Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] you [modal v] say " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Of course you must say what you think , everyone must . ’ |
| 2 | Of course you could say that we do not need all the animals anyway , but at the moment we have got them , so there is a conflict here . |
| 3 | Huh , er just , please help us , you know we get on much better , of course you can give an explanation , all Mr wants , you requested is said whether you did raise it , of course you could say , we did n't , I did n't because erm of so and so , because there was n't an opportunity or whatever , but do tell us whether yes or no whether you raised it surely that 's possible Mr is n't it ? , is n't it ? , am I trying to assist you , during my people are just not answering the questions , put it again in blunt form Mr would you please |
| 4 | It 's in our line of business you might say . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Out of character you might say ? ’ suggested the inspector . |
| 6 | I , I , I think they probably believed that , that , that the best way to get into socialism was to begin to create socialist elements from the start , that would facilitate the move erm and once you 'd got full control , I mean this is where , where there might be kind of bits you can say that once , once we , we need to make these assurances to get us out of feudalism . |
| 7 | Scamp maybe said something to himself then , like ‘ Damn ’ or even ‘ Blast ’ , the sort of thing you would say to yourself when you 'd just missed blowing a policeman 's goolies off with an illegal weapon . |
| 8 | Cathbad clicked his tongue , because this was not the sort of thing you should say to soldiers , who were easily cast down and sent into gloom and doom , something you should certainly avoid before going into battle . |
| 9 | For example you might say , ‘ I wonder if there is another way of looking at this situation … ’ or ‘ do you think you might redefine the problem in a different way ’ . |
| 10 | yes , well I do n't know , I suppose that nearly all er the houses in Harlow you could say are open planned now , you know had a , had er , a , kitchen dining area that we have , erm or erm lounge , diner , erm they have n't gone in , in this , the ordinary houses , they have n't gone in for building |
| 11 | Then one day , the TDs stayed late at the Dáil — in England you would say ‘ MPs stayed late at Parliament ’ — and sneaked in a bill about angling licences on the Lough . |
| 12 | In fact you might say that they ought to start back at the beginning and study politics and war because , looking at the world today , maybe there are a lot more useful things to study than art and architecture . |
| 13 | In fact you could say that I was a real wallflower . |
| 14 | in time you 'd say that was a lar |
| 15 | I 'm goin' to friends you might say . ’ |