Example sentences of "say i [adv] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For anyone who has never gone ‘ a-rabbiting ’ , I must say I thoroughly enjoyed it . |
| 2 | let's say let's say I just gave it to you like that . |
| 3 | While I ca n't say I actually enjoyed the experience — as usual , two shirts flaked me out and put me in a bad mood for the rest of the day — I did find the whole process a whole lot easier on the nerves than throwing a glass of water across a shirt in the hope that somehow the creases , along with the water , would eventually evaporate . |
| 4 | Though ca n't say I ever had call to . ’ |
| 5 | Now mind , do n't say I ever mentioned this . |
| 6 | ‘ You 're a fool , Kate , but I must say I never thought you 'd open up to someone like him . |
| 7 | I can truthfully say I never believed it . |
| 8 | I must say I never felt very close to my father , we just did n't seem to have anything in common . |
| 9 | I must say I never saw any sign of it at all . |
| 10 | And I mean there are lots of things now er which er how can I say I never had much interest before erm never thought th that they when you 've seen the help in hand they 've dished out erm , S D P , the erm oh the Council of Churches which you know never There are all sorts of erm I tell you another people and erm I sha the Gay and Lesbian Society you know , people take them er lightly but er it makes you sit up and and think now . |
| 11 | I must say I suddenly got pretty apprehensive about what my aunt and uncle would say as they listened to my stammering explanation . |
| 12 | I should say I hardly recognised him but scarcely is the word I have picked up in the strange places to which Sebastian and I have journeyed . |