Example sentences of "say [pron] [vb mod] not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ So take the box back with you , ’ she said gently , ‘ and say I would not dream of accepting anything , because of course they are family things . |
| 2 | Does not he have a powerful point when he says : ’ The new system is run by accountants who do n't have to sit across the table from the patient and say I can not treat you' ’ until the new financial year ? |
| 3 | Bosses of the Tory-controlled authority say she can not stay in the school because she lives outside the priority area . |
| 4 | If we say we can not afford it , the reply is that we pay out more and more millions of pounds in unemployment benefit . |
| 5 | Now , almost ten years , on farmers there say they would not go back to the days of Government subsidies and control over what can be grown . |
| 6 | But Palestinians say they can not return to the Arab-Israeli talks until the issue of the deportation of 415 Palestinians is resolved . |
| 7 | The RUC and Army Press Office say they can not confirm reports circulating within the security forces that single 7.62 shells were found after both attacks . |
| 8 | BUT there is a dark shadow B on the horizon that these B bright , articulate 18-year-olds say they can not countenance : the rise of the extreme right and the spreading of its racist , fascist message across Europe . |
| 9 | Of course , some dieters say they can not help bingeing on such foods . |
| 10 | They budgeted for a pay award in line with inflation and while welcoming the ‘ well deserved ’ rise in teachers ' salaries say they can not fund it without cutting school budgets . |
| 11 | Regarding the diabetic specialist nurse , yes , of course we would welcome a special unit , but that does seem a bit extravagant when they say they can not find enough money for one nurse . |
| 12 | Factory bonuses have been replaced by compulsory pay deductions to buy government bonds , and many enterprises say they can not buy the bonds because they no longer have any cash . |
| 13 | Sainsbury hope to build a store on United Bus company land at Grange Road , but owners Caldaire say they can not afford to sell the land because it has to give the Government a fixed percentage of the sale . |
| 14 | Many families do n't have a car and some say they can not afford taxi fares . |
| 15 | Association chief executive Frank Clark said : ‘ We say we wo n't give in to the IRA and yet the police say they can not guarantee the safety of a manager at a football match . ’ |
| 16 | The Tigers say they will not contest elections until there is peace . |
| 17 | The two are fierce competitors in the market , despite cooperation at the engineering level , but say they will not compete by undercutting pricing . |
| 18 | British Nuclear Fuels refuse to discuss individual cases , and say they will not comment on the latest report until it is published . |
| 19 | DENTISTS say they will not leave patients in pain if they are forced to take action in a cash row . |
| 20 | But some retailers say they will not raise prices until after Christmas . |
| 21 | Beyond that , Softlab is n't giving anything away : US rules say it may not discuss talks until agreement is won . |
| 22 | One possible pointer is that , when asked , people say it will not rise a lot . |
| 23 | we have had a letter back and it 's exactly the same as I got when I rang them up , if they just say it must not exceed a certain amount and they wo n't be tied down to tell me . |
| 24 | They say he may not live out the summer . ’ |
| 25 | I was glad to hear Lord Belstead say he would not use internment . |
| 26 | Relatives say he should not have been released . |
| 27 | And he says , he says er he says I will not move my car and I do n't get told anything , you know , I 'm not doing nothing for you , you do n't belong in this country and all this stuff |
| 28 | the chasm is too great though the gulf between God and man is , is far too wide and we try our various planks , our planks of being good , of doing nice things , planks of being religious , of being confirmed , of being baptized , of going to church of perhaps attending church , perhaps even becoming a member of a church , the plank of saying prayers I think you know and God does n't even hear us , the bible tells us , if I regarded iniquity in my heart God does n't hear me , he says I will not hear you , the only prayer that God hears from the sinner is God be merciful to me a sinner and we 've tried that plank and it does n't work , of course it does n't because that 's not what it means to be a Christian , the plank of bible reading , we can read the bible , we can memorise it , it does n't make us a Christian , Jesus said to some of the religious leaders of his days , you search the scriptures for you think that in them you have life , but you will not come to me , and so it 's not being in religious , er being religious or any thing else as we well know , it 's something far , far more fundamental than that , those words that Jesus said to Nicodemus you must be born again , that new birth , that new start , starting all over again , and so what happens , what 's it all about , what is it to , what is it to be a Christian . |
| 29 | My son , Ben , says I must not forget the illustrations by Quentin Blake — writer and illustrator are here a perfect match . |
| 30 | My friend says I should not have been taking this drug during my pregnancy and that it is well known that it can cause these problems . |