Example sentences of "[verb] me say [pron] " in BNC.

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1 You must have heard me say them .
2 And , that again , might be me but many of you when you 've heard me say it in a service I 've ended up with my asking at the end of a sermon asking the congregation to smile .
3 Why have you heard me say it before today Seems strange that they need to throw out those old curb stones , you 'd of imagined they could of used them again , would n't you ?
4 But for those who open it , let me say what it is about .
5 Let me say what I came to say before my nerve goes .
6 Before you reach for your collecting tins let me say they develop a good wheeze of taking in gullible Western guests and faking a few midnight tiger sightings with the aid of a collection of clockwork beasts and some carefully concealed tapes .
7 And let me say something about that .
8 Okay well let me say something now about what political power means er to an American president and what its limits are .
9 ‘ And , before you deny it , let me say I saw your start of recognition .
10 Let me say I believed that the wrongs of women were interconnected with and subsidiary to the wrongs of man ; that to work for the revolution was to work , indirectly , for women .
11 To our colleague from London , let me say I happen to be a boilermaker , not because I 'm a dinosaur with me head in the past , but because that happens to be the occupation that I follow and that 's what I am .
12 First let me say I thought Leeds played very well .
13 Now , let me say there 's one component of what Brian and Gerry have been saying , which I most passionately agree with as it happens — get that bit off my chest first — and that is that until we have a clear understanding of the mechanisms and processes of development , the processes whereby an egg turns into an adult , our theory of evolution will , indeed , be very imperfect , and we do not have such a theory , erm it 's exceedingly important that we should work on such a theory , and such a theory it is n't sufficient simply to say ‘ Oh well , there 's a genetic programme for development ’ and imagine that in other ways actually said something , because you actually have n't .
14 Let me say it , Julia .
15 No because no but I Colin , let me say it .
16 Now , my dear , I do n't know about saying shocking things — and I must confess , although the Rector would be horrified to hear me say it , that I should be very tempted to say shocking things at Langley Dene , such very new money my dear , everything so dreadfully bright and shiny — as I was saying , I do n't know about saying shocking things , but you are certainly doing them .
17 Now er she 's not here to hear me say it , ungallantly she 's Julie 's overweight now and she was pretty overweight then was n't she ?
18 ‘ I want you — to let me say I love you , again and again ! ’
19 But he adds wryly : ‘ I meet people who actually heard me say it , so there 's no point in arguing . ’
20 She said well , tell Grant , she said he can have a reprieve , she said it 's May the eighth and , and she says , she probably heard me say it was Friday and that 's when I thought it was this Friday , so I had to phone erm the receptionist at daddy 's works , so she was going to pass on the message to daddy just to tell him just to work late as usual , Grant , rather than come in at teatime and then go back to work again .
21 ‘ You heard me say you ‘ came back ’ .
22 But listen , you evidently did n't hear me say something important .
23 I know I 'd not care to , though I would n't let Mr Evans hear me say it .
24 It leaves one open to an accusation that we dare not make in this Chamber ; otherwise , the hon. Member for Rugby and Kenilworth would hear me say it .
25 No , because the tape recorder will hear me say it .
26 He would n't let me say something and I tried about three times and in the end I just kept talking ,
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