Example sentences of "say [conj] you [modal v] not [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 A lot of people say that you should n't hack young horses out on their own for months , if at all , but I 've always preferred the theory that if horses do n't learn to go out alone from the start you set up problems for later on .
2 And that 's their right and so you think of something else we you 're not allowed to take them out of a favourite lesson , you 're not allowed to say you are going to miss your football or a P E P E teachers and the football teachers , quite rightly , say if you ca n't keep discipline in your class why why should we be penalized ?
3 He says that you ca n't trust anybody in business .
4 There is a popular cliche , usually uttered in the tones Stephen Potter would have called " plonking " , which says that you can not get out of computers any more than you put in .
5 Having said that you need not buy large quantities of any one flower , do remember that you are bound to have a certain percentage of failures in your press , no matter how hard you try .
6 But no one has said that you can not sit at the table and talk to your family , even if you choose not to eat .
7 I says if you ca n't think of nowt better to say just shut your mouth .
8 says if you ca n't take how would you be able to handle the front line .
9 I says that 's got ta be Warren , it could n't be anybody else , so when I come down I went off like , well I tell ya I ca n't do it , so I knew it was so I picked up the wrong she says oh I 'm just ringing because you can see what the weather is she says and you could n't go and do a day in erm , with your
10 ‘ You 're saying that you wo n't allow me to do my interview ? ’ she asked .
11 She remembered an American Indian saying that you should n't condemn a man until you had walked a mile in his shoes .
12 And then the official on the airport saying that you could n't carry out your Beatrix Potter books or your dolls ?
13 It goes without saying that you must not leave holes or junk .
14 Can I take it from what you said that you would not differentiate between the sectors on this criterion ?
15 erm see sa she said that you ca n't swim properly .
16 I said that you ca n't touch it . ’
17 Erm that does n't mean to say that you ca n't mention it .
18 Then he wanted to say that you could n't have bodies floating around but ‘ floating ’ , in the circumstances , was hardly the word .
19 The old grooms used to say that you should not remove cobwebs from stables .
20 Yeah they 're all nice nice girls you know this is like the other week we was here playing the other team and one of the other team was swearing you know , and particularly you know the girls in , might have not they have the they used to play for Black Bear and you know the that lady that 's up there , she still swears and we stopped her from here used to f this , f that and f the other , we did , we stopped her said if you ca n't find a better word than that to use I should n't bother , you know As you know Shirl do n't like that .
21 Veronica said if you ca n't get anything the right colour , get white , but white got a very starkly difference .
22 I said I understand your busy , I said if you ca n't turn him say , then I will turn him in an hour I ca n't do it before , fine , I said at least I 'm not sitting like a prat telling him a load of rubbish
23 I said well frankly Cheryl with her record I 'm not in I said she takes off when she pleases , she comes down when she wants something I said she doing me some good at christmas I said I do I quite understand that I said I do understand and I 'm I 've nothing nothing to do with me that 's entirely up to you and she said and you would n't tell me what to do you wo n't change our minds , I said no I 'm not trying to change your minds but you asked me what I would do I said and I think there and now she 's She said and I do n't care what you done , I 'll do I 'll do , I said she 's got hundreds of where they smash the windows and break into so regularly .
24 has been up there nattering , it 's been noticed , so Norren come up to me today and she said oh er you do n't have to do upstairs she said , give it a couple of weeks she said and you wo n't have to do it any more
25 Oh , oh it 's strong , he said and you should n't leave it till ten o'clock at night , then it 's on a cold night and have to open the windows
26 No way , I said before you ca n't do that
27 Yeah , but he would say that you ca n't do it in terms of space and time .
28 There are quite a few people who would say that you should n't feed a wild badger at all .
29 and he , he just goes around thumping , kicking and , and going berserk during drama and the teacher just looks on and says calm down and I mean in view of the fact I 've written to the school and complained about , but you 'd think they would be keeping an eye and he hates drama so much and it , he 's got drama tomorrow , if he has any trouble tomorrow morning I 'm not sending him tomorrow afternoon I 'm gon na start keeping him home and if they ask why I 'm gon na say because you ca n't control your classes and you wo n't want to now
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