Example sentences of "[pers pn] am not say " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( One caveat : I am not saying that this is the only necessary experiential condition for objectivity : it is , though , the one which highlights the importance of action most clearly in differentiating the objective from the subjective within the stream of experience . ) |
| 2 | I am not saying they 're all pussycats but if you love and respect them , they will return those qualities tenfold . |
| 3 | ‘ I am not saying she has been subject to a temptation to exaggerate , but I merely remind you of those matters which can exist in relation to a woman 's evidence . ’ |
| 4 | I am not saying this is universal , of course , but I think the pressure from the City on industry to maximise profits tends to make them take short cuts . |
| 5 | Mr Simon Murray , leader of Honour Hong Kong , said : ‘ I am not saying we are over the moon , but it is progress . ’ |
| 6 | I am not saying to the politician , ‘ You must get your act together . ’ |
| 7 | I am not saying to the farmer , ‘ You must use fewer insecticides . ’ |
| 8 | I am not saying to the consumer in all of us , ‘ You must eat less , drive less , enjoy life less . ’ |
| 9 | I am not saying that women religious have totally solved the problem . |
| 10 | But I am not saying that Dr. Briant should necessarily be stopped from making his scientific searches , for his ability to do so is as God-given as that warning . |
| 11 | I am not saying take me on my good days . |
| 12 | I am not saying take me like I look tonight and pretend that 's all you 've got to take , I am saying take me when there 's blood on my face . |
| 13 | I am not saying that one might not come out with some new and splendid solution which was neither culling nor letting the environment go to pieces . |
| 14 | I am not saying that a bream leader dishes out orders to his underlings in the same way that an army commander does . |
| 15 | Obviously I am not saying that all policemen are racist but there seems to me to be enough evidence for a nationwide enquiry into such harassment to be held . |
| 16 | I am not saying that natural energy flows do not exist , but to detect them alongside the multitude of artificial energy sources , and the thought forms of everyone who has visited or passed through the site , is likely to be confusing , to say the least . |
| 17 | I am not saying this to make your head swell . |
| 18 | I am not saying that the diet will completely eliminate cellulite but I do believe it will significantly reduce it . |
| 19 | I am not saying that Christians subscribe openly to such a view of doubt . |
| 20 | I am not saying that someone who does not understand his faith has no faith . |
| 21 | I am not saying that my trusting God was ‘ all up to me ’ , but that I had to see that all of me was involved in trusting God . |
| 22 | ‘ I am not saying that Charles is incapable of love , it 's just that he has this unreal perception of women . |
| 23 | I am not saying that churches should not state their views about social evils , but it is quite another thing to imagine that clear statements are denting the Evil One 's power . |
| 24 | I am not saying he might not one day be the best player for England — but at the moment he is n't . |
| 25 | I am not saying anything about the short or long-ball game , only what is right at the proper time . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | I can not be mistaken about perceiving something as , say , a cigarette case , because in saying , ‘ It looks like a cigarette case ’ I am not saying that there is an appearance which is a cigarette case . |
| 28 | I am not saying where I am , nevertheless the hearer learns where I am from my saying it . |
| 29 | In saying ‘ I meant you , not Jones ’ , I am not saying what I gather from my behaviour ( though if what I say and what my behaviour seems to show seem to conflict , you will be justified in saying you do not understand me [ 67 , 136 ] ) . |
| 30 | By emphasizing this convergence I am not saying that culture and identity are unimportant , but challenging the routine reduction of race to them alone which obscures the inherently political character of the term . |