Example sentences of "[vb mod] say i [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 I must say I 'd have thought I could rely on you to calm people down .
2 ‘ I must say I 'd have been happier , ’ said Rose , when everyone was suited and they had all sunk into their chairs , ‘ if Viola had kept away .
3 And I must say I 'd have been lost without her . ’
4 Fair enough I must say I 'd have given it to Whitlow myself but it does n't really matter as far a Leicester fans are concerned as long as they can hold on here for another two minutes now .
5 And I should say I 'll forget it too , but I wo n't .
6 Lads , give another lad a tenner to do his horses , if he wants to take off , he 'll say I 'll give you a tenner to do mine tonight .
7 Cos I might go out one night and I might say I might meet up with a with a another white man or another you know a black man or something ,
8 I 'd say I 'd marry you tomorrow , but I know that it would be an insult , now you know the kind of worm I am . ’
9 He , I I used to hi to him , like he used to work at Wembley as well and I used to go , obviously we were walking , coming out of the place like , and I 'd say I 'd go , hi there !
10 well , like I 'd say I 'd go down to post office , I say no I 'll go with ya , it was raining last Thursday , I said no I 'll go with ya , so I said I 'll wait and see if it 'll , it 'll be fine , but he 's not like that he 's an old , I would n't , well
11 I 'd say I 'd say that
12 Well I 'd say to price it , I know they 're not quite so expensive on carpet but I 'd say I 'd say about seventeen pounds , but I bet it was about twenty seven or thirty one
13 I 'd say I 'd say that was a bit of , that was erm a gross exaggeration erm
14 ‘ I dare say I might manage to forget that , ’ he said .
15 ‘ I dare say I 'll cope with them , ’ Lucy smiled , feeling thankful that her job in an accountancy office would enable her to do so , then , hurrying through her lunch , she went to the office , where she found Silas busy at the desk .
16 Anyway , he 's coming to the conference , so I dare say I 'll sit and hear what he has to say .
17 I dare say I shall expire without delay ! ’
18 George said : ‘ Well I dare say I could find out from the Land Registry . ’
19 ‘ If you are determined to go , my lady — ’ she said ‘ — and in your place , I dare say I should do likewise — I shall first seek permission on your behalf of Sir James Tyrell , the new constable . ’
20 Yes I would say I would spend more if I had it , I think beauty 's a question of money
21 I would say I would say a a I would say about er eighteen .
22 See most people had good intentions , whenever they got a whole lot of stuff from the Cooperative , they would say I 'll lay so much by every week and I 'll have it at the end of the quarter .
23 So we 're watching that programme , Is this Your Last Cigarette ? or whatever it were called last Sunday on the telly and I thought I 'm stupid cos in six month 's time I shall say I could have packed up six months ago .
24 Let's say , that me as an individual , if I was erm , buying a Covermaster Plan , for twenty pound a month , the minimum premium , let's say I could get fifty thousand pounds worth of cover .
25 We can put it off for a while , we can say I 'll leave it till I 'm older , I 'll leave it till some other time , I do n't want to make that decision now .
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