Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] say " in BNC.
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| 1 | The flower seller , Ms Sue Thompson , said : ‘ I did not dare say anything . |
| 2 | It was the first time in American history that serving officers did not dare say what their commander-in-chief had told them to do . |
| 3 | She did not dare say more . |
| 4 | Above all Lecercle emerges from what has been called the " both-and " school of poststructuralism , that is , he is happy to include a plurality of theories and norms on the one hand and of practices and common sense on the other : Langue is OK but some New Yorkers just do say " I done do it " . |
| 5 | Though the other fellow did say all the kind of things you just did say . ’ |
| 6 | It 's it 's like I I better not say say this but Irishmen over that when when I when I used to work with Irishmen my word they was good Irishmen . |
| 7 | She had not imagined she would ever dare say this aloud . |
| 8 | Do you not agree that if God ever did say Let there be light he must have been over Norfolk at the time ? ’ |
| 9 | I think he once did say to me that he was very disturbed at how much ‘ coke ’ David was doing and that it had got to the point where he did n't hide it from deFries , whereas he did for quite a while at first . |
| 10 | I always did say Mr Merrivale was a lovely young man ! ’ |
| 11 | Daddy always did say to do what you do best , and I am very good at it … so they say . ’ |
| 12 | I always did say you were a fool to tell him . ’ |
| 13 | He always did say those new-fangled machines were dangerous . ’ |
| 14 | Walter always did say you were underhand . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ He just said : ‘ Tell her : ‘ You always did say I did daft things if you were n't around to stop me . ’ ’ |
| 16 | ‘ You always did say that her fairies were the lightest you ever tasted . ’ |
| 17 | right , now what you 've got to judge at the end of the day , now lets say for instance that you 've put in six lines six lines , right and you only wanted to use two of them all you 've got a number for is the rental charge is n't it ? |
| 18 | Nour said ( he really did say it ) that I was disobedient to him to persist in feeding the cat . |
| 19 | You really did say … ’ |
| 20 | I really did say it . |
| 21 | ‘ That is , of course , if you were telling the truth and Silvia really did say something about going to Alghero . ’ |
| 22 | Which although I 've heard before does say something about them … also , I met a few of them on the train up from London … |
| 23 | Just , and I could n't really say say where I hurt . |
| 24 | They believe they have such an opportunity at the moment and no one here dares say where the pound may stand against the Deutschmark when the Chancellor rises to speak tomorrow . |
| 25 | She thought of Eileen as ‘ That one ’ , though these days she did n't dare say so . |
| 26 | And do n't dare say you did n't take it ! ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Do n't dare say a word ! ’ she hissed . |
| 28 | But she did n't dare say it . |
| 29 | Thus ( 66 ) implies " He did n't dare oppose his wife 's whims any more than he dared commit high treason " , ( 67 ) that the speaker is of the opinion that they would n't dare say a word against him , and in ( 68 ) the speaker very clearly believes that the addressee does n't have the cheek to look him in the eye and tell such an obvious lie . |
| 30 | I did n't dare say he was in cos |