Example sentences of "can [adv] say " in BNC.
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| 1 | Let's , you know I mean Judith 's saying , well I 've got some good work sheets on this , I mean we can all say that if we all know where the work sheets are |
| 2 | It is the Spirit who takes the things of God and reveals them to us ( 1 Cor. 2:12 ) , and Paul can rightly say that the very capacity to respond in faith is a gift of God and no man-made attribute of which we can boast ( Eph. 2:8 ) . |
| 3 | The hon. and learned Gentleman can rightly say , ’ Leave the present offence and just increase the penalties , ’ but it would be difficult , in respect of the offence of taking and driving away , to prove culpability for the aggravated offence and the damage that followed . |
| 4 | So we can justly say Sarnafil gives you more — for less |
| 5 | ‘ … and as I speed through the dark night to the abyss of oblivion , I can only say thanks , thanks for the memory … ’ |
| 6 | Well , I take as I find , and can only say that I was happy to do Toshack a favour a few years back when a friend , an international fixer with contacts in Portuguese football , rang to ask if anyone might be available to Sporting Lisbon . |
| 7 | I can only say I was shocked and disgusted by the conditions in the factory , which were seen to constitute definite health and safety hazards . |
| 8 | Holy Mass is in the evening and I can only say that the warmth of the presence of God is felt . |
| 9 | I can only say that on the evidence of Tesco 's cheapest , the rest will have a hard job keeping up . |
| 10 | I can only say that I see no right whatsoever . ’ |
| 11 | We can only say a little about how that story ended . |
| 12 | R. W. Dale accepted in 1862 that the sneers against Dissenters ' Gothic had some validity but , he added , ‘ we can only say that we are inexperienced hands at this work . |
| 13 | In another letter to a Scottish admirer , she said ‘ I can only say that this bubble of my mind has risen on the mighty stream of a Divine purpose ’ . |
| 14 | The quality buildings will be let — Broadgate is now 95 per cent leased — but slowly developers will realise they have to convert the bad space which I can only say is a lot of classified DIY . ’ |
| 15 | As for the supposedly devastating impact of the John Major Diary in Private Eye , of which I am also a co-author , I can only say that , despite the article 's prediction , it did not seem to stand in the way of a gratifying number of people giving him their enthusiastic support on Thursday — including myself . |
| 16 | One can only say that , with any increases in exposure , the likelihood of ill effects occurring and the extent of ill effects which might occur would be expected to increase … |
| 17 | At worst they can only say no ! |
| 18 | Butch tries to answer him but can only say . |
| 19 | Many of our friends thought us too independent and adventurous to leave the shores of old England , and thus plunge into foreign countries not beneath Victoria 's sway , with no protecting relatives , but we can only say that we hope this will not be our last excursion of this kind . |
| 20 | Just now I can only say to you all , Thank you very , very much indeed . ’ |
| 21 | there would be a practical advantage in uniting some official knowledge of their wants as well as your artistic skill , on the one hand , with my own claims , whatever they may be considered to be , on the other ; and were they to honour us by proposing a joint appointment , I can only say that I should feel much satisfaction in undertaking this great work in conjunction with a brother Architect for whom I have so great a respect as yourself … |
| 22 | Ask closed questions , to which she can only say ‘ yes ’ or ‘ no ’ , eg ‘ Do you like the wooden handles ? ’ |
| 23 | In answer to those who might claim that the perverse approach to this particular movement illustrates that the conductor had lost his grip on the orchestra by the time of this recording , I can only say that the playing of the New Philharmonia is magnificent . |
| 24 | By the time you 've finished , if you are n't the best of mates and invited down for a vair long weekend in the cuntrair , I can only say — Air nair . |
| 25 | And if some greater authority decides the offence requires atonement , then I can only say that I shall pay the cost of it willingly . ’ |
| 26 | I can only say that it sounded like one of those across the passage from my room . ’ |
| 27 | [ Applause ] I can only say , and say again , that as you move forward , we are right behind you . |
| 28 | As he 's had to endure several million playbacks of that very single over the course of the weekend , one can only say , ‘ poor bastard ’ . |
| 29 | I can only say that I know not whence they came , nor have ever enquired whither they are going . |
| 30 | One can only say that in that case there are an awful lot of them — ‘ the pits of Angband seemed to hold store inexhaustible and ever-renewed ’ ( S , p. 157 ) . |