said about any war . ’ |
| 27 | Still I suppose you could say he suffered for his religion in the same way I suffer for my art . |
| 28 | I suppose you could say we sort of adopted each other , as neither of us had any real brothers and sisters . |
| 29 | ‘ Yes , I suppose you could say that . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I suppose you could say that we got a lot of interesting , philosophical reflections on national characteristics , the inadequacy of police methods , his own probity and old-fashioned virtues . |