Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] would [not/n't] say " in BNC.
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1 | Unlike a sport like skiing , the considerable risks are not matched with sufficient exhilaration to kindle my interest , although I would n't say no if a boyfriend were to slip naked into one of those clanking climbing harnesses after a hot bath and a glass of wine . |
2 | I admire him greatly , although I would n't say we were great friends . |
3 | It 's been said although I would n't say it for myself that the lack of pressure for change stems from the Royal Family 's landholdings . |
4 | is something that I would not say to a French lady , something that I could say to my daughter , right ? |
5 | I 'm not saying that I would n't say |
6 | When he got up to go I tried to tell him that I understood , that I would n't say anything if he would take me home , but he backed away out . |
7 | Yeah well if they say that I would n't say I would n't pick them up . |
8 | That she would n't say anything so , Dorothy had to actually say erm well I really do n't think you should go for that . |
9 | Some children , although they would n't say so , are upset if their work is heavily marked in red by the teacher , especially if they were pleased with what they wrote . |
10 | He was determined that they would not say that of his . |
11 | Her captain , Commander Colin Fearbrache , described the talks as positive , although he would not say when the operations would begin or how often they would take place . |
12 | Potter says this approach has been satisfactory , although he would not say how many times the company had used it , but Psion has never had to take a case to court . |
13 | No but I was saying that , Thou I am with thee always , that it would n't say |
14 | For the first time since Heaven , Ace thought of Julian , and the times they had sat in worn green leather armchairs , the hum of traffic from the A40 outside making waves in their glasses , knowing that the barman thought they were underage but also knowing that Ace intimidated him so much that he would n't say anything . |
15 | And I would n't say that that was an unreasonable charge . |
16 | So basically if you 're going to se , tell somebody they 're a waste of space , it 's not very constructive , it 's personal , and I would n't say it unless you can tell them why you think they 're a waste of space at least . |
17 | And I would n't say that we were being fleeced , I mean I , I think we 've always been fleeced up to a certain point but they were always making a loss in the past and |
18 | like everyone 's jealo , a , like everyone 's jealous of me at school and I would n't say I 'm over tall ! |
19 | I do n't think I could , I 'd go up that erm I did alright and I would n't say I 've done well . |
20 | And I would n't say , I thought your phone might have been Graham because er |
21 | No , I would n't say I did , and I would n't say that 's what I was looking for , particularly , because again I mean it 's a much abused notion that perhaps that class disappears in postwar Britain , I think that 's a political issue that was an attempt to make it look as if class was disappearing , class differences rather , but I think there is a lot of evening out , there 's not the stark differences of the quality of life of furnishings that you would have found say in homes before the war . |
22 | Well , in a way it was n't dangerous I 'd say , it was a very worked plan and it would have worked if the letter had got there , so I know it was going to work and I would not say it was dangerous . |
23 | ‘ We run a business like any other and I would not say any of my vehicles are uneconomical , ’ said Mr Hyslop . |
24 | And you would n't say that was No . |
25 | And you would n't say oh I think it 's going to be wet today John you better stay . |
26 | And I am if at five minutes to five , or five minutes to leaving off time whatever it was and you would n't say well we 'll get ready to go home you had to pick a half a link up make it into a staple and throw it in the box . |
27 | We 'd say , " What happened next ? " and she would n't say a word . |
28 | Suddenly frightened , she wondered if she was going to have an operation and they would n't say — never would she forget her tonsils . |
29 | And he would n't say anything . |
30 | I 'd come in from school and he would n't say hello to me . |