Example sentences of "n't [vb infin] [pers pn] can [adv] say " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I do n't think we can really say their ( the government 's ) hands are clean , ’ he said . |
| 2 | It 's too easy , I think , to assume that women are n't aggressive and are sensitive and men are more aggressive and less sensitive because that 's the way society has wanted them to be in the past and children have grown up and lived up to those stereotypes , so I do n't think we can actually say yet that women can offer anything distinctive until we 've given them the chance to be themselves really . |
| 3 | Yes , but I do n't think you can just say all women are housewives . |
| 4 | I do n't think you can even say , non-white , can you , nowadays . |
| 5 | ‘ As a matter of fact , ’ said Miss Drax , ‘ I do n't think I can honestly say I do . ’ |
| 6 | I ca n't imagine I can only say that from my knowledge of Herefordshire as a Herefordian myself , I ca n't imagine for the life of me that there are seven thousand people locally who could remotely afford a thousand pounds per share . |