Example sentences of "could n't say [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes — there , look , a hairline , but I could n't say with absolute certainty that it 's a fracture . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 ! |
| 5 | He could n't say for sure ; when I mentioned a shot , he said he would n't have noticed it particularly . |
| 6 | ‘ Could n't say for sure . ’ |
| 7 | There the wee man goes and spoils it all by sayin' he 's not an ice man and if we get ourselves into a really bad pressure ridge he could n't say fur sure what would happen . |