Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [verb] say " in BNC.
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| 1 | I always did say Mr Merrivale was a lovely young man ! ’ |
| 2 | I always did say you were a fool to tell him . ’ |
| 3 | I really did say it . |
| 4 | Though the other fellow did say all the kind of things you just did say . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ He just said : ‘ Tell her : ‘ You always did say I did daft things if you were n't around to stop me . ’ ’ |
| 6 | ‘ You always did say that her fairies were the lightest you ever tasted . ’ |
| 7 | You really did say … ’ |
| 8 | They know how to set traps , they know how to ask you questions which will lead you into using emotive words , they will have you on tape , they will also possibly be in a position to edit that tape , and at the end of the day you can not say , ‘ I did n't say that , ’ because I have a piece of tape that says you actually did say it . |
| 9 | They believe they have such an opportunity at the moment and no one here dares say where the pound may stand against the Deutschmark when the Chancellor rises to speak tomorrow . |
| 10 | They sometimes do say , Go somewhere else before you take our advice . |
| 11 | He always did say those new-fangled machines were dangerous . ’ |
| 12 | I think he once did say to me that he was very disturbed at how much ‘ coke ’ David was doing and that it had got to the point where he did n't hide it from deFries , whereas he did for quite a while at first . |
| 13 | Nour said ( he really did say it ) that I was disobedient to him to persist in feeding the cat . |