Example sentences of "say you [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 But you ca n't guarantee that , er , and once the supermarket developments er , have gone , then you 'll drop off down , down again , and again you 're affected by the rece recession , whereas people wo n't replace things like weighbridges , er , automatic weighing machines that sort of thing during the recession , if you come out of recession , then you might get , and you say you might get some increase in fees in that , that area .
2 No , no , say you might have some ,
3 Say you 'll sleep on a sofa or a table , and you 'll be all right .
4 I mean we have to work very hard in our own er relationship we 've had our ups and downs we 've gone through many difficult times like unemployment and even homelessness and you know we we 've gone through it but when you make your promises you say you 'll stay together for richer for poorer in sickness and in health and so on .
5 Just say you 'll do it Wednesday night .
6 Please say you 'll marry me . ’
7 ‘ They say you 'll marry him before the end of the year , miss . ’
8 Say you 'll scream . ’
9 Write by return and say you 'll come !
10 Say you 'll come , Alain ? ’
11 If he says she is n't there , say you 'll come round and wait .
12 Yeah , that unfortunately the majority of people say you 'll get money in a couple of days , then the person would start to argue , because they need their money now to go and buy their shopping .
13 Say you 'll try to get Corrie for me . ’
14 Please say you 'll try . ’
15 You say you 'll try to lift up the child who is stillest .
16 She says after each of these cases people say you should do something but it 's very difficult to see what you could do .
17 Yet Sally 's no slave to fashion : ‘ I think fashion should be fun and you should wear what you feel comfortable in , not what people say you should wear .
18 if I knock anything you say you should wear your glasses or
19 ‘ They say you should have gone to the very top in the army after the war but you were stopped .
20 Trust me when I say you should have nothing to do with such drivel — make like a tree and leave it .
21 No you do n't normally have , some people say you should have slip-ons
22 Nevertheless , Save & Prosper officials , themselves , say you should put no more than 5 per cent of your savings into this fund .
23 yeah , you can go ok watch her actually because er , she went right back up on these bloody chairs this afternoon , I mean she really cried , oh course I mean she , oh when Catherine come in I mean she 'd not long done it , then she nodded off to sleep I said oh they always say you should try , I mean I
24 I I 'm I say you must excuse me going on at such a pace but I 've got A I 've got another meeting quite shortly and B you 've got some little mo I think M Michael 's looking to take over .
25 just for fun , you know but I 'm not a believer in using your fists , you ought to be using your brain to teach with but there were no there are no sanctions , if you say you must stay behind after school , you have to send a letter home and half the parents will write back and say my son or daughter is not staying after school and that is that !
26 But they say you must leave it running for two days .
27 Hey one thing I was gon na query you on Mike the erm sanding sealer you know you say you must leave that for at least a week ?
28 Still to come a look at the opening shots in the Independent Enquiry into the fate of Rover 's Cowley works and the questions that Bicester 's friends of the earth say you must ask any candidate in the local elections .
29 If you are 'aving a bébé ’ , and there is danger , the church say you must die , and the 'usband keep the bébé .
30 They say you could borrow the Walkman ?
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