Example sentences of "[not/n't] say something " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even though I now encourage my class to use any methods they like , there are still times when I wished I had not said something which could inhibit a pupil 's thinking . |
| 2 | Perhaps the author is not saying something : |
| 3 | This is because in saying what something looks like to me I am not saying something about something other than the thing I am looking at , its look . |
| 4 | But if , in saying ‘ I meant … ’ , one is not saying something about something one did at the time of saying , ‘ Come here ’ or ‘ Go to the bank ’ , what is one saying ? |
| 5 | More optimistic and uncritical comments , that the Führer would not say something he was not sure about , could also be heard . |
| 6 | He was relieved to feel that he would not be alone with Eleanor and was sure that he would be able , casually and quietly , to say something about Liza in the course of the evening — that is , if Eleanor did not say something first . |
| 7 | According to this , ethical propositions do not say something which can be either true or false in the sense of reporting or misreporting how things really are in some realm of values ( though we can call them ‘ true ’ or ‘ false ’ to signal our agreement or disagreement ) . |
| 8 | I have n't said something by the way . |
| 9 | My father seemed to be trying to hurt me , though ; he would n't say something like that normally . |
| 10 | It does n't say , some people think A Levels are a good thing and some people think A Levels are a bad thing , it would n't say something like that , it would n't be vague like that , it would say , A Levels are the qualification issued in most sixth forms in England and Wales , right , erm they generally need a two year course of study . |
| 11 | I 'm surprised Joy did n't say something about it yesterday actually Joanne |
| 12 | People expect of a theory of origins that in some way or other it gives them some quite privileged and special position , and they feel undermined and threatened by a theory of origin which does n't say something really rather special about them . |