Example sentences of "[pers pn] could not say [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could n't say that I felt very well for that was n't quite true , but I certainly no longer felt ill . |
| 2 | I , I mean I , I , I w I could n't say that I would be happy being in the house all the time . |
| 3 | And if there 's no work and if there 's no means by which people can get themselves you know those sorts of basic things but you know I 'm not gon na si I I could n't say that the whole structure is going to ch change becau but I think erm I hope anyway and I do believe really that er I mean I hope that we 're going to stay together as a support group in some sort of form and Yes and there 's no way that we 're not going to support other causes in the way that we 've been supported . |
| 4 | No I could n't say that that was the child , erm possibly she 's grown a bit , quite considerably . |
| 5 | I said , the way they 're picking them out , I could n't say that they can guarantee every bearing . |
| 6 | But I could n't sa I could n't say that I ever worked on any of the big |
| 7 | I put the seed of doubt into Steve 's mind about the fact that I could not say that er bearings could be guaranteed P five at that price . |
| 8 | Yet , she could n't say that she disliked him , or the other one , come to that . |
| 9 | You 've never loved anyone or you could n't say that , ’ she exclaimed . |
| 10 | He was noticing everything , the way the light played on a broken brick in the wall opposite and sometimes it looked hollow and sometimes it looked a bulge , which proved that you could n't say that what you saw , however carefully , scientifically , you analysed it , was a scientific fact . |
| 11 | You could n't say that to her cos she did n't it would be insulting but in fact , that 's the big difference . |
| 12 | If Churchill recommended Ramsey to the new young Queen who had never before been confronted with the situation , and the Queen asked the archbishops whether they objected , they could not say that they did . |
| 13 | Since , on principle , they could not say that lesbianism made them nervous and that the complex new demands made on them scared them , they found more underhand and aggressive ways of expressing their resentments . |
| 14 | He could n't say that this time cos he was i , he was erm , the guy in hospital . |
| 15 | Henry Tyler would not have described her as a happy woman , but afterward he could not say that she had seemed at all unwell . |
| 16 | He could not say that he had scruples of conscience for not joining in the military training . |
| 17 | He could not say that the garage was macho and Pricewell 's was naff , because she would tease him again . |
| 18 | Mr. Ratcliffe told me he could not say that an average person would not be woken by a heavy goods vehicle passing by his window and , to his credit , whilst making the very best of his brief he did not suggest that the present position is not disturbing . |
| 19 | PAMELA : Indeed , sir , he could not say that I did . |