Example sentences of "he [vb mod] [not/n't] say " in BNC.
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| 1 | The interview ended shortly and our Elt said something about how perhaps he ought n't say that sort of thing on the Northwestern TV station … |
| 2 | HE MAY not say it in public , but George Graham has a clear message this morning for Ian Wright : ‘ I can always get another forward but see what trouble you 'll have leaning backwards on a broken career ’ . |
| 3 | ‘ Nathan stopped , feeling he should n't say any more . |
| 4 | The government will help your son , but he must not say that he killed the white man on purpose . |
| 5 | The defendant on being told this alibi must immediately amplify it under questioning , and can be ‘ gonged ’ for undue hesitation in answering or for any vagueness in answering ( he must not say ‘ I think so ’ or ‘ That is probably what I would have done ’ ) . |
| 6 | He could n't say for sure ; when I mentioned a shot , he said he would n't have noticed it particularly . |
| 7 | Delaney found he could n't say anything . |
| 8 | He could n't say whether the person was male or female , because the curtain was drawn halfway across . |
| 9 | What kind of a warning he could n't say , but his family noticed with alarm that he had gone out to consult the tree again . |
| 10 | He could n't say what he wanted to say in front of the Substitute . |
| 11 | What he really meant was that Tower Foin exercised a perennial attraction , drawing people by its beauty and its majesty , but he could n't say all that . |
| 12 | But unfortunately he could n't say " Propamidine " . |
| 13 | There the wee man goes and spoils it all by sayin' he 's not an ice man and if we get ourselves into a really bad pressure ridge he could n't say fur sure what would happen . |
| 14 | At the moment he could n't say more than that , but he was thinking about it . |
| 15 | So anyway , he erm had his say quite a long story and er the Chairman turned round all of a sudden and he s he could n't say the Chairman er said call him cos that 's what we call him and he said er he said erm would you like to come back to the rostrum again and he said erm you were explaining to me about an accident you had in the quarry in quarry , erm some years back and he said , I 'd like you to explain to these people . |
| 16 | He personalised it , he told him exactly the benefit of escalating premiums , and he could n't say anything other than yes , because it was what he wanted . |
| 17 | He said the company would look into the possibility of redesigning labels , although he could n't say it would definitely use the words ’ tap water ’ . |
| 18 | He could n't say exactly how much more , but it was an indication that things were improving . |
| 19 | Erm they began the union just before I left Bellany and of course it was cried down and erm they had meetings and the lot , and then all the miners were on strike at the time , and er my father and brother were both miners and er my brother was very friendly with Mr and Mr next door and er anyway er we decided to come out on strike for Bellany 's union and of course erm they , the , one , I think it was Mr said Joey he said er did you know we 're out on strike here and my brother said it seemed to be catching does n't it he did n't say he could n't say I worked there you see but erm it , it caused an upset but still up to a point the unions were good because we 're all badly underpaid for what we did , and the hours we worked they would n't tolerate it nowadays , but erm I forget er I joined the union and if you did n't you were a blackleg you know you , they wanted you to join the union from then I 've been in the union all , until I finished work but erm they , they got us our rises and er as I say the , the money was n't er very good and then the union did fight for the rises and they 'd got to pay it or lose all the er employees but erm I was , I was satisfied with without it , I 've been satisfied with my life you know I 've had , there 's been humorous there 's been sad but erm I 'm still able to get around and that 's the main thing . |
| 20 | He could n't say that this time cos he was i , he was erm , the guy in hospital . |
| 21 | Henry Tyler would not have described her as a happy woman , but afterward he could not say that she had seemed at all unwell . |
| 22 | He could not say that he had scruples of conscience for not joining in the military training . |
| 23 | Mr Hussain was refused entry clearance to come to England , mainly because he could not say what were his long term intentions . |
| 24 | He could not say what he intended to do if he found the girl . |
| 25 | Someone , somewhere ( he could not say who or where ) wanted classicists . |
| 26 | He hoped that Ann Butler would stay in Leeds , but felt he could not say so to Elizabeth . |
| 27 | If Labour won , however , he could not say how long she would continue to suffer , since the practice 's funds would be transferred to the local health authority and some sort of delay-inducing chaos would ensue . |
| 28 | ‘ Whilst it was the physician 's opinion that she had not had carnal relations for some two years , he could not say for certain . |
| 29 | But he could not say Vivien 's name then , he could not even think it , only look about him fearfully , clenching his hands . |
| 30 | He could not say that the garage was macho and Pricewell 's was naff , because she would tease him again . |