Example sentences of "could not say " in BNC.
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| 1 | Henry Tyler would not have described her as a happy woman , but afterward he could not say that she had seemed at all unwell . |
| 2 | But Susan could not say . |
| 3 | His is in some ways a tragic case : a man of immense talent and massive erudition , gifted with profound insights , who could not say the things he most wanted to say but who , nevertheless , has gone on to say them . |
| 4 | Police could not say if charges would be brought . |
| 5 | Ramsey could not say he was a pacifist . |
| 6 | He could not say that he had scruples of conscience for not joining in the military training . |
| 7 | If Churchill recommended Ramsey to the new young Queen who had never before been confronted with the situation , and the Queen asked the archbishops whether they objected , they could not say that they did . |
| 8 | Since , on principle , they could not say that lesbianism made them nervous and that the complex new demands made on them scared them , they found more underhand and aggressive ways of expressing their resentments . |
| 9 | When he read stories about Balder , Adonis and Bacchus , he was prepared to ‘ feel the myth as profound and suggestive of meanings beyond my grasp even tho ’ I could not say in cold prose ‘ what it meant ’ . |
| 10 | What she did not say — what she could not say — was that the cold high days with their lengthening light terrified her . |
| 11 | His Lordship could not say the Home Secretary 's decision was not one which was fully open to him in the exercise of his judgment . |
| 12 | Mr Hussain was refused entry clearance to come to England , mainly because he could not say what were his long term intentions . |
| 13 | She could not say it in front of him , nor he in front of her , even though it is probable that he too would prefer to try living the next life differently , without Agnes . |
| 14 | Two or three times , during the past few days , she had caught herself blaming Alida Thorne bitterly , but had pulled herself up short , for she had no experience of life alone with an elderly and ailing dependent , she could not say , I would never do such a thing , because how did anyone know ? |
| 15 | ‘ Mrs Browning does not like visitors , ’ Wilson said , ‘ and as to meeting her , I could not say . ’ |
| 16 | She could not say , at the end of it , that she had . |
| 17 | Anne could not say anything . |
| 18 | Yet what we did we could not say |
| 19 | The police could not say . |
| 20 | She took a look at this man before her and summed him up in five seconds flat : he was from the country ; he was perspiring because he was wearing his one and only suit which was too heavy for the weather ; his shoes were outrageous , huge , clod-hopping things , but at least they had been polished ; his hands were heavy , his fingers thick as sausages so he was definitely a man of the land ; despite all that , he was quite polite and well-spoken though with a strong accent that she could identify as being Scottish but from which part of Scotland she could not say ; for some reason she was quite sure he was a liar . |
| 21 | He could not say what he intended to do if he found the girl . |
| 22 | Often the new students could not say what they were rejecting . |
| 23 | Leakey could not say what penalties it would introduce for offenders . |
| 24 | Ashagre said it was smaller than Ebenat , but could not say how many families were there . |
| 25 | He is currently involved in negotiations with the Abingdon and London groups of nurses with a view to providing a forum within the RCN through which nurses in clinical research can maintain contact , but could not say exactly when such a forum might the established . |
| 26 | I know he was murdered but by whom or how , I could not say . ’ |
| 27 | Someone , somewhere ( he could not say who or where ) wanted classicists . |
| 28 | He hoped that Ann Butler would stay in Leeds , but felt he could not say so to Elizabeth . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Even the solicitors could not say whether Legal Aid would be granted to all or any of the four families . |