Example sentences of "say that you [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ring the bell and say that you would like to adopt an old person . |
| 2 | If you say that you wo n't ever forgive me , then the damage will be mortal , I think . ’ |
| 3 | I will add a cautionary comment however , and say that you wo n't necessarily be able to change absolutely everything , at any time of the day or night , because there are some base requirements we have to address and we have to meet . |
| 4 | it dus painted behind the things whatever , come on Sunday or whatever and just say that you might |
| 5 | It follows that I am not using language properly if I say that you ought to do something , unless I hold by some universal principle from which this prescription follows and all other implications of which I would be prepared to endorse , most notably those which would prescribe under certain circumstances that I do something . |
| 6 | Basically they 're just telling the Party to consider the demands of the peasants and do what the peasants want but then er then in the first paragraph they say that you ought to erm they ought to support the masses in their erm implementation of agrarian reform , you have to give them planned guidance so it 's almost that how they 're telling the cadres to go out there and almost manipulate the peasants demands into more of a communist one . |
| 7 | For example , if we take those words there , I I hope that most of you can work out that that says , the cat , right , some of you can be difficult and say that you ca n't but I should think that most of you can . |
| 8 | About open learning and they 've got an H N C in Business Communications , now they also say that you could do this as a student at the college . |
| 9 | They say that you can easily spot the tourists in the Big Apple — they are the people walking around gazing at the sky , at the tops of the skyscrapers . |
| 10 | They say that you can make cells reproduce faster if you injure the skin , if you inflame it , slap it , sunburn it or even rub it . |
| 11 | When I say that you can expect evolution to jump from the insect to one of its immediate neighbours , but not to jump from the insect directly to the fox or the scorpion , what I exactly mean is the following . |
| 12 | and that was for that , then I had a letter back to say that we were having , there was too much money coming in a week for me to draw unemployment and then they , then a few days later I had this double page letter a big one that says you are entitled to no prescription help , X amount of pounds after erm eighty pounds per glasses you are responsible for the first eighty pound , we say that you can afford to pay that , so much on your teeth , if you 're visiting somebody in prison then you exceed a certain amount of mileage you can only get it if you exceed more than twenty five pound incurring , then I thought oh blow it , forget it , and I never done it , that all come to then , that 's why I wanted a ten of your wage , wage slips you remember now ? |
| 13 | One minute they say you ca n't eat , and then they say that you can eat it ! |
| 14 | ‘ Say that you will accept it , ’ Zurachina prompted . |
| 15 | Just say that you will marry me . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Please say that you will agree , will at least let me try to earn my own living , find out if I am strong enough to do so — not go back to being useless , merely a symbol of Papa 's wealth , not really his or your daughter . ’ |
| 17 | Er , I gather that the last letter that had from you dated the twenty fourth of November in which you say that you will get back as quite soon to decide whether you want to apply for one of these erm erm ways of dealing with the problem or not . |
| 18 | A lot of people say that you should n't hack young horses out on their own for months , if at all , but I 've always preferred the theory that if horses do n't learn to go out alone from the start you set up problems for later on . |
| 19 | Erm but we wo n't , well we 're not going to be descriptive , we 're not going to ask say that you must wear suits or you must whatever . |
| 20 | Say that you 'd like to know . |
| 21 | I have learnt of your work via my colleague in Hong Kong , Fiona Lauder , who says that you would be interested in contributing a script which could fit into our Resources Books for Teachers series . |
| 22 | He says that you ca n't trust anybody in business . |
| 23 | That would usually be called an engine , and in a car the engine just burns petrol and produces the mechanical energy in the shaft which turns the wheels , so the course is learning about the nature of mechanical forces and energy , thermal forces and energy and of the conversion of one form of energy to another , and in the process you learn that there are fundamental scientific laws — in particular the second law of thermo-dynamics — which says that you ca n't necessarily go form energy in one form with a hundred percent efficiency to getting it out in another form , so this limitation on your ability to convert from one form into another without waste in fact comes into many , many processes and every day processes . |
| 24 | One says that you should never wash them and should leave the mud to dry before brushing it off . |
| 25 | This common experience recommends the approach to writing which says that you should start immediately by writing your ideas down , being prepared to discard them later when your thinking has evolved beyond your early plan . |
| 26 | The only reason that you can make progress in that sort of situation is if there 's a body of opinion that says that you should . |
| 27 | Because of his speed and er Th certainly this one here , I mean the Highway Code says that you must make sure that it 's safe before you commence an overtaking manoeuvre . |
| 28 | If the law says that you must be compensated for any damage suffered , your neighbour will either have to pay up or cut back the tree . |
| 29 | He says that you must start on the triangle and continue in long strokes . |
| 30 | Tony always says that you can tell a happy motorcyclist by the flies on his teeth . |