Example sentences of "[vb mod] i say [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And may I say also |
| 2 | And may I say very clearly and unequivocally at the outset , that it is abhorrent when it does happen to us because there 's no place for it , quite simply because er it is counterproductive to cohesion , and cohesion is the basis for operational effectiveness , and when there is an incident of bullying then we very promptly and thoroughly investigate it , and that investigation is followed , if there 's a case to be brought , by a trial of the chap that 's guilty . |
| 3 | To everyone who made her feel welcome and very much part of our fellowship , may I say how much I appreciate you all . |
| 4 | May I say how much I agree with David Abbott 's condemnation of the ‘ school of teenage illiteracy ’ ( MW December 6 ) . |
| 5 | May I say how thrilled I am that that United Kingdom shipyard has such a healthy order book ? |
| 6 | May I say how much I appreciate the Minister 's approach — that if , and only if , through patience and good will the present peace negotiations succeed , there is hope for an end to terrorism in that part of the world ? |
| 7 | May I say how welcome is the strong support that Great Britain has given to the Baltic states ? |
| 8 | On behalf of pedestrians in general , may I say how much the Bill will be greatly welcomed in all parts of the country ? |
| 9 | May I say how deeply honoured I am to be invited to chair N C V O. I am acutely conscious with a degree of trepidation and indeed humility , that I face a huge challenge in following in Alan 's footsteps . |
| 10 | ‘ First , may I say how glad I was to see the honourable gentleman in the Government lobby last night , ’ Lang said . |
| 11 | The clues come together nicely , or should I say eventually , but just require you to persevere with the game and take notes when you find new clues . |
| 12 | They each had a radiator beside their beds , and very often when I was on night duty J. would return to bed very late ( or should I say early ? ) , after having been sitting with me in the Met Office , drinking coffee , chatting and so forth . |
| 13 | need I say where because I , I ca n't day . |
| 14 | Need I say how much I admire your own work ? |
| 15 | Need I say more ! ’ |
| 16 | In politics , the Conservative and Labour parties need I say more ; in the media , just watch an average night 's television . |
| 17 | yes I 'm sure she would I said well |
| 18 | If you have a deep relationship with a person you can spend long periods of silence , being together and not be embarrassed , not be wondering what shall I say now ? |
| 19 | If the dodging is being done to ignore expressed emotion , then keep expressing it : ‘ Can I say again how anxious I feel about this ? ’ |
| 20 | So I 'll see you again at five thirty , can I say again I 'd like to conclude H two tonight , I 'm sure you all would as well . |
| 21 | ‘ I do n't know where I am , so how can I say where I want to go ? ’ |
| 22 | Having given you food for thought , I 'd like to move on to a discussion of the criteria and can I say right now that I think it would be right and proper to limit our discussion this morning to the criteria . |
| 23 | Er , delegates , I think sometimes conferences are held in a bit of a vacuum , you know , here you are in , in the hall , in the Guildhall er outside in the City of Portsmouth so can I say just a few words about Portsmouth . |
| 24 | Can I say also a particular thank you to the unsung heroes sitting in the corner here . |
| 25 | Can I say also what a load of rubbish the story lines are in Coronation Street at the moment . |
| 26 | Chairman , can I say briefly that the merger and I 'm quite pleased that we 've finally er there is a death knell to this this awful word , it 's been bandied on for far too long , it 's been perhaps the single most controversial issue that has been debated by this authority along with some other mediocre issues and no one here would not admit er to the fact that it has been opposed on such massive scale and even today we 've had a further petition of three hundred and ninety five people opposing er this this this dreadful merger decision that was hanging over the er the the two centres and I 'm pleased that er this this er amendment , this er er erm this petition was brought forward today because it does indicate the continuing support and opposition to er the the kind of things that we should be doing and and those that we should n't . |
| 27 | Can I say please |
| 28 | Can I say finally Chairman , that I will be instigating a er a request er I shall be requesting I should say perhaps to the director of education that erm the three party spokesman on the management committee and all those officers who will be involved in implementing this decision will get together at the earliest and I 'm citing possibly next week so that we can be on our way to plan the next step forward to a concrete implementation of this particular proposal . |
| 29 | Can I say really horrible things now ? |
| 30 | Well can I say then that Iris will keep a diary |