Example sentences of "saying [pron] do [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you rationalise it by saying I do n't want a row because I 've got so much on my plate , it usually bounces back at you , often in an amplified form . |
| 2 | But I 'm your client saying I do n't want that advice . |
| 3 | He saw the flicker of doubt in her eyes , and added with a husky laugh , ‘ I 'm not saying I do n't want you . |
| 4 | I do n't care what other people do I 'm saying I do n't think you |
| 5 | She 's saying I do n't think we want to go out . |
| 6 | I do n't mind saying I do n't blame him a bit ! |
| 7 | I 'm not saying I do n't like playing acoustic , mind , but it 's tough sometimes . |
| 8 | The most consistently bearish — well he is a Brit — Stephen Smith of PaineWebber , says that until recently , saying you did n't like IBM was ‘ like standing up and saying I do n't like apple pie . ’ |
| 9 | Well that 's a good idea , the thing , you see the thing is she says oh , we , I read anything , you know , buy anything , well I said well suppose you 've already got it , you know , it 's erm , and also we offered him some , some author 's names so he did n't like this , and he did n't want that , you see , so , erm , but , in one hand he 's saying buy me anything and the other hand he 's saying I do n't like this and I do n't like that |
| 10 | That is n't the same as saying I do n't know who they were . |
| 11 | I 'm going round in circles here , I know , that 's why I bought the refill for , that 's what I 'm saying I do n't know what the other one is , |
| 12 | No well I 'm saying I do n't know . |
| 13 | Saying I do n't agree |
| 14 | But the psychoanalytic theory of paranoia enables us to see that these two equally-well-attested interpretations are not in any way in conflict with one another because in the latent content of paranoia we find both a tendency to symbolize the father as the sun and a delusion of persecution concerning him which in a typically paranoid way denies the homosexual factor by saying I do not love him , he hates me . |
| 15 | In saying ‘ I meant you , not Jones ’ , I am not saying what I gather from my behaviour ( though if what I say and what my behaviour seems to show seem to conflict , you will be justified in saying you do not understand me [ 67 , 136 ] ) . |
| 16 | You could kill him , I suppose , but you 've got to remember this : if you do , what you have to do next is ruffle up your hair and mess up your garments and appear howling and all distressed at your local nick , saying you do n't know what came over you . |
| 17 | well I can remember him skinny from school , I can , what was you saying you do n't know what 'll last ? |
| 18 | ‘ Is this your unusually polite way of saying you do n't agree with my ideas ? ’ he enquired drily . |
| 19 | ‘ Garret FitzGerald advised me to shut up , saying you do n't have to do everything the SDLP wants , but do n't come out and say it stinks . |
| 20 | ‘ Well , I guess once we hear it officially , I 'll be drafting a note saying we do n't think it 's a frightfully spiffing idea . ’ |
| 21 | I 'm not saying we should n't do it I 'm saying we do n't do it . |
| 22 | Are you saying we do n't need to change ? |
| 23 | And he called Gary saying we do n't have the P elevens . |
| 24 | at least even I never stooped to sending a circular round Community and Environment saying we do not want the danger of officers actually talking to the public and if there 's any credit , Councillor got to have it . |
| 25 | Ms Radice got to the crux of the matter when she told The Washington Post , ‘ To me , when the obvious sexual nature … is the only thing you see or the first thing you see or the overwhelming thing that you experience the American public has given us a lot of guidance on this , and Congress has given us a lot of guidance , saying they do n't want us to spend money on that particular type of art ’ . |
| 26 | Which is not the same thing as saying they do n't exist : the question remains open . |
| 27 | He 's some foreigner thing , but they were saying they do n't allow them to talk to the customers that 's it , you do n't talk false stop , no hows , whys or whatever , you do n't talk |
| 28 | Do not rely on elderly people saying they do not feel cold |
| 29 | Residents of the Morfa flats are saying they do not want to live here ever again . ’ |