Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [vb mod] say " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then we had to then fiddle about and get the chain up with a big pole and heave that up and we always knew that if a dumb hopper come back and they 'd what we used to call they 'd lost a door , one of the doors used to break , used to be about I would say erm eight doors in the hold , separate doors and if one of them broke they 'd fiddle about with a big , what we would call a pole with a hook on trying to get hold of the chain and we 'd see that there pole sticking up out of the hold , we knew they lost a door so what they used to do they used to leave with the dredger and we 'd finish that off before we load it , had to . |
| 2 | By that time we should have about I would say at least another ten thousand pounds in that account of yours . |
| 3 | We might go to France in another four er about I would say spring time |
| 4 | Well you 've got a lot of other things to think about I 'd say . |
| 5 | No , only about I 'd say late twenties Ed , you know , do know what it was though , he never had a drink he just sat there talking to himself , having a good chat to somebody , aye |
| 6 | My father would rage and storm , not so much at my mother as to her , and against Helen and Pat in their absence , but in the end neither of them would say anything to either of my sisters . |
| 7 | ( The critics of each of them would say " confused " rather than " identified " . ) |
| 8 | Before either of them could say a word , he turned and began to speak as though they had asked him a question . |
| 9 | Nothing either of them could say would convince Roman that she had a twin . |
| 10 | There were troubles to start with , but you ask any of the schools in the south whether they want Direct Services back , and most of them will say , thank you we 'll keep , we 're very pleased with them . |
| 11 | You know , like erm maybe one of them 'd say , Well you know , I 'd say , well why do n't you leave her with erm your boyfriend for the day , and you have a day off and have a break ? |
| 12 | erm I think they said to me bar of I 'll say bars of Judy , if it 's any different I 'll let you know . |
| 13 | I am thinking of unfortunate scholars in foreign universities who can not ‘ hold down their jobs ’ unless they repeatedly publish articles each of which must say , or seem to say , something new about some literary work … |
| 14 | Some of you may say it is not good manners to be removing such things from one 's chest at the dinner table . ’ |
| 15 | Now , of course , it may well be that such a vision exists in your church , and that to insist on the importance of spiritual warfare , some of you might say , is only to preach to the converted . |
| 16 | How many of the rest of you would say that you got where you are today , in your area of expertise , with trial and error . |
| 17 | That 's why we were chopping and changing because some of you 'd say one thing |
| 18 | And so it should be , many of you will say . |
| 19 | If pressed , most of us would say that he deepened our understanding of human nature , and that he made us aware that the mind of Man is complex and contradictory . |
| 20 | Who could blame her , many of us would say . |
| 21 | Erm trading standards er European Community Union erm is putting up more and I think most of us would say that in this area are to be welcomed |
| 22 | And not one of us must say a word about what we have found . ’ |
| 23 | Neither of us need say |
| 24 | How many of us can say that someone changed when they took on a certain job or changed when something happened at work . |
| 25 | I think and that really is about as much as any of us can say . |
| 26 | ‘ That , Dr Jardine , is not challenge many of us can say we have met . |
| 27 | There 's almost nothing either of us can say that ca n't be taken the wrong way , with a bit of imagination . |
| 28 | Then again , none of us can say how we would react until faced with the situation . |
| 29 | There may be the odd one or two , but the risk he 's making his head blown off by doing it , so against most of us will say here you are take my money and run passive behaviour . |
| 30 | wild looking as you would say it now . |