Example sentences of "n't say [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would be as soon as possible , but they could n't say exactly how long . |
| 2 | I ca n't say exactly , but it is expensive and difficult to make a platform for both . |
| 3 | The truss rod cover I do n't like particularly ; I ca n't say exactly why , but it just looks alien to the rest of the headstock and does n't fit too well on this example , either . |
| 4 | Ten-years old Data Connection has until now kept a low profile , selling portable versions of IBM 's Systems Network Architecture ( SNA ) technology to the likes of Control Data , Hewlett-Packard , ICL , Norsk Data , Northern Telecom , Prime ( deceased ) , Wang and even to IBM itself — though it wo n't say exactly what . |
| 5 | You ca n't say exactly when it happened . |
| 6 | ‘ I ca n't say exactly . |
| 7 | Well er to me it does n't quite ring true , it 's always been the boys ' ploughing match and it always will be as far as I 'm concerned but I think this happened at the time post war I ca n't say exactly which year , when the date was changed from easter time to August . |
| 8 | Citing security , airline and FAA officials wo n't say exactly what is required of carriers flying from America . |
| 9 | Well no because I c I ca n't say exactly how 's applying their product . |
| 10 | They wo n't say exactly which location , but in the next three weeks , 100 men between 16 and 60 who live there will be asked for a blood sample . |
| 11 | ‘ I do n't say exactly the same thing every time , ’ he insists afterwards . |
| 12 | He could n't say exactly how much more , but it was an indication that things were improving . |
| 13 | and then they ca n't say alright , oh students give them hundred pound a week , he give them none , give them none |
| 14 | I tell him I do n't give to people who ca n't say please . |
| 15 | ‘ You did n't say please , ’ said Finch . |
| 16 | Not please , I did n't say please . |
| 17 | Do n't say please just say yes , let's go |
| 18 | And perhaps , I wo n't say most important , but very , very importantly , he was a near relative of Elimelech , Ruth 's father-in-law and that would play a big part in redeeming the property . |
| 19 | Right erm I would just like to mention that it does n't say here that the A P C have set up er a separate er lobby group erm on which I have the honour to be a member with Patrick er to try and influence the MPs because one of the things which er is coming out and it 's it 's actually shown in paragraph three point three A at the bottom , the questioning whether the demand should be necessarily met or whether in fact , and this links to the government 's present erm reluctance to direct airlines to work from current unused capacity for example at , at erm at Luton and I think that there may well be some pressure put that er we should try and change that . |
| 20 | It does n't say here . |
| 21 | Erm when the sun 's at the hottest anyway it 's sheltered it only gets , oh and the other thing is , you , er it , it does n't say here but you 're supposed to , it 's supposed to be somewhere where they 'll be sheltered from the early morning sun if there 's been |
| 22 | She would n't say even then but I plagued her a bit till she could n't keep it to herself any longer . |
| 23 | But if you set it up jointly , you ca n't direct all the gross income if that 's what you 're thinking you ca n't say well I 'll have all that income gross cos my wife 's got an unused allowance , you 've got to split it down the middle in the case of a joint account . |
| 24 | You could n't say well we will have motor buses on the fourth and not the other three because they were so closely interwoven . |
| 25 | And last year I could n't say well this is my long-term objective . |
| 26 | she did n't say well er my husband brought me here because it was a decision that she had parted , it was a choice she had made as well and so she , she excepts her responsibility , she excepts her blame and she goes to return so there was , there was this sense of confession and , and confession can be costly when we 've got to admit that I was wrong , I did wrong , I was mistaken , I went the wrong way that could be a costly mistake and , and , and er costly experience for us to go through , but surely the , the true sign of repent is that we do acknowledge our sin , we acknowledge our failure , that we acknowledge what it means to god , we ca n't shift that blame onto somebody else then also consider not just the cost that Naomi had to pay in going back , but also there was a cost for Auper and for Ruth as well as Moabias there would be little joy for them in Israel , they were foreigners , they were strangers , there would n't be much hope for happiness for them , there would be very little likeliness for them ever getting married in or remarrying er in , in Israel , they would n't be able to worship there own god , they 'd be taken from one culture to another , there 'd be taken from one language to another , what was it gon na be like for them , alright , perhaps whilst they were living with Naomi perhaps she could pull a few strings for them , but what happens when she goes and they are left by themselves and yet it would appear that with Naomi making her decision to return that they too these two daughters in law they decided to go to Bethlehem with her and it tells us that they set out together but perhaps they had n't thought it really through because their not totally committed to us and as they come towards the frontier and their gon na pass into in , back into Judah with their few miserable possessions that they 've gathered together , Naomi again considers the consequences facing these two young women , Auper and Ruth , they continued with her , as she pleads with them to go back home , Judah is no place for a foreigner , Judah is no place for somebody to come unless they are part of gods people , and I 'm reminded of again of what it tells me in , in the book of acts , that in the early church , that people were actually frightened , frightened to join with the disciples , they were frightened to join the church , there was no room for , for stragglers , there was no room for hangers on , there was no room for those who went just because they thought it was gon na be the next , the in thing to do , but folk were actually frightened of joining because they knew they had to put their lives right , they knew they had to live holy lives , they knew that god had to be lord and master in their lives and unless they were willing to do that and be committed to him they were actually frightened of joining and one of the great weaknesses of the church today is that it becomes and it can becoming our thinking and nothing more than just something we join , something we belong to , something we go along to er as like a club , like an association , but that 's not the picture we see it in the New Testament , it is a very exclusive body , it is a very exclusive grouping , a grouping of those who have committed themselves to Jesus Christ and that 's why not every body is a member of the local church , not every body who goes to church on a Sunday is a member of a church to Jesus Christ now they know if they are , but other people may not know , they know and the lord knows , I know if I belong to him and he knows if I belong to him other people may not , I can put on the act , I can look as though I 'm playing the part , I can go through the routine , I can , I can , I can fool every body , but he knows and I know , and he knows and you know and so Jesus said not every body who says lord , lord on that day will I acknowledge and recognize and so for Ruth and Nao er yes Ruth and Auper it was gon na be different of course for them as foreigners in Judah especially when Naomi goes and she pleads with them go back home , Judah is not place for Moabias , she knew what it had been like to be a foreigner , she knew what it had been like to be an alien land in an alien culture in a different religion with a different language she had known the bitterness of it all , she pleads with them go back home she prayers for them the lord bless you , the lord you know be gracious to you and so on , but they refused and again Naomi puts it to them , to please go back and Auper reconsiders and she takes the counsel and advice of her mother in law but no so Ruth and Naomi turns and says look your sister in law 's gone back , she 's gone home , you go as well , you ca n't do it , its a too greater price for you to pay , its a choice you must n't make , a decision you must n't make , your gon na have poverty , your gon na have loneliness , your gon na have hardship . |
| 27 | Now I accept that if you 're adding up a column of figures you ca n't say well it 's within a few thousand well that 'll do . |
| 28 | But you ca n't , you ca n't say well I 'm gon na go there and I 'm gon na go there . |
| 29 | And I am if at five minutes to five , or five minutes to leaving off time whatever it was and you would n't say well we 'll get ready to go home you had to pick a half a link up make it into a staple and throw it in the box . |
| 30 | I do n't know what he took , no one here , full stop , they ca n't say well he ca n't say well I left it here either and he 's got any proof |