Example sentences of "say [adv] do [not/n't] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Just because you say so does n't make it so , however , ’ Candy returned complacently . |
| 2 | Just because a lot of older people say so does not make it true . |
| 3 | I do n't mind if you write to all the tenants and say please do n't have foxes on your land , we do n't like it . |
| 4 | She is acutely disappointed by the government 's lack of investment in the clothing industry in this country , and highly critical of the industry itself , which she says just does n't realise the potential of its designers . |
| 5 | where you have said positively do n't use a fire extinguisher |
| 6 | But the curtains , it says please do n't touch , if you touch them they 'd fall to bits , they 're that old . |
| 7 | She says er no then she afterwards I says well do n't forget to get Kath 's money she said tell her I 'll phone her and I 'll be up about half past six , I 'll have to go and draw me money . |
| 8 | Geoffrey 's only qualm is Indipau , he says if Indipau I 'll come with me I 'll go , I says well do n't worry about Indipau , Indipau can look after himself , he says yeah but I like Indipau , I says yeah , but lets face of all the other kids in your class who you gon na be sorry to leave , he said none of them , I said well there you are then . |
| 9 | It says here do n't put it likely to be very insecure and may misinterpret what reaction . |
| 10 | I says here do n't say I do n't buy you nowt . |
| 11 | About er refurbishment and closure programme Mr talked about , a a refurbishment and closure programme is a Tory programme , not a Labour programme and of course this is all verified by Mrs coming along to the committee and saying please do n't close Barleythorpe Hall , please tell the people that you 're going to re-open Barleythorpe Hall , please do not allow them to think that it 's going to close . |
| 12 | Oh going back , yeah he 's gone back to his work , I said now do n't spoil it |
| 13 | I said well do n't go out till you 're ready , as simple as that , if you do n't think you 're ready stop the way you are |
| 14 | Erm and it must have been oh I do n't know , two or three years ago must be at least two or three years ago when we were talking about , umm-ing and ah-ing , and she said well do n't forget if ever you want to lose this just let me know . |
| 15 | Well we 've had all this trauma about you know , cos I do you , where do you want the he said well do n't see much of daddy or nan and granddad and nana and granddad said they moved in on Christmas Day stay here and Rachael and Steven would n't come up , stay here on Christmas Day , it 's quite likely , quite likely to go with daddy he said but , in many ways I he said I know what we can do is when we send up the chimney we could put nanny 's address , nanny 's address on it , shall we ? |
| 16 | You do n't we were u we had to use the immersion did n't we cos w we moved in in the June and Lofty and Brian said well do n't have it done cos you 're not gon na use until August so we they did it August time for us so but we did n't use Servowarm cos it had blown up , they just disconnected it for us , so we used the ho the immersion heater |
| 17 | I said bye then see you sometime , bye and I put the phone down , and she said what does she want then and I said oh she wanted to know where , you know she 'd gone and I said oh I have n't seen her all week you know after , while we was hanging , she was hanging pictures , erm , she come through , she said oh they look wonderful she said I 've got pictures she said , I want my mountain put up in my lounge , with that June burst out laughing , Neil went through and he , he put her pictures up and he was gone there , he said , god he said , you know literally it 's a day to hang pictures , I said well do n't worry about it , you know , that 's what he said to do |
| 18 | I said well do n't worry , we 're gon na have more . |
| 19 | Course she 's worried , cos like she smokes a lot and she 's say what thirty and that 's her first , and they keep going on to her all the time like , I said well do n't worry about it , you know . |
| 20 | So I explained to them , I said well that 's cos you changed over and I sort of never put it across through oh she said well do n't worry I 've done it now , she said you have n't got anything to worry about now , I said well it did bother me a bit to think that I did n't think you had my payment ! |
| 21 | I said well do n't worry about it I said I locked all off from under my windows I says . |
| 22 | Jay wanted to say then do n't bother calling . |