Example sentences of "[vb mod] say [that] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No , I must say that things have now gone so far as to justify me in feeling considerable uneasiness about his continued absence . ’ |
| 2 | To meet this point I think one must say that Bentham 's view was , in effect , that a right action must not only do more good than harm , but must also be such that neither the particular good it does , nor any other comparable good which might have substituted for it , could have been achieved at less cost in terms of harm done . |
| 3 | Anyway I must say that Arnold was so shy , it was adorable . |
| 4 | Theory work always sounds a bit boring and unnecessary but I must say that Anne Elsworth 's video on Colour Mixing for Painters ( Anne Elsworth ) is never dull and is full of useful exercises and information . |
| 5 | ‘ Therefore , I must say that Wedgwood 's response was like a breath of fresh air . |
| 6 | ‘ I do n't presume to know the kinds of problems you have experienced as a couple , but I must say that jealousy is unattractive . |
| 7 | Just to try & redress the balance here ; - ) I watched the goals on MOTD and I must say that Speed did appear to wrestle someone to the ground ( def. free kick ) . |
| 8 | And , without being narrow-minded or anything like that , I must say that lipstick does n't suit you . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Yes , they were leisured days , ’ said Mark a little uncomfortably , feeling that he should say that things were ‘ better ’ now when great coachloads of people could whirl round the Italian lakes in an eight-day tour . |
| 10 | But , as Mr Gorbachev said at his Malta press conference , ‘ in order to remain realists , we should say that history decides the processes and fates on the European continent , and also the fates of those two [ German ] states . ’ |
| 11 | But , as Mr Gorbachev said at his Malta press conference , ‘ in order to remain realists , we should say that history decides the processes and fates on the European continent , and also the fates of those two [ German ] states . ’ |
| 12 | My Lord it may be that the , it certainly should say that Lawrence escaped , I in my photocopy caused the escape and who he escaped with . |
| 13 | It is ludicrous that the Government should say that airlines and other carriers should be punished for doing something that is not their job . |
| 14 | Above all , I should say that George was a family man . |
| 15 | ‘ I fail to see the relevance of this , but yes , I should say that Glastonbury and I became friends . |
| 16 | We shall return to this specific point in considering all the systems ; however , we should say that Bergman 's ( 1979 ) discussion of Signed Swedish is perhaps the clearest examination of a sign system in relation to the native sign language . |
| 17 | Or perhaps I should say that Mike went to Bracken Cottage while you and I were in Bruges . |
| 18 | But I think we should say that Biffa er what do they call it ? |
| 19 | I should say that Mr. Pegg had earlier appealed to the Court of Appeal ( Criminal Division ) , but his appeal against his conviction had been dismissed . |
| 20 | One might say that attitudes can be discovered post hoc . |
| 21 | To differentiate , one might say that Persians held the British more responsible for Iran 's misfortunes , but the Russians were more feared . |
| 22 | We might say that Wordsworth has slanted his autobiography to fit a theory ; in doing so he denied his own high academic attainment . |
| 23 | Art is not alone in failing to conform contentedly to such chronological schemes , indeed , some might say that poetry or music are even less amenable . |
| 24 | We might say that Love 's Cure produces transgression precisely in order to contain it , and in the most insidiously ideological way : the deviant desire which initially appeared to contradict nature is reconstituted by nature in accord with her ( ? ) order . |
| 25 | In general one might say that Law has become marginally less distinct from other subjects than it was in that quite a few people are doing cross disciplinary research , e.g. in law and economics and law and society . |
| 26 | Since Sartre and Althusser there have been a number of possibilities : for some , the absolute historicism of the Frankfurt School has become increasingly attractive , although in its current manifestation in the work of Habermas we might say that history has been eclipsed far more effectively than by any comparable French philosopher . |
| 27 | If we try to weigh up the two sets of complaints , bearing in mind the greater need of the people in the Exodus passage , we might say that honours , or dishonours , are about even . |
| 28 | ‘ You might say that Chung Kuo is filled with such men — blind , wicked , greedy creatures who see their blindness as strength , their wickedness as necessity , their greed as historical process . ’ |
| 29 | A cynic might say that Obispal 's activities were directly responsible for triggering the rebellion , and thus for all the deaths , including those of millions of bystanders . |
| 30 | At the risk of stating the obvious , one might say that de Gaulle won his quarrel with Pétain because he correctly predicted the course of the war and Pétain did not . |