Example sentences of "do n't [vb infin] [pron] say " in BNC.
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| 1 | Blind with rage : I know why they say blind — I could n't see him , I could n't see anything — I did n't think what to say , I was just saying it , shouting it , fury pouring out of me like hot tar — my hands were on my hips and clinging on so as to stop myself tearing his straggly hair out , gouging his eyes out , strangling him till his voice went gurgle-croak and his body went limp . |
| 2 | When Merrill did n't speak he said shortly , ‘ Of course , far be it from me to pry into a client 's financial arrangements , but it struck Bob as rather strange . |
| 3 | When he did n't answer she said , ‘ I 'm sorry , lad . ’ |
| 4 | HE DID N'T TELL US SAY DOWNING STREET |
| 5 | And he did n't want them saying that . |
| 6 | No he said , I ah that was the one immature thing that I did n't want anyone to say |
| 7 | You did n't study it to say |
| 8 | Yeah well changes platforms of all these trains , anyway after a bit we decided that the Redditch train was going to come in before the train , so , er they did n't change it to say it was n't going to Redditch cos once when I was doing that they said to me , the lad was it , because it 's not to ready to change that time , you would n't matter , cos oh there 's people here waiting to go to Redditch , change it , so he said oh anyway it came , the twelve six came all the young folks going to you should of seen the number that had got off |
| 9 | She said , and I did n't expect you to say that . |
| 10 | ‘ I did n't force you to say anything . ’ |
| 11 | Er , the public consultation that was held actually did n't produce anybody saying they were opposed to the line of the road or even that the road should go there , so we seem to have a fairly unanimous decision that way , that the road should be er implemented . |
| 12 | She did n't trust herself to say anything else . |
| 13 | I did n't know what to say , so I just held out my hand and she heaved me up . |
| 14 | He told his literary friends that their stories and poems were so awful he did n't know what to say about them or how to get through the scheduled hour . |
| 15 | Tammuz did n't know what to say . |
| 16 | They did n't chat each other up , because Boy still did n't know what to say half the time , and O did n't want to say anything , not any more , he had said too much to too many men . |
| 17 | I did n't know what to say , whether to say anything , whether to grab my stuff and run or lie here all day and go to sleep . |
| 18 | Rab did n't know what to say . |
| 19 | Rab still did n't know what to say . |
| 20 | I did n't know what to say . |
| 21 | Benny did n't know what to say . |
| 22 | I did n't know what to say , so said nothing . |
| 23 | I did n't know what to say : I could n't believe that I 'd heard him correctly . |
| 24 | Her son was married , her daughter-in-law expecting their first baby and she did n't know what to say next . |
| 25 | I did n't know what to say , but I 'd been reading about mating in a book only a few days before , so I kept a perfectly straight face and replied . |
| 26 | After about three hours , we got through and we asked her what had happened and she said ‘ everything is fine … the tanks are just across the road ’ , and my mum did n't know what to say because we were all so upset . |
| 27 | They did n't know what to say to this so they said nothing and he stood there , grinning and rubbing his hands together . |
| 28 | They had looked forward to seeing her but when she came they did n't know what to say . |
| 29 | I did n't know what to say . |
| 30 | She did n't know what to say . |