Example sentences of "say it [modal v] [vb infin] [num] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The mother ship of Japan 's four-vessel whaling fleet left yesterday for the Antarctic , where officials say it will catch 300 whales in the third year of a controversial research programme .
2 Mr Taylor says it would release six constables for other duties and told the committee : ‘ We do know that some forces have undergone civilianisation of these posts .
3 Intel Corp says it will ship 60 versions of the 80486 this year , with clock speeds ranging from 25MHz to 100MHz , senior vice-president Paul Otellini told the Hambrecht & Quist conference in San Francisco : ‘ We now have the capacity to build some 30m 80486s in 1993 , ’ Otellini said , and he expects Intel to sell some 100m 80486 chips after 1993 ; Intel expects to spend some $900m on research and development this year , up from $780m in 1992 , he declared , and would do 1m Pentiums in 1994 .
4 THE United Nations dealt a new blow to the starving millions in Somalia last night by saying it could take three weeks to stop bandits raiding food supplies .
5 You said it might make two sheets .
6 The farmer said it would cost three dollars , but the girl had only thirty cents .
7 But Defence Secretary Malcolm Rifkind said it would take 100,000 troops years to defeat the Serbs .
8 Tonight the Radcliffe Infirmary in Oxford said it would take two patients from the airlift .
9 London 's International Stock Exchange said it would cut 350 people from its staff of 2,800 in the first stage of a big slimming campaign .
10 I said , that 's alright , but when you find out what wanted to er to do , he said it 'd take two days .
11 Fire chief Hugo Ernst said it could take four days to retrieve all the bodies .
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