Example sentences of "[modal v] n't say for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Until now she had n't taken much notice of him , so she could n't say for certain whether he was handsome or not . |
| 2 | Something in the atmosphere of the room seemed to have changed in the course of the last few moments , and Liston could n't say for certain what it was . |
| 3 | I could n't say for certain what our smallest listed building is , but I suspect that some old wall-mounted pillar boxes will be strong candidates ! |
| 4 | He could n't say for sure ; when I mentioned a shot , he said he would n't have noticed it particularly . |
| 5 | ‘ Could n't say for sure . ’ |
| 6 | In fact I ca n't say for certain that it ever arrived . |
| 7 | ‘ I ca n't say for certain . |
| 8 | I ca n't say for sure ; I mean , I was only there for a second or two … |
| 9 | He ca n't say for sure , but he thinks that one of the fillings looks like Continental work , using a technique that 's not widely practised in Britain . |
| 10 | ‘ When I think back , knowing what I know now — and I have been so many places , and looked into the windows of other people 's lives , and I have seen so much — I still ca n't say for sure what Gittel really wanted . |
| 11 | First of all , as I say , we only deal through motor traders anyway , and there is this liability that the motor trade have anyway , and obviously if if something like that has happened it 's going to occur fairly rapidly , but certainly within three months or three thousand miles , and obviously the owner of the vehicle has a redress to the dealer and obviously if there 's one of our policies on it we would probably accept liability on that , although I ca n't say for definite . |