Example sentences of "say that i [vb base] n't " in BNC.

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1 I must be honest and say that I do n't think I 'll ever run that fast .
2 When we say that I do n't mean whether it 's a four or three bedroom house , I mean the sort of location it would be in , whether it would be a middle of a terrace or a middle of a string of houses , on the corner of a street or whether it would be on its own in the country somewhere or whether the back garden would back on to some playing fields or er the railway line or whether there 'd be houses at the back .
3 ‘ Will you think me extremely uncivil if I say that I do n't believe you ? ’
4 I say that I do n't know who the van belonged to , but it drove past when it saw me with the police .
5 And beaming proudly the 47-year-old superstar declared at London 's Heathrow airport : ‘ Never let it be said that I do n't carry the baby . ’
6 I I I 've already said that I do n't accept that er the French are unlikely to ratify er I think rather the contrary but that remains finally for them er and not for me .
7 ‘ In any case , I 've already said that I do n't want to fight any more with anybody .
8 ‘ Champagne , hot scented baths , Sibelius , tiny kittens , very , very , very expensive underwear that you hardly know you 're wearing , and skiing at night and going into the big stores on fifth Avenue and trying on all the three-hundred-dollar dresses and shoes and then saying that I do n't like any of them — I do that quite often — and … ’
9 Yes I 'm not I 'm not saying that I do n't think it 's a an important consideration .
10 I 'm saying that I do n't know what local preference is , in terms of where it should go .
11 That 's my reason for saying that I do n't think the western relief road gives very much environmental relief to the A sixty one .
12 I think I might have his conscience by saying that I do n't mind .
13 Okay , yes I agreed for the er the price but I said that I have n't seen the work .
14 The last time I had an office job was in 1986 — it was a disaster , and I 'm pleased to be able to say that I have n't done a day 's work since .
15 That is not to say that I have n't met some canny little folk , but generally I do n't speak their language because I have never been used to them .
16 Suffice it to say that I have n't had a single problem since on either machine , and would n't be surprised if David Heron 's problems can be solved by the same process .
17 That is not to say that I have n't got sympathy for the problem that he 's faced with .
18 ‘ And just who dares to say that I do n't look after my son properly ?
19 I am childless ; but the Jews are my children and I love them as a parent should , which is to say that I do n't love them for their qualities ( remarkable as these seem to me to be , naturally ) , and only wish them to exist , and to flourish , and to have their right to life and love .
20 ‘ I was going to say that I do n't know of anybody who could have killed my uncle . ’
21 and to deal with problems of substance abuse , unemployment , illiteracy , rather than things which are fashionable and to my mind highly like opera and the ballet which is n't to say that I do n't love them both , but I think that you have to have a sense of complete reality about the social issues .
22 If I have , e I have to say that I do n't think that the particular version of the inner northern route had its junction with the southern bypass moved to the west .
23 ‘ I think you 're about to say that I do n't understand , but I assure you I do .
24 Firstly let me say that I do n't climb much these days — about a hundred or so routes a year , mostly soloed and always in trainers .
25 ‘ I can only say that I do n't remember any of this , ’ I said carefully .
26 I need hardly say that I do n't care to have things so .
27 I have to own up and say that I do n't really like applications wanting to be installed into the Windows directory , but because of the way Windows handles wallpaper bitmaps , there 's little option here — the lot has to go there .
28 ‘ Let's just say that I do n't think Bertha would appreciate your particular brand of sympathy .
29 No , no I can , I can honestly say that I do n't think there was any , any what you can call rough families as I can remember .
30 Although I would also say that I do n't suppose there are very many Councillors that do n't actually , at the end of the day , being a Councillor is costing them a lot of money and those members ' allowances are very , very small and they certainly in my case nowhere near cover the cost of being a County Councillor .
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