Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] say [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a sense the Advisor did not need to say more , for both her report and the fable of Fred begin to capture the mood of growing up . |
| 2 | If , on the other hand , he felt that someone was a really harmful influence , he did not hesitate to say so . |
| 3 | She did not dare say more . |
| 4 | Cricket can be boring when Botham behaves , and snooker needs Alex Higgins even if it does not like to say so . |
| 5 | But I do not like to say much about Islay ; let us therefore remount our primitive carriage . |
| 6 | But I do not like to say much about Islay ; let us therefore remount our primitive carriage . |
| 7 | ‘ have : You need not fear saying too |
| 8 | Does the Prime Minister not remember saying just a year ago on the steps of Downing street that the Conservative party was ’ fully united for the future ’ and is that not patently false now when , in the approach to the vital meeting at Maastricht , the Tory party is in a state of open warfare ? |
| 9 | He was still inside her , but softened and withdrawn , and she could not have said honestly that the experience was an exciting one . |
| 10 | If he had chosen to confide in anyone then he could not have said clearly what was the summit of his aspiration . |
| 11 | I should not have said so much . |
| 12 | He could not have said more plainly , ‘ It will soon be you and I. ’ There was an understanding between them . |
| 13 | erm I 'm conscious of the fact that I 've been going on for perhaps too long and I may not have said quite enough about Darwin , but let me just finish by saying this that it 's not possible today , I believe , to discuss any important problem in biology without Darwin 's thought being absolutely central to what you 're saying all the time . |
| 14 | I do not intend to say much about how he proposes to do this , or about the background in nineteenth-century intellectual history which accounts for his finding the picture attractive . |
| 15 | I do not propose to say more at this stage , except that I wholly accept the evidence of the surgeon as to the desperate nature of this situation , and that I grant the declaration as sought , which will include provision for the necessary consequential treatment in addition to the Caesarean operation . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm not allowed to say too much about the FA decision , but it does seem a silly time to play the game . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'm not allowed to say too much about the FA decision , but it does seem a silly time to play the game . |
| 18 | ‘ I do n't want to say too much as people will think I am only concerned because if the new rules come into force it will mean Shelford ca n't play for us next season . |
| 19 | I think in addition to that erm well I would n't want to say too much |
| 20 | He says he does n't want to say too much , because the victors might get a bit ’ uppity ’ |
| 21 | I do n't want to say too much about the tower because I 'll leave that to two , two chaps who done most of the work , Ron and Colin . |
| 22 | ‘ He was n't my sort of actor , ’ he told me , ‘ I do n't want to say more . ’ |
| 23 | I do n't want to say much about making any decision . |
| 24 | Referee Gurnam Singh was the focus of attention afterwards and Rangers manager Gerry Francis said : ‘ I do n't want to say much about the referee , otherwise I 'll get in trouble . |
| 25 | Yeah we do n't want say well you know I can save you tax . |
| 26 | She thought of Eileen as ‘ That one ’ , though these days she did n't dare say so . |
| 27 | ‘ We might take a bit of rousing , but when we believe in something we do n't mind saying so . |
| 28 | ‘ We 're guys , we 're vulnerable , but we do n't like to say so . |
| 29 | Julia did n't but did n't like to say so . |
| 30 | Would n't I like to curl up on the sofa ? — and mostly I enjoyed the sweaty heaving pleasures of the British Legion do , where the guests galumphed and the men got drunk and waved bottles around — and one thing I noticed through all the ranks of society , no matter what the background , or the income , or the form the party took , was that as the evening wore on women would begin to look pained and patient and longed to get home , but did n't like to say so for fear of being accused of ruining the evening 's fun . |