Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] say i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I must say I had a big shock when I married Nick . |
| 2 | Isle of and they sh what she went on to say is erm I hope to redress this in the shortly in other words she 's shortly going to but I must say I like the expression long fingering you know bloody idle you know . |
| 3 | I must say I like your natural colour best . |
| 4 | I must say I like it . |
| 5 | But i I must say I like it is a marvellous thing to be able to do that ! |
| 6 | ‘ I must say I felt a lot better afterwards . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I must say I felt a lot better afterwards . ’ |
| 8 | ( 1 ) B : I must say I tend to be … |
| 9 | I must say I 've almost forgotten what they look like . |
| 10 | ‘ But I must say I 've never seen him quite so — ’ |
| 11 | Yeah , I attended , I used to run an A T C squad , well I used to run the two different ones in London , and A T C squadrons , and I must say I 've been invited to the last two open nights . |
| 12 | I must say I 've only grown two maincrop this year , I 've been clearing some new ground and I 've just grown King Edward and Pink Fir Apple , I 've got the biggest biggest Pink Fir Apples you have ever seen bar none but I 'm coming back to you now Fred , I put to you a few minutes ago , your personal recommendations for the best three or four or five potatoes for the different cooking purposes . |
| 13 | I I must say I 've also been er you know very very impressed and er learnt quite a lot just attending these courses that you 've you 've got running here . |
| 14 | I must say I 've been seriously wondering , during this lecture , whether I was going to have the courage or not , to attempt to give you a thumbnail exposition of Hegelian metaphysics . |
| 15 | I must say I expected to see my sister accuse Orlick of attacking her , but instead she seemed very pleased to see him . |
| 16 | I must say I thought at the time that it was a pretty rough night to choose for a sentimental journey … |
| 17 | I must say I agreed with them as I agreed with some of the misgivings expressed by our German colleagues , too . |
| 18 | I must say I mean I , I mean er there were two rolls |
| 19 | ‘ I must say I hold this new Manager largely responsible , ’ said George . |
| 20 | ‘ I must say I admire his choice on this occasion ; you really are quite attractive . |
| 21 | ‘ I must say I did n't pay much attention to that , ’ Maggie confessed . |
| 22 | ‘ Well , I must say I did n't expect the red carpet , but neither did I expect you all to look at me as though I were the devil incarnate ! |
| 23 | The point I I simply wanted to make which is why I I sat through the debate , erm is the honourable member for Edinburgh Central er in his er speech er which I I must say I did expect , called for stronger regulations , er we had the argument the other week about whether there should be statutory regulations or whether we should make er the er self regulation system that we have with financial services industries work . |
| 24 | But I must say I do n't expect to be seen as the next Mansell , but as the first Damon Hill . ’ |
| 25 | Though I must say I do n't know that I 'd very much mind having this little sweet one for a couple of weeks to myself . ’ |
| 26 | I must say I do n't think twice now about opening that window whereas before I only did it reluctantly because of all the dust . |
| 27 | Right , I do n't , I mu , I must say I do n't think I would of won without Karen , she got most of them , I was writing them down most of the time . |
| 28 | I must say I do miss that thing . |
| 29 | erm On social security and health together it 's about ten percentage points higher in West Germany erm and about six percentage points higher in France than in the U K And I must say I do wonder why in West Germany erm you 've got half as many again doctors per hundred thousand of the population of the U K and only about two-thirds as many nurses , which does suggest , you know , differences in national approaches to things like health care . |
| 30 | I must say I admired her spirit . ’ |