Example sentences of "[pron] have say i [verb] " in BNC.

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1 It was she who told me that Doogie was a commis chef at one of the better Park Lane hotels ( and I 'd said I had n't realized his politics were important and she 'd just looked at me ) and she was a journalist with one of the North London suburban weeklies .
2 I 'd said I wanted him back , but I was frightened and I felt I could n't face telling the social workers .
3 I had said I did n't want to go , that I was tired and that I did n't like the sea .
4 I hated to disappoint her , but I had to say I had n't .
5 So in the end I had to say I have n't got any more time to chase up after him , but I could always probably come back again later on in the year .
6 Then she asked me what I was going to do and I had to say I wanted to go with her .
7 So I 've said I 've listed them well the important points for me were the Aldershot method the arousal curve and the need for audience content .
8 I 've said I 've got Essex , I 've said Frank 's Oxford
9 I 've said I over-emphasised the need for discretion .
10 I 've said I want to see Therese and Karl at separate interviews this afternoon .
11 The least I would expect would be an immediate invitation from the Prime Minister , come and see me , because if it was happening on the streets of any city in Britain and the MP stood up and said what I 've said I think he would be in Downing Street within the night .
12 I 've said I do n't want you talking about it — or about Anna in that way , either . ’
13 We talking about this and I was saying about coming from construction I says I 've says I 've to go up the cut like
14 I have to say I enjoyed the first programme much more , simply because of the subject we had to discuss on the second one , which was Christmas .
15 Yes , I have to say I enjoyed it far more than I expected .
16 Now , as far as the Catholics are concerned , I have to say I like the people very much but theirs is not a faith I could accept myself .
17 I have to say I like Giles as a commentator and a punid .
18 He 's on the case and , from his actions so far , I have to say I 've come to trust him .
19 I have to say I thought I 'd done brilliantly .
20 I have to say I prefer the four hour cos I can get eight hours ' taping on mine .
21 Dr. Elliott has devoted something like 35 years to Carver 's cause , and has enabled many to appreciate the composer 's quality and beauty of thought , but in the case of this particular work I have to say I find the results a little drab , making a somewhat downbeat conclusion to this invaluable series .
22 He found himself able to distinguish the Manchester Corporation case [ 1891 ] 1 Q.B. 94 , by which he was technically bound , on grounds which I have to say I find unconvincing , as did Morland J. Browne J. said , at p. 178 :
23 I have to say I see it rather differently , ’ the Doctor said .
24 I have to say I see a match a bit differently when I watch Darlington now , ’ he said .
25 I have to say I think big Stan took the wrong option then you know .
26 I , I , I 'm , I am absolutely mortified , because , I have to say I think that erm , I got in the car , I do n't have very far to drive from the N E C , erm , twenty minutes and I 'm home , but I go on the M 1 motorway and er , and I never gave it very much thought , and on Monday when I was told Dave , what had happened , erm , there but for the grace of God .
27 I mean certainly I have to say I think most journalists would n't even have noticed that
28 Yes , I have to say I did .
29 I have to say I did n't really care much for that kind of approach .
30 I have to say I did my assignments I went there and back I did n't I did n't mess around with staying away .
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