Example sentences of "[conj] say [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While language charts are specifically concerned with the way in which a child uses language on a day-to-day basis , language tests are much more concerned with what a child can do or say under optimal conditions . |
| 2 | Figure 1 Truth : ‘ To believe or say truly is to believe or say of what is that it is … ’ |
| 3 | So I shall use Aristotle 's truism in the following form , extended to cover beliefs as well as statements : to believe or say truly is to believe or say , of what is that it is , or of what is not , that it is not . |
| 4 | ( Parent : ‘ Now we know more about what each of us feels , can you think of anything else we could do or say so we do n't get into this disagreement again ? ’ ) |
| 5 | Comfortable in his room of rooms , he would point and say mirthfully , ‘ Uninsurable except against catastrophe . ’ |
| 6 | Well then did we all just sit there and say well you know do n't rot there 's nuclear sort of fallout and er oh dear erm what we going to do about it and decide should we get on onto it |
| 7 | Cos you ca n't go and say well I 'm only going for a couple of weeks ! |
| 8 | And on the Scottish understanding , it is very easy for somebody to come along and say well jo God just now declares that we are forgiven . |
| 9 | Cos it makes for a lot of you know if you do n't have and say well I 'm not going to put in my feet anyway . |
| 10 | yes , any colour you can think of , I mean erm , blue I think is one of the worse , but thinking of lampshades we used to sell a lot of er lampshades for putting on table lamps er and erm , we 'd have just about every colour and somebody would come along and say well erm have n't you got one in purple and of course I 'd refrain from saying thank god no I have n't |
| 11 | You completely the wife actually what erm another good point was that you got in are , are there dependants there were certain close questions again , the fact that the wife smoked a pipe gave you the opportunity to turn round and say well that 's , that 's good , that 's a benefit because she could be classed as a non-smoker there 's just wee er opportunities there and that 's as much as I had if anyone else wants to add to these comments . |
| 12 | Erm you look fairly fit thank you very much , you know , very sweet of you dear , erm tt and I think to , to carry on with the regards to well how much do you earn you went all around the houses , do n't apologize and say well I have to ask you because , you know , , you know you need to know |
| 13 | like before the break when you want to have a permanent record of what you 'd done so that you ca n't turn round and say well I do n't remember them conversation |
| 14 | Because if we ca n't generalize then I , perhaps I should be talking about British foreign policy or Iranian foreign policy or South African foreign policy are there generalizations we can make and say well it is similar for all governments ? |
| 15 | Now at this juncture here you would n't actually say what products you 're gon na do , cos you 're not gon na go back and say well I 'm thinking of er two hundred thousand pounds of convertible term assurance and we 're looking personal pension plan , but you 'll tell the guy you 're gon na go back to the branch , we 've got a variety of different things sir and what I wan na do is to go back to the branch and work on one or two ideas for you and then present them to you at some time in the future . |
| 16 | Well yes yes and Sarah will nip down as well and then Sarah was then getting used to doing , she started getting used to doing it and that was it I used to come out and say well no I 'll look after the bar from now on and that 's it , and er |
| 17 | Well , you do n't wan na worry about them because at the end of the day , I mean if if that was absolutely desperate I shall turn round and say well I 'm sorry I 've bloody got to and that 's it ! |
| 18 | I said no I was home sick and I in bed like you said I could n't who 's gon na turn round and say well there are Geoff there 's a hundred quid mate |
| 19 | And we 'd turn round and say well keep it ! |
| 20 | Because even if somebody said I would like that training if it 's not available you ca n't just turn around and say well tough it 's not available you ca n't |
| 21 | In the paper prepared by the Trade Union Research Project which the Panel considered , they outline 5 options , one is a new model , two is a switch to high technology industry and the Panel will come up and say well they either support one or two or three of these options and then the council will have to consider which of the options they adopt , and then have to consider what their planning powers are in relation to it . |
| 22 | He 's he 's shot himself in the foot in one sense , because he does n't know what we 've said already , so he may come and say exactly the same thing that we 've been saying , in which case we will cheer and you will boo . |
| 23 | ‘ I am not the type of manager to go in and say right , I 'll take this and create it into something else . |
| 24 | A lot of people would turn round and say Right I 'm a lorry driver and I I leave a nice gap . |
| 25 | What I do n't wa , I know it 's handy sometimes you think , ah that covers a lot of things for me and you may have come across something yourself I 'll the there is a key , there should be a key to those things in my cupboard , those lifelines things not the same as cha , I 've got all sorts of ideas that you might pick out and say right we can use that as a lesson you might even just say well sod copyright I 'm gon na photocopy that and I 'll use it ! |
| 26 | We ca n't just turn round and say right scrap this whole and very valuable part of this council 's work . |
| 27 | he walks past there , if he really wanted to bust us that bad he 'd probably just come up and say right |
| 28 | I would like , if I may , to try and say here what I think this ‘ dignity ’ to be . |
| 29 | Until any woman can stand up and say freely , without the fear of social reprobation , that she does n't want a child , then no women is free to ‘ choose ’ to have a child either . |
| 30 | Not as we seen him a lot but least he could come and say alright . |