Example sentences of "not [adv] say [that] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's not enough to say that things can be done differently or better . |
| 2 | It did not also say that Mr Major was yet much of a Prime Minister . |
| 3 | This is not simply to say that emotions are expressed , but that emotions are reformed , cleansed , redirected and redeemed . |
| 4 | In [ 17 ] the author writes that he had been saying that Gardner looked very square : But of course Carver had not actually said that Gardner looked very square , at least not in the Gricean ( Grice 1981 ) sense of the word . |
| 5 | Presumably A is being prosecuted for murder ; but the question does not actually say that A 's fellows were killed as a result of what he did . |
| 6 | Jesus did not actually say that John would survive until the Second Coming , but , ‘ If it is my will that he remain until I come , what is that to you ? ’ ( 21:23 ) . |
| 7 | Nevertheless , he continued , ‘ We ca n't just say that competition and free market are solutions . |
| 8 | 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 . |