Example sentences of "[vb mod] [not/n't] [adv] say [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He must not simply say that there will be professional advisers . |
| 2 | Her dislike of being alone after dark had certainly diminished as the weeks went by , but she could not honestly say that she was completely carefree . |
| 3 | It was a finely worked piece of silver and obviously of great value ; but while she admired it and felt honoured to receive it , Sara could not honestly say that she enjoyed having its chain about her neck . |
| 4 | I , I would n't honestly say that it , he did it deliberately to be honest . |
| 5 | I ca n't honestly say that up to now I 've thought that much about it . |
| 6 | I ca n't honestly say that it 's been a pleasure , but it has been an experience … one I most definitely do n't want to repeat ! ’ |
| 7 | Nevertheless , he continued , ‘ We ca n't just say that competition and free market are solutions . |
| 8 | But we 're looking at it with hindsight , we ca n't just say that because of this this that and the other erm that pragmatism did overrule at this particular point in time . |
| 9 | You have to be careful , you ca n't actually say that Nick represents this or that , you have to say that George thinks that he represents and sort of a kind of genetic engineering which would turn out a generation of perfect people , alright . |
| 10 | One psychotherapist commented : ‘ Sex for singles sounds good and I wo n't even say that it is not sometimes , but I hear the other side when people talk to me . |
| 11 | Before I ever had healing I was told that I might feel tingling or warmth , but alas , I can not truthfully say that I ever felt either , although of course , with hands laid on you , or just above you , there must be the sensation of touch . |
| 12 | I can not truthfully say that my work experience directly influenced my ambitions career wise but it did show me that the music business is not about ‘ Top of the Pops ’ but about a day 's work to be proud of . |
| 13 | He knows that Grampian regional council is bound by statute to say how much it got from the sale ; it can not simply say that it will not tell anyone . |
| 14 | It makes it clear that a shopkeeper who sells cigarettes to young people can not simply say that he did not know that he was doing so . |
| 15 | But I can not honestly say that I find such an analysis applicable to my attitude towards the school authorities . |
| 16 | Although we can not honestly say that those who unsuccessfully oppose a particular decision or policy consent to that decision or policy when it is carried out despite their opposition , we can say that they are nevertheless bound by that decision in so far as they accept both the principle of majority decisions and the fairness of the procedures through which the decision is reached or the policy made . |
| 17 | But one can not just say that the tau neutrino is heavy and leave it at that . |
| 18 | But I can not then say that the real source of electricity is the socket upon the wall . |