Example sentences of "[verb] say [pers pn] [verb] not [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But she has said she does not believe she will be crowned . |
| 2 | Councillor Waugh has said he does not want council money spent to benefit private-sector operators under the Government 's privatisation plans . |
| 3 | He has said he does not care what it costs him , he is standing on a matter of principle . |
| 4 | Scotland 's senior law officer , Lord Fraser has said he does not intend ‘ at present ’ to seek the extradition of Abu Talb from Sweden . |
| 5 | David Abell has said he does not know who is behind Sterling . |
| 6 | Mr Dear has said he did not take earlier action because he was told there was no evidence to suggest a wider conspiracy . |
| 7 | ‘ Nearly half of those interviewed said they did not trust retailers who were always cutting their prices , ’ said the report by retail analysts Verdict Research . |
| 8 | These " no-hopers " were probably given to me because I may well have been overheard to say I did not believe that there was such a person who had gone through a-initio training as a pilot who could not get on step by step until he became an operational pilot . |
| 9 | It is not the pathologist 's fault : he has to make a decision as to the cause of death and is not allowed to say he does not know . |
| 10 | Earlier yesterday an Inkatha spokesman had said he did not think Mr Mandela would dare to attend the funeral . |
| 11 | The parents have said they do not want their schools to be self-governing but they see the legislation as the only way to avoid closure . |
| 12 | Britain and other European countries have said they do not accept parts of legislation passed by the US Congress last October , which tightened the US embargo by banning foreign subsidiaries of US companies from trading with Cuba . |
| 13 | Although I have said I do not mean to commend particular hotels or restaurants , I am compelled to break that rule here , just once , and say that Saint-Jean does have the only restaurant anywhere in the Pyrenees to which the Guide Michelin invariably gives two rosettes for its food . |
| 14 | However , I still have to say I do not approve of your climbing ladders . ’ |