Example sentences of "[verb] not say a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Striving hard for some normality , she pulled her head back and told him , ‘ I d-did n't say a word to anyone about — about us . ’ |
| 2 | He did not say a word , just stared at the sky . |
| 3 | They did not say a word but looked me up and down . |
| 4 | She did not say a word . |
| 5 | So subdued that the clock striking four in the dovecot could have drowned it , probably did , because he did not answer her ‘ Do n't go , Leon , ’ did not say a word . |
| 6 | He was looking straight at me , but still he did not say a word . |
| 7 | She did not say a word of blame . |
| 8 | The father did not say a word but he shovelled many sandwiches into his mouth and swatted the occasional fly which landed on his fat body . |
| 9 | It was impossible to imagine a people — ; I do not say a government — with less relish for war , if my contacts with the Italian colonists and equally with the Italian army were any guide . |
| 10 | Even though I did n't say a word in the uproar and drank only water , I was standing there like them in the crowds and smoke , proud and glad and sure of myself . |
| 11 | He did n't say a word ; instead , he played very quietly a short quotation from an opera which said all that needed to be said . |
| 12 | He blamed me all right , but he did n't say a lot . |
| 13 | I sat down and did n't say a word . ’ |
| 14 | Brownie Owl did n't say a word about Penny 's encounter with the farmer , although by this time , of course , she 'd heard all about it — from both sides . |
| 15 | She did n't say a word but her expression was enough , ‘ Pull the other one , it 's got bells on . ’ |
| 16 | Some days he did n't say a word . |
| 17 | Mum flopped down in her chair and did n't say a word but by her look I could see I would suffer for it later . |
| 18 | She did n't say a word . |
| 19 | They did n't say a word . |
| 20 | But she did n't say a word . |
| 21 | She did n't say a word . |
| 22 | She did n't say a word all Sunday . ’ |
| 23 | He did n't say a thing as he looked through them . |
| 24 | He did n't say a word . |
| 25 | I did n't say a word to him . |
| 26 | She said : she did n't say a word to me . |
| 27 | He did n't say a word to me , which was quite unlike him . |
| 28 | And erm they had a , obviously a very productive meeting and , and it , they did n't say a lot about it but overall they said that really Roger and Helen now had a much better understanding of the direction we wanted to go in in the future and were pretty supportive of it really . |
| 29 | Stephen did n't say a single word . |
| 30 | Agnes did n't say a word . |