Example sentences of "have to say i [verb] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ If a sport offered me 12 hours free , I would have to say I have nowhere to put it , ’ Bromley admits .
2 I hated to disappoint her , but I had to say I had n't .
3 So in the end I had to say I have n't got any more time to chase up after him , but I could always probably come back again later on in the year .
4 Then she asked me what I was going to do and I had to say I wanted to go with her .
5 I have to say I prefer the four hour cos I can get eight hours ' taping on mine .
6 I have to say I enjoyed the first programme much more , simply because of the subject we had to discuss on the second one , which was Christmas .
7 Yes , I have to say I enjoyed it far more than I expected .
8 He 's on the case and , from his actions so far , I have to say I 've come to trust him .
9 ‘ I have to say I thought I 'd done brilliantly .
10 Now , as far as the Catholics are concerned , I have to say I like the people very much but theirs is not a faith I could accept myself .
11 I have to say I like Giles as a commentator and a punid .
12 ‘ I have to say I see it rather differently , ’ the Doctor said .
13 I have to say I see a match a bit differently when I watch Darlington now , ’ he said .
14 Yes , I have to say I did .
15 I have to say I did n't really care much for that kind of approach .
16 I have to say I did my assignments I went there and back I did n't I did n't mess around with staying away .
17 She also gave me some mysterious Chinese herbal pills specially formulated for women and I have to say I feel terrific .
18 Dr. Elliott has devoted something like 35 years to Carver 's cause , and has enabled many to appreciate the composer 's quality and beauty of thought , but in the case of this particular work I have to say I find the results a little drab , making a somewhat downbeat conclusion to this invaluable series .
19 He found himself able to distinguish the Manchester Corporation case [ 1891 ] 1 Q.B. 94 , by which he was technically bound , on grounds which I have to say I find unconvincing , as did Morland J. Browne J. said , at p. 178 :
20 I have to say I do n't think much of the distortion sounds here .
21 However , I still have to say I do not approve of your climbing ladders . ’
22 Er Chairman I I really have to say I do n't I do n't really agree with the assertion that the policy is is essentially more restrictive than than er P P G seven will indicate and I would endorse what er Patrick Earle has said in in that regard .
23 David Profumo wrote in the Daily Telegraph : ‘ Heresy as it is in literary circles , I have to say I have never been taken with the work of the late Angela Carter .
24 However , I have to say I have been disappointed that through TOP we are not managing to achieve more .
25 I have to say I have no idea .
26 I have to say I loved the sound through the Boogie power amp , although the essence remained distinctly Marshall .
27 I have to say I think big Stan took the wrong option then you know .
28 I , I , I 'm , I am absolutely mortified , because , I have to say I think that erm , I got in the car , I do n't have very far to drive from the N E C , erm , twenty minutes and I 'm home , but I go on the M 1 motorway and er , and I never gave it very much thought , and on Monday when I was told Dave , what had happened , erm , there but for the grace of God .
29 I mean certainly I have to say I think most journalists would n't even have noticed that
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