Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] n't say [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean I think that it 's erm a good idea for members to see what firemen and I 'm thinking in particular really of fire fight fighters I should n't say firemen , fire fighters , we 've got ladies , erm , who are retained and can be at their du place of work one minute , and twenty minutes afterwards they 've got to face up to ho horrendous sights , erm , it must have a tr traumatic effect on them . |
| 2 | Erm asking for permission to put their names forward and from the , the few letters we had the , this was that we thought was the whitest knights in terms of Geography in terms of sex in terms of I would n't say intelligence , perhaps I should try to impress them ! |
| 3 | Of course you do , I , I no my , I would n't say Rachel if I did n't think it was alright . |
| 4 | I do n't know , if you 're like me but , I must confess , I I get er , I would n't say pleasure , but I rather like those incidents where he tells the disciples off , not because he 's telling them off , but because I can fit in wi with what they 've been up to ! |
| 5 | I would n't say Barbie 's eyes were abnormally big , but in the summer there 's a pleasure boat running day-trips around them . |
| 6 | I would n't say McAllister lacks enthusiasm/motivation … infact if anyone does maybe it 's Batty ? |
| 7 | I ca n't say touch for touch how we became lovers because , really , we had been ever since he came into the room and found me still there , waiting and pretending . |
| 8 | I wo n't say soup kitchens because they were n't that at all , I mean , they were n't as civili You had a civilized meal , I know you sang grace before it , and said grace afterwards , but you had knifes , forks and spoons and chapel china . |
| 9 | Well I wo n't say Beven because it 's a bloody shame what happened to him ! |
| 10 | ‘ Now you must n't say things like that , ’ Ruth admonished her . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Geese are the ones you must n't say boo to . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ You should n't say things like that to a girl who 's had my kind of 'ard luck . |
| 13 | " You should n't say things like that , " Kate said . |
| 14 | I thought oh Ann you should n't say things like that to people but |
| 15 | Er like er Richard said er you should n't say bus . |
| 16 | Because when she was little she could n't say Jessica |
| 17 | But you could n't say things like that in the middle of the canteen . |
| 18 | ‘ You ca n't say things like that , ’ she repeated . |
| 19 | You ca n't say banana can you ? |
| 20 | Well you ca n't say enjoyment . |
| 21 | You ca n't say Bullshit on the road On the radio . |
| 22 | She ca n't say carnations ! |
| 23 | You would n't say beasts . |
| 24 | To disguise her sudden confusion , she said more sharply than she had intended , ‘ I wish you would n't say things like that . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ It 's not very proper and if I were on my feet you would n't say things like that . ’ |
| 26 | And , of course , working with professional directors who wo n't say things like ‘ Your uvula is n't relaxed enough ’ , but simply ‘ I ca n't hear you ’ . |
| 27 | I picture some self-effacing little creature who wo n't say boo to a goose . ’ |
| 28 | He he hear we go again , and ev even things , we ca n't say sheep . |
| 29 | Charles Burton , joint managing director of Business Strategies , said : ‘ Although the results are better and imply a small improvement we ca n't say consumers are feeling good or less ill . ’ |
| 30 | Nails knew them both by sight ; they would n't say boo to a goose , called each other mum and dad , even when they were alone together , homely sorts . |