Example sentences of "not be [verb] say " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lancaster had not been allowed to say anything in his defence , but was dealt with according to martial law , under which the mere recognition of his offence by the king was sufficient to ensure his condemnation . |
| 2 | that the plaintiffs can not be heard to say that they have acted dishonestly when an honest construction can be put upon their conduct by treating their acceptance and retention of the money as being upon the terms on which it was offered . |
| 3 | It would be almost impossible to ban such remarks in a court of law , but there is no reason why a judge should not be empowered to say that , in an appropriate case , the name of the person maligned should not be repeated in the press . |
| 4 | He would , perhaps , not have been so pushy and annoying to the other boys ; as that was the result of not being allowed to say what he felt in the past . |
| 5 | ‘ He spends all day in his room and has n't been heard to say a word to anyone . |
| 6 | I parked the van in one of the perimeter car parks and walked through the campus buildings reading the graffiti until I saw the amended sign reading Stundent Onion , and one which had n't been vandalized saying simply Bar . |
| 7 | She had n't been going to say it . |
| 8 | Oh , surely he had n't been going to say he had asked her twin to marry him ? |
| 9 | I could n't be fucked to say ‘ no ’ . |
| 10 | " I sha n't be allowed to say that we were really saluting the Resident Superior of France . " |