Example sentences of "do [adv] say [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I did not say that , sir , ’ replied Captain Smollett . |
| 2 | ‘ I did not say that . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I did not say that either . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I did not say that ! ’ he rasped suddenly , glaring at her . |
| 5 | ‘ I did not say that . ’ |
| 6 | He did not say that at all . |
| 7 | I did not say that . |
| 8 | The hon. Gentleman did not say that . |
| 9 | My hon. Friend did not say that . |
| 10 | ‘ I did not say that ! ’ |
| 11 | I did not say that and you would know it , Councillor . |
| 12 | When Endill asked his mother about him she did not say much and never smiled as she normally did . |
| 13 | He did not say much but agreed that he had had queer thoughts ad wondered whether they really were due to normal depression or the influence of the discovery . |
| 14 | Chris was very quiet and she still did not say much as he threaded the car through the morning traffic . |
| 15 | They did not say sorry . |
| 16 | She did not say this aloud , but the Caterpillar said , ‘ Of the mushroom . ’ |
| 17 | She did not say this to Betty , but smiled with false self-satisfaction . |
| 18 | He thought , privately , that they might be very glad of the horses , because they might find that they came out of the Workshops much faster than they went in , but he did not say this . |
| 19 | He did not say this as if he was asking Caspar as if six Humans might be possible or even negotiable . |
| 20 | ( Just one of the confusing matters in this area of the law is that Lord Roskill in Morris did not say this . ) |
| 21 | Sarajevo radio did not say outright Cerska , home to 30,000 Moslems , had been captured , but UN troops ' spokesman Commander Barry Frewer said the Serbs had entered the main Cerska settlement after fierce fighting . |
| 22 | She did not say more and when he came closer he saw that if it was sleep that had found her it was of a troubled nightmare kind , the sleep of the ill and the stressed . |
| 23 | You did not say these things in conversation , not even confessional speech . |
| 24 | ‘ I did not say any of those things , ’ said Robert , ‘ and , even if I did , I do n't think they merit the death penalty . |
| 25 | The Sheikha again said that it was a story from the days past but Halema did not say another word . |
| 26 | In calling " The Dionysiac Philosophy " a preliminary study , Nietzsche did not say preliminary to what , but in the light of the essay 's range , the end product as envisaged could hardly be anything very different from B T as it in fact emerged . |
| 27 | ‘ I do not say that . |
| 28 | Do not say that for which you lack adequate evidence . |
| 29 | I do not say that to score a cheap point . |
| 30 | These principles are expressed as follows : ( 13 ) The co-operative principle make your contribution such as is required , at the stage at which it occurs , by the accepted purpose or direction of the talk exchange in which you are engaged ( 14 ) The maxim of Quality try to make your contribution one that is true , specifically : ( i ) do not say what you believe to be false ( ii ) do not say that for which you lack adequate evidence ( 15 ) The maxim of Quantity ( i ) make your contribution as informative as is required for the current purposes of the exchange ( ii ) do not make your contribution more informative than is required ( 16 ) The maxim of Relevance make your contributions relevant ( 17 ) The maxim of Manner be perspicuous , and specifically : ( i ) avoid obscurity ( ii ) avoid ambiguity ( iii ) be brief ( iv ) be orderly In short , these maxims specify what participants have to do in order to converse in a maximally efficient , rational , co-operative way : they should speak sincerely , relevantly and clearly , while providing sufficient information . |