Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] n't say for [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | I could n't say for certain what our smallest listed building is , but I suspect that some old wall-mounted pillar boxes will be strong candidates ! |
2 | First of all , as I say , we only deal through motor traders anyway , and there is this liability that the motor trade have anyway , and obviously if if something like that has happened it 's going to occur fairly rapidly , but certainly within three months or three thousand miles , and obviously the owner of the vehicle has a redress to the dealer and obviously if there 's one of our policies on it we would probably accept liability on that , although I ca n't say for definite . |
3 | In fact I ca n't say for certain that it ever arrived . |
4 | ‘ I ca n't say for certain . |
5 | I ca n't say for sure ; I mean , I was only there for a second or two … |
6 | Until now she had n't taken much notice of him , so she could n't say for certain whether he was handsome or not . |
7 | He could n't say for sure ; when I mentioned a shot , he said he would n't have noticed it particularly . |
8 | He ca n't say for sure , but he thinks that one of the fillings looks like Continental work , using a technique that 's not widely practised in Britain . |