Example sentences of "say [pron] [vb past] not [vb infin] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet , faced with the necessity for resolute leadership , at this time of trial , Sir Patrick could only declare his satisfaction with the present policy and say he did not anticipate many changes . |
| 2 | she says I did n't take any more , and I have n't taken any more . |
| 3 | The man 's family says he did n't get adequate treatment . |
| 4 | Mr Dear has said he did not take earlier action because he was told there was no evidence to suggest a wider conspiracy . |
| 5 | When I reminded them that only an hour ago they were saying they did n't fancy any more , they looked genuinely irritated . |
| 6 | And is he saying he did n't say that ? |
| 7 | In London , the Foreign Office declined to comment on Mr Keating 's speech , saying it did not get involved in elections in other countries . |
| 8 | And the tyre was going down then she said I did n't do that ! |
| 9 | ‘ He wanted to know what my motive was , and I said I did n't have many , and he said that would n't wash usually , but perhaps in this case . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I thought you said you did n't want any senior involvement ? ’ |
| 11 | beside her , and these are twenty five , I said you did n't say that before , oh yes I did he said , I think oh well I 'm not wasting my time here arguing with you |
| 12 | ‘ You said you did n't see much of your family until recently . |
| 13 | you said you did n't have much |
| 14 | ‘ I thought you said you did n't have any friends , apart from … ’ |
| 15 | She said she did n't think that would be necessary . ’ |
| 16 | But course when I opened it up Robert said Carolyn wanted that back he said she bought for herself and I said she did n't say that |
| 17 | Blanche smiled and said she did not mean that , but the reference to Colombian cocaine barons and the mafia . |
| 18 | She said she did not want any fuss , that she was fine , and everyone over there has been marvellous . ’ |
| 19 | She said she did not want any birthday presents unless they could be enjoyed by everyone , so her friends spent £500 on young trees and got permission to plant them around the town . |
| 20 | She said she did not accept under-fives at school received true nursery education as they had inadequate resources and the pupil-teacher ratio could be three times that at nursery schools . |
| 21 | Then came the day of joy when doctors at Newcastle upon Tyne General Hospital said they did not expect any more problems . |
| 22 | ‘ At one point we thought we had got an agreement but then they said they did not want any conditions at all attached to the application . ’ |
| 23 | Neighbours in Walford Road , Stoke Newington , said they did not hear any shooting but told of screaming and said the face of one of the men who was arrested was bloody and bruised . |
| 24 | And one in three of the women said they did not get enough respect from male superiors . |
| 25 | As to the leading reasons why they did not recycle , 37 per cent blamed a lack of collection points ; 25 per cent said they did not have enough space to store materials awaiting recycling ; 10 per cent found it too much trouble to separate out different categories of waste ; and 8 per cent cited shortage of time . |
| 26 | But there was a setback on Saturday when the French National League 's ( FNL ) disciplinary committee failed to make any ruling at a nine-hour meeting in Paris because they said they did not have enough evidence . |
| 27 | One angry worker explained : ‘ They said they did not have sufficient money to sustain capital investment and pay shareholders , so somebody had to draw the short straw and it was us . ’ |
| 28 | Eighty-eight per cent of people interviewed were against the control of water services passing from regional councils and 60 per cent said they did not understand joint board arrangements for providing local services . |
| 29 | of the people who are at the end of a said they did n't get enough . |
| 30 | They said they did n't have strong views on intensive farming . |