Example sentences of "[adv] say that [pers pn] do [not/n't] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Gibbon has rightly said that we do n't really know what is asked . |
| 2 | ‘ I can only say that I do n't remember any of this , ’ I said carefully . |
| 3 | Just say that you do n't want to do it . ’ |
| 4 | Of course , if he looks dodgy then do n't stop in the first place ; just say that you do n't carry a watch . |
| 5 | I I I 've already said that I do n't accept that er the French are unlikely to ratify er I think rather the contrary but that remains finally for them er and not for me . |
| 6 | ‘ In any case , I 've already said that I do n't want to fight any more with anybody . |
| 7 | Yes I 'm not I 'm not saying that I do n't think it 's a an important consideration . |
| 8 | We 're not saying that you do n't like that . |
| 9 | That is not to say that they do not have particularities , for a particular instance of a shirt has to be of a certain colour , and have pockets or not , or it would not be a shirt . |
| 10 | This is not to say that they do not acknowledge the role played by sequential ordering in signalling the communicative function of an utterance . |
| 11 | Now then part of it is they ask me You do n't have to , but they ask me to ask people to sign erm to say It 's just to say that you do n't mind your conversation being used . |
| 12 | An adult nowadays can not really say , or even someone in school , in secondary school can not say that they do not know the dangers of cigarettes . |
| 13 | ‘ Let's just say that I do n't think Bertha would appreciate your particular brand of sympathy . |
| 14 | I need hardly say that I do n't care to have things so . |
| 15 | No , no I can , I can honestly say that I do n't think there was any , any what you can call rough families as I can remember . |
| 16 | Although I would also say that I do n't suppose there are very many Councillors that do n't actually , at the end of the day , being a Councillor is costing them a lot of money and those members ' allowances are very , very small and they certainly in my case nowhere near cover the cost of being a County Councillor . |
| 17 | On the other , members often say that they do n't feel involved ; that committees do all the work without reference to them . |
| 18 | The chief executive and British Rail generally reportedly say that they do not see themselves as being in the business of transporting goods that need to be moved fast . |
| 19 | and to deal with problems of substance abuse , unemployment , illiteracy , rather than things which are fashionable and to my mind highly like opera and the ballet which is n't to say that I do n't love them both , but I think that you have to have a sense of complete reality about the social issues . |
| 20 | you dare n't say that you do n't understand any thing he says you 've got to explain |
| 21 | ‘ Champagne , hot scented baths , Sibelius , tiny kittens , very , very , very expensive underwear that you hardly know you 're wearing , and skiing at night and going into the big stores on fifth Avenue and trying on all the three-hundred-dollar dresses and shoes and then saying that I do n't like any of them — I do that quite often — and … ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I think you 're about to say that I do n't understand , but I assure you I do . |
| 23 | A person who is tested at a STD clinic may also expressly say that they do not wish their GP to know about it , which may be important later if the GP is ever asked to write a medical report about that person . |