Example sentences of "[modal v] [prep] [adv] say " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , maybe they do , but making any old noises is clearly not sufficient to enter the rationality stakes ; I must at least say something . |
| 2 | Given no avenues to think for ourselves , we could at least say ‘ No ’ to what others were seeking to foist upon us . |
| 3 | ‘ You could at least say you 're sorry . ’ |
| 4 | Grandma used to always say , Oh I know she 's on the bus because I can see her here . |
| 5 | Well what I used to always say it was pretty steady all the year round . |
| 6 | he used to always say that . |
| 7 | you used to always say you can tell they 're brothers like these |
| 8 | But we said we , we could n't give over laughing about that and they thought it was hilarious because it , it 's like C & A 's they used to always say , nineteen and eleven or nine and eleven or , it was always the |
| 9 | I do n't know why he makes you do that I mean it 's if that was something the I mean all Tony used to ever say when we were at traffic lights were if you want to you can put the handbrake on at this set of traffic lights if they were downhill |
| 10 | She used to sometimes say , " You should n't do this , they 'll take him away . " |
| 11 | So it would actually be very straightforward to do this , although not a couple of problems in this model that we ought to just say something about alright , the specification of four does present a couple of problems right . |
| 12 | The tremolo took all the abuse I could possibly muster against it and I can for once say that retuning the guitar was not necessary as a result — absolutely solid as a rock . |
| 13 | If some uncertainty surrounds the last stage of the book 's genesis , we can at least say something about its author 's state of mind on the eve of publication . |
| 14 | ‘ I can at least say that I have been there and I count myself one of the lucky ones . ’ |
| 15 | If the reasons for it are accommodating the release of people to , like Pam , Lewis and Ron and people like that whom we 've released , erm and the experienced temps then you can at least say when they come back then that position should revert back to the norm . |
| 16 | As far as his moral and social criticism are concerned , one can at least say , that in very many points to do with education and marriage and the like , his side has won . |