Example sentences of "[not/n't] say [pron] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Macbeth defends but at the same time accuses himself ; ‘ Thou canst not say I did it : never shake/Thy gory locks at me ’ ( 50f . ) . |
| 2 | The UN had not said he deserved political asylum . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm not saying they won because of that , but … people are used to it , it 's been there for 20 years . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm not saying we became best buddies because we never did , ’ says Penny . |
| 5 | ‘ You 're not saying he came to the salon just for conversation ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm not saying he knew Place would be there , but I guess he thought he would be . ’ |
| 7 | I 'm not saying I chose an affair expressly to ward off the 30th birthday blues , but my age and stage contributed more than mere chance . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm not saying I did n't lift my arm and I 'm sorry for the embarrassment it has brought on the club and our supporters . |
| 9 | Oh I 'm not saying you nicked it I 'm I 'm I 'm thought I bought one . |
| 10 | well not exact , obviously , I 'm not saying you remembered if it was a Tuesday morning or a Wednesday afternoon , but he gave you instructions according to Mr in February nineteen eighty seven , would it be about that time that you learnt of the instructions ? |
| 11 | ‘ Charlie 's not saying you did , honey , ’ his wife put in . |
| 12 | Er y no , I 'm not saying you did |
| 13 | I 'm not saying it had such a positive effect on his career but it caused a lot of attention which he did n't buckle under , and I do feel a lot of people could n't have lived through that experience , but he did . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm not saying it happened on this occasion , but it is not unknown for a private company to take a loss on government contracts to get a foot in the door . ’ |
| 15 | You 're not to say I killed her . ’ |
| 16 | Nevertheless , this is not to say I did not gain a fairly clear impression of what was taking place within the room . |
| 17 | That 's not to say I did n't think about sex — I did — and in order to relieve my frustration I would read books , watch videos and practise solitary sex . |
| 18 | That 's not to say he aspired to being something of a genius himself , it 's just that he felt a tremendous affinity with those people . |
| 19 | That 's not to say it failed ! |
| 20 | She would not say they had become friends , just strong acquaintances . |
| 21 | The fact that many of the twenty middle-class women did not say they disliked housework does not rule this explanation out of court . |
| 22 | A few chroniclers report the events of the war but they do not say what caused it . |
| 23 | He confesses his initial involvement to Sutherland , but will not say what happened after the petrol station unless Keifer agrees to go through the same process , starting with the taking of a sleeping draught . |
| 24 | He confesses his initial involvement to Sutherland , but will not say what happened after the petrol station unless Keifer agrees to go through the same process , starting with the taking of a sleeping draught . |
| 25 | ‘ It was a trickle of a stream and I did not say I 'd broken every bone , just hurt my leg . |
| 26 | But I would not say I learned nothing from Vincente . |
| 27 | ‘ I did not say you slept around ! |
| 28 | you can not say you did not guess |
| 29 | In Attorney General v Guardian Newspapers Ltd ( No 2 ) [ 1988 ] 3 All ER 545 ( part of the Spycatcher case ) it was recognised that information which Peter Wright had unearthed by his own endeavours was clearly covered by an obligation of confidence even though one could not say there existed a " confider " or " confidant " in relation to that information . |
| 30 | Is it wrong , then , to pay heed to Mr Ingham 's remarks merely because one can not say who made them ? |