Example sentences of "you ca [not/n't] say " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ My beers are certainly bitter but you can drink several pints — and you ca n't say that for many big brewers ' beers . ’ |
| 2 | It used to be said that ‘ if you ca n't say what you want to say in three minutes , forget it ’ . |
| 3 | You ca n't make chemistry happen , you ca n't say : ‘ You and you are going to be so and so . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ You ca n't say we did n't try other ways , ’ the supporters ' protest group said . |
| 5 | You ca n't say much fairer than that . |
| 6 | you ca n't say what you want to say because you are so nervous and so on ! |
| 7 | And you ca n't say that a woman on her own , going out to work , with no kids , just doing for herself , is a housewife like say I 'm a housewife . |
| 8 | And you ca n't say we sleep together . ’ |
| 9 | He 's also continued to improve , which is something you ca n't say about many of his peers . |
| 10 | You ca n't say that it 's not helping bring people to the Sugar shows but after one show I hope they 'll forget about everything else . |
| 11 | ‘ Now you ca n't say that talent is being suffocated any more . |
| 12 | You ca n't say fairer than that ! |
| 13 | Because a client can not pay you , you ca n't say you wo n't act for him , you ca n't tell him to go and sort the Inland Revenue out himself . |
| 14 | Because a client can not pay you , you ca n't say we will no longer act . |
| 15 | ‘ You ca n't say things like that , ’ she repeated . |
| 16 | ‘ And you ca n't say I did or prove anything . ’ |
| 17 | Something inside says ‘ You ca n't say it that way , it does n't work ’ and so we change it . |
| 18 | It shows that people who insist ‘ that 's not what it means ’ or ‘ you ca n't say that ’ rest their case not on the facts of language , but on the arrogance of power . |
| 19 | If I was on my own I would n't have done it but when there are other guys there you ca n't say no . |
| 20 | ‘ You ca n't say it 's a coincidence that in every interview you see with these women the journalist always picks that five minutes where they 're going on about abuse or victimisation . |
| 21 | You ca n't say they were efficient , can you ? |
| 22 | You ca n't say that all music made by machines is robotic and unfeeling , just because you play guitars it does n't mean you 've got soul . |
| 23 | You ca n't say that , can you ? |
| 24 | and you ca n't say this , because I 've got to say this for you |
| 25 | Yo , but you ca n't say that either one of these and either one of these are positional isomers cos their carbon skeletons are different . |
| 26 | It 's a question of we were told always to be brief , it has to be brief , you ca n't say everything . |
| 27 | Yeah , but you ca n't say that because I know someone with six children and they 've |
| 28 | You are a very intelligent girl and you have read a great deal — no , I mean it ; one thing you ca n't say is that I have been trying to flatter you — but you do n't know everything , you do n't know the French , the real French ( though the Fourniers are quite an example of one kind ) , you can have no idea of what life among us is like , the attitudes , the demands ; if you like , the values . |
| 29 | Then people , for some ideological reason , people might say , well , you know , you ca n't say one form of communication is better than another , so that say , I do n't know , I suppose , a kind of feminist belief is better than Paradise Lost or something — well , it might be more acceptable to some people for various reasons , but I say some writing is more rewarding , ultimately some things are better than other things . |
| 30 | Being intelligent , we hope we wo n't be cruel to animals , but you ca n't say that we are , animals are just as important as humans . |