Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] say [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 What do you think I should say to the Principal ?
2 Well well you 'd go to er er I should say in the morning service , that was a service you used to have .
3 I should say in the context of the working of the Anglo-Irish Agreement that at no stage during the time that I have been Secretary of State has the Minister for Defence for the Republic of Ireland taken part in the conference .
4 I hope too that this beautiful countryside and this beautiful college will be conducive to good thoughts , reflections and reappraisals , and if I might say to the men I hope there are not too many of the female students floating up and down the corridors to further divert your attention .
5 I 'll say to the Major , ‘ I particularly recommend the tea . ’
6 I 'll say at the outset , that Holy Communion is not something that we play about with .
7 ‘ No , Jordi , no ! ’ was all I could say as the train slowly carried him away into the dawn .
8 There 's so much more that I could say about the development of Switchboard .
9 So therefore Mr Deputy Speaker in conclusion , what I 'd say to the minister is , number one do we really need this order at all ? because why should we have extra seats just because Germany are getting more .
10 And I would say , I 'd maybe be about twenty or thirty yards away from the coach , and I 'd say to the shunter when he come out , That buckeye 's not caught .
11 Well I think it was I mean that erm we when you dredge from the Causeway I 'd say near the Harbourmaster 's office and we dredged all the way to Botterman 's Bay just below Pinmill and that Botterman 's Bay was that 's a place where they had and that 's where the big ships used to moor then and they used to get .. be lightened , like all grain goods and that used to be loaded into barges by hand and then when it goes so light they used to the fish with about three thousand grain in 'em and then they used to fill them up in the dock , on the same method .
12 I dare say in the end I 'll settle for second-best . ’
13 It was an incentive I would say for the shop stewards .
14 I would say to the queen what I say to you .
15 I would say to the people of the Yorkshire Dales that the problem has not gone away , and this time should be used to write to British Rail and British Steel , and to call upon local authorities to get together to retain this line and to stop heavy lorries disrupting in the Dales .
16 Now , well now it 's just now we 've got nobody who , who score actually really scores goals except Thomas I would say at the moment .
17 I thi I mean there were quite a number of people , I would say on the flats that we did n't make contact with at all .
18 Certainly erm I do n't know what Norman says , but I would say on the phone to you , Let's make it absolutely clear that this is er in the main a telesales operation .
19 I would say in the majority , it 's semi-skilled .
20 My mother has just arrived and I would say from the look of her she is all set to greet you as a long-lost child . ’
21 I would say from the point where I was told on the radio that the officers were entering the premises to the point where I was told everybody was secured , could not be more than four five minutes .
22 But I shall say what about , I shall say to the estate agent how determined are these people to move ?
23 All I can say to the objectors in both categories is that those who do not see a problem do not have a problem , and they can happily ignore what I have written .
24 I can say to the governor that you misunderstood the order and tried to defend yourself .
25 All I can say at the moment is not less than about six hours , not more than a couple of days . "
26 ‘ Which is more than I can say for the rest of this wretched world . ’
27 All I can say about the cuntona incident is why is he still walking ?
28 You may say at the end of all this , ‘ Well , where does all this have you ?
29 You might say like the law courts here , you know , you might say what 're the law courts er as associated in what they , they do ?
30 ‘ Poor exploited things , ’ she 'd say of the couples who entered , hand in hand , full of pleasurable anticipation .
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