Example sentences of "[pers pn] can say [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , it 's , it 's simple that if I got up at half past six , and took him up a cup of tea at quarter too seven , and when he was around at seven o'clock , I was grilling bacon and I was frying eggs , and I hope , I do n't know whether perhaps it 's my cold , but , I , I just used to feel terribly unwell after he 'd gone , for about two hours and my legs were so wobbly , I was sitting down on the sofa , I may go back yet to cooking him breakfast if I feel like it , but , the , I mean if I can say to these chaps that , there are times when I do n't feel like doing things , well , I reckon Dave that they are so glad to be in that house with the central heating , with the twenty four hour er , er a day water , and the comfort , there not going to argue . |
| 2 | It wo n't be very good for the petrol companies that I 've been visiting here today , but every cloud tends to have it 's silver lining , and I , I think I can say with some confidence that the last factor that we 're considering is pouring over the revenues and wondering how much is coming in , that , that really has n't much come into it . |
| 3 | What I can say at this stage is that the Government is very keen to use BT3 as a chance to extend wider share ownership . |
| 4 | ‘ That is all I can say at this stage , as these things take some time to arrange , ’ he said , adding : ‘ There is obviously a fair lot to do and it will take a few months . ’ |
| 5 | We all ended up happy , anyway , which is more than I can say for most marriages . ’ |
| 6 | I said , ‘ I 'm so afraid that the motor areas are taking over ; but at least reflex actions are true to oneself , which is more than I can say for blind hatred . ’ |
| 7 | As Deputy Leader of the Labour Group in Europe , I look after liaison between our group , the Parliamentary Labour Party , the T U C and individual trade unions , but I can say in all honesty that the individuals just listed play a very important role in giving you access to the possibilities which exist to further your aims in Europe . |
| 8 | As a postscript to this , I can say in all sincerity : ‘ Some of my best friends are Gentiles . ’ |
| 9 | I cherish his and your friendship , and I can say in all sincerity that Cork would be the poorer without you . |
| 10 | ‘ Although we did not measure this in our study , I can say from other work the average German sees his doctor 13 times a year , the average Swiss sees his doctor 7.5 times a year and the average Briton 3.5 times . ’ |
| 11 | Even if the student is not able to come up with alternative offerings of his or her own , at least he or she can say with some honesty : ‘ I believe that to be the case , and this is why . ’ |
| 12 | In this chapter so far we have focused on specificities in your argument — the presuppositions in your sentences , the specific things you can say about particular texts , the setting of something in its context , and so on . |
| 13 | Shaw , then , was alive when he lived , which is more than you can say of some people . |
| 14 | We distinguish between fact and fiction but there is , it would seem , precious little that we can say about this distinction beyond asserting it . |
| 15 | That was the way we became his followers , the way we got saved , it 's the way we continue , it 's the way and it 's the only re the only method by which we will ever stand before him and he will usher us into his presence to stand eternity with him , through his grace and as we see others , not in a sense of condemnation , not in a sense of self righteousness or pointing the finger , as we see others we can say with that man of old who , as he watched the , the man being dragged , to the , to the gallows , there but for the grace of God , goes I , goes me and there but for God 's grace , think of that most , that worse condition that you know , think of that person who has messed their life up more than any body else and er , who has made a total wreck of it , there but for the grace of God is you and there 's me , oh thank God for his grace . |
| 16 | Yet despite this decision — always regarded as a classic illustration of the common-law presumption in favour of freedom of assembly — the law has developed to the point where we can say with reasonable assurance that the residue of which Dicey was so proud has narrowed to the point of extinction . |
| 17 | Well I think all we can say with any confidence is that the patterns of evolution and behaviour going on within it today indicate that it has an apparent beginning between about fifteen and eighteen billion years ago . |
| 18 | I think that 's all we can say at this stage . |
| 19 | A spokesman for the Civil Aviation Authority said : ‘ We can confirm the centre is under offer , but that 's as much as we can say at this stage . ’ |