Example sentences of "[pers pn] [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 sometimes do say , Go somewhere else before you take our advice . |
| 10 | He always did say those new-fangled machines were dangerous . ’ |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Nour said ( he really did say it ) that I was disobedient to him to persist in feeding the cat . |