Example sentences of "and they [modal v] say " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now I was conscious of Aisha 's words when we stood together in the storeroom and she tried to dissuade me from going to London : ‘ Go alone to London without an aunt or a husband or your mother and they 'll say you 've sold your soul . |
| 2 | Labour just wanted power at any price and they 'll say anything to get it . |
| 3 | So my agent will say , ‘ No , Dillie 's not available on the date you mention , she 's on a world tour of the Channel Islands , ’ and they 'll say ‘ We 'll change the date . ’ |
| 4 | I think it 's also part that you know , you 're walking along the street and you bump into somebody and they 'll say , well how you doing today ? |
| 5 | Thousands yeah exactly from all over the country and they 'll put these together and they 'll say well in do you know about eighty percent of our interviews people are saying yep . |
| 6 | Well at the moment they 're putting them as just label the sides A B C and they 'll say |
| 7 | ‘ We 've been a team for ever , and they 'll say things like , ‘ If we 're no going to learn a lot more about this character , why do we have so much about him in the beginning ? ’ |
| 8 | Ask them and they 'll say the world has gone mad . |
| 9 | And they 'll say , well yes there 's , there 's this bowl . |
| 10 | In the second and third years … drama , dance and music are taught together , but with three staff timetabled ; so at any one time we split the groups up we 've got group numbers of about 20 — three staff between two forms — and they 'll say work in drama on a theme for six weeks , then move on and explore that theme in music , then move on and explore that in dance . |
| 11 | No not really — they just sit down and they listen to me and they 'll say something — " Brenda where you come from ? " [ laughs ] somefin' like that , you know what I mean , cause I 'm born English so they aks me what I want to speak Patois for ? |
| 12 | And they 'll say well can you fax the wording through , practices have got it or you just drop is round . |
| 13 | And they 'll say , well no I did n't manage to last week in or something . |
| 14 | it 's all in the price there , because this is what you actually get very often , you 're ringing some places up and they 'll say , oh but you you had VAT through this week . |
| 15 | And it 's the reason why often , salesmen will come in and they 'll say , this guy 's visiting on this day of the week , and he sited that |
| 16 | Y'know you a you 're going along and they 'll say group , and you write therapy or something y'know and you 've done it and you think whoops and you just hope , and the worst thing is when they say Smith and Jones and you put seventy nine in and you think , shit and y'know they get the thing slightly wrong Draw up a revision plan , pick out the topics that you 're going to revise Any problems , bring them along to the seminar . |
| 17 | And they 'll say is it our , are our output rates sensible . |
| 18 | You know , and then you leave it It 's what they term soft and it 's got to be left to sort of harden you know , and then some instances some people prefer a dull polish , they do n't like a a very bright and they 'll say what they call pumi powdered pumice stone and they put that sprinkle that on , and it 's got to be done a certain way with a brush so to not to leave any marks . |
| 19 | If anybody comes June , just say , I have you been in touch with yet , and they 'll say no , well , say well , |
| 20 | And they 'll say that 's a good scoop . |
| 21 | look at that and they 'll say that 's , that 's that |
| 22 | Yeah , all I 've got to do then is send , send it in and I 'll phone them and say well can I cash it up and still on the club and they 'll say yes but I 'll have to get up and get round there tomorrow then |
| 23 | I 'll walk into a French bank and say can I exchange these back to sterling and they 'll say oh yes and then charge me five hundred fucking francs again or whatever it is. no five nines , nine eighteen twenty seven thirty six forty five francs . |
| 24 | I mean I they 've got a , a stall on the market , I 've seen something on the market on that stall , but they 've not got it in their size and they 'll say to you , ooh , go over to the shop , you know , and you go over |
| 25 | You might go up there and er I du n no you what 's what 's a good way of getting myself seen when I 'm going out running at night and things like that you know and they 'll give you advice and they 'll say well there 's this you can use or that |
| 26 | Now , the classic example is from water boards , they 'll have two people and they 'll say , can we test your water pressure please ? |
| 27 | So you 've got your graph now and then they 'd have a question on it and they might say , Erm what would be the weight with five engines ? |
| 28 | They issue an er they issue an annuity , which is erm er if you 're not sure what an annuity is , this is a temporary annuity , and they might say in the case of Miss they might say well what about a ten year annuity ? |
| 29 | And they might say alright . |
| 30 | the fact that she 's , she 's intelligent as well erm she , you know , she 's gon na s she knew that I did n't know what I was talking about so she said right you look , yo you look er you , you ask them about this , this , this and this and they might say this to you , so I knew what , if they asked me , I knew what I was talking about rather than |