Example sentences of "[vb mod] [not/n't] say [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the life of her she could n't say the expected thing and it hurt with surprising depth that this man had known her father when she herself had not known him at all . |
| 2 | You could n't say the free food and drink or the luxuriously appointed cabins had bought her , but it had affected the tone of her pieces . |
| 3 | But erm they 're going through a bit of a would n't say a bad patch but with living with their mum , with their |
| 4 | I recently read the A B C of Homeworking , it was quite never mind , I ca n't say the damn word , I could see very clearly , the potential for injury and exposure to other hazards is frightening . |
| 5 | We were going to say hullo to you , and then walk round to that little island — it 's called Seal Island — I ca n't say the Gaelic name but Mrs McDougall told me that 's what it means . |
| 6 | I mean after all , you ca n't say the British banking system is no use because occasionally a bank gets robbed . |
| 7 | One would be if- I will not say the Labour Party but the extreme Labour Party — were to get so powerful that it would be a menace and we should have thrown on the other scale all that was moderate in the Liberal Party as well as our own Party . |
| 8 | ‘ Look , Ben , we 've been questioning Leslie all morning and he wo n't say a dicky bird , but we think he knows who done it . ’ |