Example sentences of "say [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Let us say eleven in the morning at the London Zoo , ’ said Rokovssky . |
| 2 | That 's what I mean , because if , I guarantee if someone was put in a situation with blood everywhere and that , with being the first aider they 've got to stay calm , but I , I 'd say fifty per cent of all people would pick that kid up and run like hell |
| 3 | You just put them into the formula , ad them up and then you do your Well let's say fifty eight fifty eight tonnes of H C L gives say a hundred and twenty tonnes of N A C L. |
| 4 | Okay let's let's say fifty eight tonnes of H C L gives a hundred and twenty tonnes of N A C L. |
| 5 | Usual stuff — you arrange that on such-and-such a day you 'll turn up with so many people and so much luggage and he 'll transport you to the next place and when you turn up he pretends things have changed and you did n't say fifty but fifteen and anyway the price has gone up and so on and so bloody on until he gets the backhander he wants . |
| 6 | ‘ Dare say fifty years ago , when I was a second lieutenant . |
| 7 | Now if you have a rolling programme and you wan na say we refurbish four at a time , roughly I would say fifty beds in these two hundred , give or take some money because they vary . |
| 8 | The man said ‘ I will say 1-2-3-Bungee and you just dive off ’ . |
| 9 | I 've heard people say disparaging things about my looks — a narrowness of shoulder , thinness of face , pointedness of nose . |
| 10 | d I do n't think I even I do n't think I even feel Did I say guilty ? |
| 11 | Would you say that with so much emphasis on film and the camera , theatre training is becoming less important ? |
| 12 | ‘ And do n't say that word . |
| 13 | Well , I kinda knew you 'd say that , but had forgotten the unique thrill of the way only you can say things . |
| 14 | ‘ I was afraid you 'd say that , ’ said Lucy , ‘ Oh , God . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ We will not say that ! ’ |
| 16 | ‘ My beers are certainly bitter but you can drink several pints — and you ca n't say that for many big brewers ' beers . ’ |
| 17 | No , Professor X , Pound does not say that Landor , or Landor at his best , is better than Keats ; and no , sir , he does not say that Chaucer is better than Milton . |
| 18 | He can say that again . |
| 19 | Some might say that typical annual percentage rates of around 24 per cent are crippling . |
| 20 | The first line of attack is often name-calling : ‘ You would say that , would n't you , because you 're a Catholic/a man/fertile/infertile/a doctor/a research scientist ’ . |
| 21 | ‘ I do n't know how you can say that , Daddy . |
| 22 | ‘ You can say that twice over . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Inevitably there are going to be offences where I feel disgusted by what the person has done and I would probably say that to them . |
| 24 | ‘ You can say that again , ’ said Wexford , thinking of Cullam . |
| 25 | ‘ You did say that , Sergeant . |
| 26 | Added to that is her instinctive feeling for people — what to do and say that will please them most . |
| 27 | ‘ You can say that again ! ’ |
| 28 | So you ca n't even say that . |
| 29 | I said rather disappointedly , ‘ Why did you say that ? ’ |
| 30 | Do n't make me say that ! |