Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [adv] say [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | First of all , let me just say that everything I am going to tell you is the complete and absolute truth . |
| 2 | ‘ First of all , let me just say that everything I am going to tell you is the complete and absolute truth . ’ |
| 3 | Er let me just say that aloud |
| 4 | right cos then you 're taking them away from the fact that you want other quotes right , they 'll say to you oh we were n't thinking of doing it actually until the winter , right and then you can say to them well let me just say that by placing your order in now we can put your installation in hand , right , basically at today 's prices , right , on an extended delivery , right , and you can still qualify for a special offer , right |
| 5 | It was a green scarf but let me quickly say that it was bereft of religious significance . |
| 6 | ‘ Let us just say that we expect this to be your only half-witted jape for the entire term . |
| 7 | Let us just say that we are dealing with pure conceptual models of types of social action . |
| 8 | The topic of metaphor is too broad to receive a detailed treatment here ; let us simply say that a metaphor induces the hearer ( or reader ) to view a thing , state of affairs , or whatever , as being like something else , by applying to the former linguistic expressions which are more normally employed in references to the latter . |
| 9 | ‘ Did I not say that he was a good secretary ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Did you or did you not say that the purpose of my presence here this evening was to give you information about my work ? ’ |
| 11 | Did you actually say that the Paris opera ballet was the best in the world ? |
| 12 | Why do we not say that each of the syllables ‘ is ’ and ‘ it ’ carries a level tone ? |
| 13 | Did they not say that these buses did not pick up at Norwood Gardens did n't they ? |
| 14 | I like her but there 's d did he actually say that he actually does n't like her ? |
| 15 | If he agrees that the position is as we think it should be , why does he not say that he agrees with the proposals in the Green Paper , which we intend to put into legislation ? |
| 16 | which I could n't find today did I not in the actual end approved version does it not say that I 've got the tape and people fixed |