Example sentences of "ca [not/n't] say " in BNC.
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| 1 | i ca n't say I suffered anything — having let my brain grow dull . |
| 2 | ‘ Ca n't say as I do , ’ he said . |
| 3 | She 'd like that , I daresay , but yer mum would n't , and ca n't say as I blame 'er . ’ |
| 4 | I make coffee , she phones around , shifts papers , I ca n't say a word I mean . |
| 5 | ‘ My beers are certainly bitter but you can drink several pints — and you ca n't say that for many big brewers ' beers . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I ca n't say it was a particularly pleasant experience — it 's a bit hairy wandering through waist high vines that could be full of black and brown snakes ! ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Look : I ca n't say this strictly , as a scientist , but it is my feeling that a bonfire , grilling a kipper or lighting a cigarette all release greater concentrations of dioxins than you 'd be likely to find at the end of the pipe of a properly run high-temperature incinerator . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I ca n't say what I 'll do until I find out what it all means , ’ one official said . |
| 9 | It used to be said that ‘ if you ca n't say what you want to say in three minutes , forget it ’ . |
| 10 | Ca n't say I have , Steve . |
| 11 | Since I 'm technically retired I ca n't say that I 'll resign if you disagree with my request — and particularly that we should remove my reconstruction as quickly as is feasible , but I do feel it that strongly and I shall publish whatever you decide . ’ |
| 12 | I ca n't say it 's something I 've found easy to do . |
| 13 | ‘ He ca n't say that we did n't make an attempt . ’ |
| 14 | You bring me into the office to shout at me and I ca n't say anything . |
| 15 | ‘ I ca n't say how glad I am , ’ Frau Nordern said . |
| 16 | ‘ I ca n't say how I feel , ’ Herr Nordern said for the twentieth time . |
| 17 | I was in the same Mental and Moral Science class as him and I ca n't say I noticed . |
| 18 | ‘ America ( She Ca n't Say No ) ' ’ was from that period . |
| 19 | One day after a very difficult time with him , I exploded and said to him : ‘ I ca n't say that the Christian faith has made much difference to your life ! ’ |
| 20 | Ca n't say I blame him . |
| 21 | ‘ This is all very interestin' , ’ said the Mayor , ‘ but I ca n't say one way or t' other , it 'll have to be discussed in council and there 's yon bridge to be seen to now . |
| 22 | ‘ I ca n't say I know any of what you 'd call good people . ’ |
| 23 | You ca n't make chemistry happen , you ca n't say : ‘ You and you are going to be so and so . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I ca n't say whether I invited it or — or not ; it just happened . ’ |
| 25 | Dr John Little , president of the Cambridge club , said : ‘ I ca n't say unequivocally but I have gone through a history of the club and there is no mention of it there . ’ |
| 26 | While I ca n't say I actually enjoyed the experience — as usual , two shirts flaked me out and put me in a bad mood for the rest of the day — I did find the whole process a whole lot easier on the nerves than throwing a glass of water across a shirt in the hope that somehow the creases , along with the water , would eventually evaporate . |
| 27 | I ca n't say that I keep a distance , because I do n't . |
| 28 | But she ca n't say more because her three-year-old son is in Moscow and she needs a job when she gets back there . |
| 29 | Charles Burton , joint managing director of Business Strategies , said : ‘ Although the results are better and imply a small improvement we ca n't say consumers are feeling good or less ill . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I ca n't say it was the most comfortable way to travel — but it is something different . ’ |