Example sentences of "say [that] [pron] did n't " in BNC.
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| 1 | Too many of us now say that they did n't know what was going on , and that they were long opposed to what was happening . |
| 2 | ‘ Of course , we must believe you when you say that you did n't change Mrs Hampton into a wolf , ’ said Clovis politely . |
| 3 | ‘ Now do you believe me when I say that I did n't touch you in order to prove some theory about your boyfriend meaning nothing to you ? ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm very disappointed not to be doing the film , ’ Crawford added , ‘ but I would rather that people remember enjoying my performance in the play than say that I did n't quite pull it off in the film . ’ |
| 5 | But might not be the best thing because if for any reason the buyer says that they did n't they 're not going to pay |
| 6 | Yasmin says that she did n't start out to be a model . |
| 7 | And er she says that she did n't want summat expensive when she could be buying summat for kitchen , you know , like a microwave or summat like that . |
| 8 | ‘ But another says that he did n't notice the rose and simply rode away . ’ |
| 9 | My father was the sweetest man in the world and there was nothing I could fight him for , or do against him , or he against me , because nothing was said that I did n't agree with , or he did n't agree with , because I was a very easy child . |
| 10 | Just do n't let it be said that I did n't warn you , that 's all . ’ |
| 11 | Well I disagree in as much as I have said that I did n't have a shotgun and ignoring that fact then that I did n't have a shotgun she certainly did not make a lunge at me . |
| 12 | If it was simply a matter of the operating system , I 'd have said that it did n't much matter which of the two you chose to go with . |
| 13 | He had once said that he did n't know whether his passion for water-power was a result of meanness or had some deeper Freudian significance . |
| 14 | How sad that such goodwill should be clouded by Mr Lamb saying that the other lot cheated , and the other lot saying that they did n't . |
| 15 | Are you saying that they did n't mean what they said then ? |
| 16 | and I remember doing my first , one of my first essays erm saying that I did n't think they were and all that they were erm was the fact that er er of and you said to me at the end that 's fine as far you 've argued it but I think you 'll change your views as you go on and I do n't know if I have . |
| 17 | I mean maybe soon after you maybe I 'll say look well you know blah blah blah you got you know I like saying that I did n't like kind of bloke but not like she 's such a fucking bitch and all this . |
| 18 | Latterly , she had stopped saying that she did n't believe in God . |
| 19 | It went without saying that he did n't want to be seen , but it was worth the extra discomfort of hanging around for the extra information that he might pick up . |
| 20 | Brutus had said that he killed Caesar for the general good but Antony is now saying that he did n't know why they killed him , otherwise he saying that it was n't for the general good . |
| 21 | I 'll come following you He d yeah it was odd when Frank said that cos apparently what happened , he just sort of started saying that he did n't think that Frank had really been there for him and that he was being a bit sort of selfish and stuff which I mean maybe he has been but the thing is if you know if Frank 's making this massive effort to like fit in and meet new people and stuff then |
| 22 | They looked me over , said that they did n't know what it was and sent me home . |
| 23 | Terry and Tom said that they did n't want any food and when they asked Brian , he refused to answer . |
| 24 | He then said that they did n't want an understanding with the United States , because they know that this was impossible ( sic ) . |
| 25 | Well we were disappointed in the Good Report because er they did say it was one of the major issues , and yet they said that they did n't think any sweep in changes are needed which rather erm contradicted the earlier part of our report , we would have thought there were erm changes needed . |
| 26 | Australian sprinter Raeleen Boyle once said that she did n't think she 'd ‘ ever felt totally comfortable with my lifestyle since I gave up running . ’ |
| 27 | Josie said that she did n't usually get in until around six , but that there were a few extra jobs that she wanted to finish off ; Lucy had the feeling , but did n't say so , that the main point of the exercise was probably to get her out of the way before the slender red-haired woman arrived home . |
| 28 | She said that she did n't want any diversions because she was about to start something big , something that really fired her up . |
| 29 | My mum wrote back and said that she did n't have that kind of money . |
| 30 | I said that I did n't care for it . |