Example sentences of "say or [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 31 | If at any time after a person has been charged with or informed he may be prosecuted for an offence a police officer wishes to bring to the notice of that person any written statement made by another person or the content of an interview with another person , he shall hand to that person a true copy of any such written statement or bring to his attention the content of the interview record , but shall say or do nothing to invite any reply or comment save to caution him in the terms of paragraph 10.4 above . |
| 32 | It was as if a subliminal message had passed between them ; as if she had said aloud , ‘ Look , I understand how things are between you and Alain Gebrec , but Iris does n't seem to and I do n't want her upset , ’ and as if he had responded , ‘ Do not worry , I will not say or do anything to hurt her . ’ |
| 33 | The Pentagon would have been furious at losing an agent as well as a major mission , but there was little or nothing it could say or do to put things right without acknowledging that Coleman was an agent and thereby admitting that , for the better part of two years , the DIA had been spying , not on the country 's official enemies , but on other agencies of the United States government . |
| 34 | There was nothing more she could say or do to prove that what she had told him was the truth . |
| 35 | He was seducing her already , pulling her close , and there was nothing she could say or do to still the instant leaping hunger he incited . |
| 36 | She glanced at Luke apprehensively , knowing that he was mature enough to control his dislike of Florian — but probably only as long as Florian refrained from being provocative ; if he did n't , and one never knew with Florian , Luke might say or do anything . |
| 37 | You might say or do something you 'll regret or feel foolish about in times to come . |
| 38 | Did he say or do anything untoward ? ’ |
| 39 | Leith knew he was bleeding a little inside , but she also knew there was n't a thing she could say or do to help . |
| 40 | She 'd inwardly fumed when he told her drug users were habitual liars , that they 'd say or do anything to get what they wanted . |
| 41 | Heaven only knew what her cousin would say or do . |
| 42 | There 's nothing that we can say or do here to add the distinction , to add distinction er to what was done here forty years ago . |
| 43 | For example , an elder may say or write ‘ I was upset when my wife died , and could n't get on with doing for myself . |
| 44 | One easy way of finding an acceptable language is for both of you to separately say or write down words you are happy with and words you do n't like . |