Example sentences of "to say that i [vb base] n't " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | That is not to say that I have n't got sympathy for the problem that he 's faced with . |
| 5 | ‘ And just who dares to say that I do n't look after my son properly ? |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ I was going to say that I do n't know of anybody who could have killed my uncle . ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | ‘ I think you 're about to say that I do n't understand , but I assure you I do . |