Example sentences of "[modal v] [not/n't] [adv] say " in BNC.
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| 1 | He must not simply say that there will be professional advisers . |
| 2 | You should not just say , oh there 's good I 'll phone him now because you need some valuable information . |
| 3 | One I 've already mentioned , namely , if you type something that the computer does n't understand , it should n't just say , ‘ I do n't understand , Error number three hundred and twenty-two ’ , or something like that . |
| 4 | And it was only till someone pointed out to me you should n't really say that |
| 5 | Did you never think that some women may not only say it but feel it ? ’ |
| 6 | You might not even say anything if it 's a self-service store . |
| 7 | Fifa officials could not immediately say how many players would benefit from the yellow-card amnesty , but confirmed that at least three players would be suspended for one World Cup match after receiving red cards . |
| 8 | Fifa officials could not immediately say how many players would benefit from the yellow-card amnesty , but confirmed that at least three players would be suspended for one World Cup match after receiving red cards . |
| 9 | Her dislike of being alone after dark had certainly diminished as the weeks went by , but she could not honestly say that she was completely carefree . |
| 10 | It was a finely worked piece of silver and obviously of great value ; but while she admired it and felt honoured to receive it , Sara could not honestly say that she enjoyed having its chain about her neck . |
| 11 | You could not just say , Christ will help you bear it . |
| 12 | She could not even say she truly felt she had had Ferdinando with her those four months . |
| 13 | I could not even say a prayer . |
| 14 | She could not even say so . |
| 15 | I was busting and I was there going I said and I could n't exactly say can I go to the toilet ? |
| 16 | Peggy did n't quite see how when she could n't even say what the thief looked like . |
| 17 | I could n't even say we were friends now . |
| 18 | ‘ To be honest , I could n't even say when I 'm going to be back but I 've got to realistically think I wo n't make it for the European Cup . ’ |
| 19 | So I thought I could n't even say |
| 20 | ‘ You mean you could n't just say you were going for a walk ? ’ |
| 21 | You know his father had started the company and the men , the older men in the quarry had been there from day one with him , you know from when they were producing next to nothing to being quite a profitable concern , and he realized the value of these men , and that you could n't just say , oh because they disagree with you just well , down the road pal . |
| 22 | Somehow Mr Mallory could n't honestly say he felt any affection for Damien . |
| 23 | Mrs Goreng did n't want Sonny wasting his time on that nonsense ; she knew it was a pile of meaningless shit , though she could n't actually say so . |
| 24 | No , not precisely I , I was a bit too young then , I , I remember all the songs about her Amy wonderful Amy and all those and oh and when she married Jim I was very much in but I could n't actually say I remembered her crashing at Walsall The erm you could , yeah , when I came home from work one Monday afternoon my nan said this eighty eight had gone over very low , and we , we heard that they 'd dropped this landmine this same aircraft had dropped this landmine that had gone under the gas holder at the gas works , in Road and the , they had some rescue workers from the A R P to get it out they never even bothered calling for the Royal Engineers , but the situation was that landmines used to come down on parachutes , and they used to slide into places which were inaccessible but anyway , they relied on the local Walsall A R P to get them out . |
| 25 | Well , to tell you the truth , I hardly go into Salisbury myself , so I could n't really say what it 's like at close quarters . |
| 26 | But you could n't really say that . |
| 27 | Could n't really say someone had clayed . |
| 28 | Er well this maybe gave him a an insight into working on gas engines , er I could n't really say . |
| 29 | ‘ I could n't really say . |
| 30 | Well I just could n't really say . |