Sentence examples for I say rather from inspiring English sources

It had been – dare I say – rather exciting.

"Well, I'm trying to shout less," I say, rather hurt that she hasn't noticed.

The musical score came into major effect this week and was, dare I say, rather affecting.

It was the equivalent of a parent telling a child to do as I say rather than as I do, several budget watchdogs said.

I say, rather idly, that I think Smash Hits' particular approach to the world in the Eighties - pop music and jokes - has taken over the whole of the British press.

Whatevers: the first episode in a Spooks series is invariably a corker but this one was especially good: heaving with the usual über-baddies, moral ambiguities and mini mid-episode cliff-hangers, it was also, dare I say, rather anti-American.

"I've got to be incognito," I said, rather dramatically.

"You can go on holiday now," I said rather callously to Jed, a very tough fellow, but he was horrified.

"They serve it that way," I said rather stiffly, "because that kind of dish was something poor people ate.

I said: 'Rather than what they give me, I'm not going to look at it like that, I will take everything I want.

I said rather casually, "Hey, sorry about what happened when we were kids, man.