Example sentences of "and say that [pron] [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So and , and I think maybe it 's a good idea that we write and say that we would like to be given an opportunity to speak to them . |
| 2 | The playgroup leasers support this petition and say that they would have a valuable role preparing the children for nursery education , feeling that the children at four plus need more than the s playgroup can offer . |
| 3 | This causes considerable annoyance to the Germans , who find themselves being forced to speak English and say that they will settle the matter ‘ by decree ’ . |
| 4 | He was very friendly with erm who was in charge of the Extra Mural Board and erm then possibly because of this connection erm we were asked by the erm Ministry of Defence to provide lectures and courses for erm units of H M Forces stationed in the area and erm so a panel of lecturers was erm formed and erm they used to go out , the , the units used to have their own Education Officers , usually a sergeant or perhaps a second lieutenant and erm they used to come into the office and say that they 'd like somebody to go out to their Searchlight Unit or A A Unit stationed somewhere out in the sticks and er lecture on this that or the other and erm we were supposed to try and fix them up and erm the panel erm , it had quite a number of erm people on it that erm , I ca n't remember who they all were , I know that erm you 'd hardly believe this but there was a chap named Mr and another chap named Mr |
| 5 | While many hoteliers get upset because successive governments appear to ignore the industry 's needs and say that it can look after itself , he regards that as a compliment . |
| 6 | per annum in West Yorkshire , how can a Minister stand in the House and say that it will keep West Yorkshire 154 police officers under strength this year and next year ? |
| 7 | There was no doubt in my mind at the time that Ferrari wanted him and that negotiations had reached a fairly advanced point : perhaps exactly the point Mario wanted , the point where he could go to Chapman and say that he 'd like to stay at Lotus but that Chapman had to be able to match Ferrari 's money . |
| 8 | Ring the bell and say that you would like to adopt an old person . |
| 9 | And I 'm not sure that personally I 'm put my hands up and say that I 'd understand all the issues but I understand some of the basic principles and I 'm beginning to understand er some of the complexities of a a planning issue like this . |
| 10 | I do n't remember the carpet coming up to hit me , nor finding it hard to breathe , nor at that moment did the judge put on the black cap and say that I must swing by the neck until I was dead . |
| 11 | The hon. Gentleman says that that is what he is advocating , and says that we should reintroduce it now for those who face a shortfall in fees , but it would not make up the shortfall , because it would be part of the reasonable rate of fees . |
| 12 | A few people got terribly carried away , leaping up to voice their guilt at John being kidnapped and saying that it should have been them . |
| 13 | We went down to The Marquee the following morning and I think Ralph came up to us and said that we could have the money for all the gigs , including the Brummel Club , but after that we were finished . |
| 14 | They say Wednesday erm activity at Latton Bush , thanks for sending that information , I 've sent off the letter and said that we will take a stall and if anyone 's free to help |
| 15 | After a cursory examination , he turned to me and said that we must get the boy to hospital quickly . |
| 16 | Both companies expressed disappointment at Cheney 's decision and said that they would contest the cancellation . |
| 17 | Although Meciar pledged the same day to respect the rights of all in Slovakia , including " Hungarians , Poles , Ukrainians … not only as cohabitants but as brothers " , leaders of the 600,000-strong Hungarian minority in Slovakia expressed concern at recent attempts by Slovak leaders to enact restrictive language laws , and said that they would seek regional autonomy within independent Slovakia . |
| 18 | Although Meciar pledged the same day to respect the rights of all in Slovakia , including " Hungarians , Poles , Ukrainians … not only as cohabitants but as brothers " , leaders of the 600,000-strong Hungarian minority in Slovakia expressed concern at recent attempts by Slovak leaders to enact restrictive language laws , and said that they would seek regional autonomy within independent Slovakia . |
| 19 | She said to them , sometimes , but she 's a widow , she lives all alone , she has no one , she seems to expect it of me : and they sympathized all the more , and said that they could see how hard it must be for Clara to break away . |
| 20 | However , in view of their long-standing relationship the bank was prepared to take a chance and said that it would lend Tack 40% of the purchase price . |
| 21 | It went into great detail about how much it would take to start the colliery again and said that it would cost millions of pounds . |
| 22 | Iran 's Supreme National Security Council ( SNSC ) on Sept. 21 expressed concern over the pact and said that it would seek " explanations from Kuwait on the contents of the agreement " . |
| 23 | He acknowledged the government 's awareness of the adverse social effects of the devaluation and said that it would take measures to alleviate them , including increasing wages in 1993 and compensating government employees who had lost their jobs as a result of the economic changes . |
| 24 | CICS for OS/2 is not the only ‘ middleware ’ that IBM was touting at the end of March ; the company continued the theme by unveiling the first implementations of its Message Queue Interface , dubbed the MQSeries , and said that it will try to promote them as a cross-system standard . |
| 25 | When the guard learned what had happened , he simply laughed and said that it must have been old Humphrey . |
| 26 | She promised to find something else to sell me , and said that she would give me a ring . |
| 27 | He asked her to go into the fo'c's'le and as soon as she was inside closed the hatch and said that she could come out when she was ready to apologise . |
| 28 | He was delighted with this and said that he would send his advisers to see me — on a Sunday afternoon . |
| 29 | He reaffirmed his support for a Palestinian state and called on the Israeli government to enter into direct negotiations with the Palestine Liberation Organization ( PLO ) , but also denounced the Arab economic boycott of Israel and said that he would press the European Communities ( EC ) to pass measures opposing it . |
| 30 | He eventually suggested sending her to one of the wards and said that he would sort things out from there . |