Example sentences of "i [modal v] say [adv] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Mr. Preston , if I may say so that was pretty cold blooded of you to leave her lying on the floor until I came in . ’ |
| 2 | Oh well then I 'll say well that ai n't . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'll say only this to you , girl ; your world and Other world are linked closer than you dream , and if the powers of the dark overcome Andernesse , your world will not escape ! ’ |
| 4 | Yeah , I , I could say well that 's not a police issue and then forget about it but that 's not really a good response , ? |
| 5 | Rev Jim Caterer , vicar of Standish , said : ‘ I never say something is impossible but in this case I wish I could say just that . |
| 6 | ‘ Faith , I wish I could say as much , for I never mastered Latin , and have no Welsh . |
| 7 | Well she was staying overnight at some wee girl 's house and I 'd say well that 's alright as long as you 're as long as , you know , that know the wee girl 's mother maybe , she 's a daughter a wee bit older than Lindsey herself who had the , but no this mother see she was divorced and going with these men and let her daughter stay out to half eleven , and Lindsey was , n was n't in her house till half eleven . |
| 8 | If he asked me such and such I 'd say now this is how you do it . |
| 9 | I would say rather that , both despite and because of the obvious and considerable differences , post/modernism is helping us to understand again what the early modern period already knew but in a quite different form : identity is essentially informed by what it is not . |
| 10 | But he then adds : ‘ I would say just this : that having got the legislation it would be wise to proceed by exemplar , by experiment , by demonstration of success rather than trying to do a root and branch revolutionary approach . |
| 11 | in simply why not and simply hoping that someone 's gon na go out and buy your brand of petrol for example erm I think for me it 's erm there are so many messages flashed at people every day erm do this , do that , buy our product instead of X and X's product but when you 've paid , when you 're faced with that purchase decision , and I , I would say perhaps this is true for most people from most jargon . |
| 12 | I would say only this : |
| 13 | I shall say well that 's it , I 'm a law abiding |
| 14 | The origin of the field is , in effect , the magnetic field at the source region of the wind , that is , the surface of the Sun , though this is an extremely complicated phenomenon about which I shall say very little . |
| 15 | But , alas , one 's head must be permitted to rule , and so I will say only this : a little house where I may be safe , with an income to enable me at least to enjoy the comforts of life , if not its luxuries . |
| 16 | the same thing got the same make , I mean I can say well this is cheaper we 'll you know |