Example sentences of "say [pers pn] [verb] not [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I say I do not mind Hugo visiting Stef but why is he so long away ? |
| 2 | If you then say , yes I think that 's very good I 'll do as you say you do not repeat no give them your money , or let them handle your money . |
| 3 | Never say you do not know why you picked certain subjects , or that other people decided for you , as this will show you in a negative light . |
| 4 | Discipline means having an agenda , starting and finishing the meeting when you said you would , answering the client 's questions with authority ( and if you can not give an answer , say you do not know but you will find out ) ; having your paperwork neat and easily at hand ; offering the best hospitality you can provide , such as telephones , a cup of coffee , a comfortable chair and a pad and pencil in case he did n't bring his own . |
| 5 | ‘ prisoner at the Bar , I will tell you what you ought to have done , and if you say you did not know , I will tell you that the Law conclusively presumes that you did . |
| 6 | ‘ You say you did not know Nona Pitt well . |
| 7 | The father of seven has called for the teacher to be suspended but education officials say they do not plan any drastic action . |
| 8 | They say they do not understand why their headmaster is so intent on persecuting them when 20 Jewish students do not attend school on Saturdays , a normal part of the school week in France . |
| 9 | The Serbs say they do not object . |
| 10 | For his part , Mr Gaunt claims that 38 of the 50 members who have signed the exemption order saving them from the full rigour of the CFTC 's rules say they do not like the agreement . |
| 11 | Durham County Council say they did not know the source of the waste , nor the company responsible for dumping it , and they admitted it is too late to find out . |
| 12 | Its leaders say it does not want to be responsible for any disturbances . |
| 13 | However , the Aberdeen economists say it does not take the issue of scarce resources into account . |
| 14 | The Baughs checked the original offer letter carefully and they say it did not state clearly that once people have accepted , there was no way out and it certainly did not mention the excessive opt-out figure they were later quoted . |
| 15 | ‘ But you say it did not have the chain on it ? ’ |
| 16 | But Norwich social services bosses say he does not need the pass because he can hobble a quarter of a mile without help . |
| 17 | Yet , faced with the necessity for resolute leadership , at this time of trial , Sir Patrick could only declare his satisfaction with the present policy and say he did not anticipate many changes . |
| 18 | on the road to Damascus and saved him , but he did , it was a tremendous surprise to the Apostle Paul that the Lord had saved him at all , he never got over it , he called himself the chief of sinners , but God 's grace , God 's mercy had been revealed to him , you and I when we get to heaven are in for a few surprises , the grace , the mercy of God is far broader and wider than our imagination , we 'll meet a lot of folk there that we did n't expect to see that leads me to a fourth proposition , not only will some be saved that we did not expect to be saved , but it 's clear that others will not be saved who expected to be saved there 's a passage in Luke thirteen , verses twenty five , let me read them again one the head of the house gets up and shuts the door you begin to stand outside and knock on the door saying Lord open up to us and then he will answer and say to you I do not know where you 're from , then you 'll begin to say we ate and drank in your presence , you taught in our streets , we know you Lord , we rubbed shoulders with you , we went to church , we experience those things , we knew the answers to the re to the questions but he will say I tell you I did not know where you are from , depart from me all you evil doers those words make it quite clear , here , there 's words of Jesus , there 's references to those who profess , to know the Lord Jesus Christ , but who do not in fact know him at all , they know bits and pieces about him , they 've seen him , you know it 's in its immediate context , they had seen him in the street , they had heard his teaching , there maybe those who had been fed by the , by the miraculous er multiplying of the loafs and the fishes , they had seen the miracle , some of them may have been healed by Jesus , they knew lots about him but they did not know him and he says I do not know you how many folk there are like this , they expect to be saved , perhaps because they go to church , perhaps because they 've got Christian parents , perhaps because they read their bible , perhaps because occasionally when they 're in trouble they prayer , they 've been confirmed , they 've been baptized , that , that they 're good , they 're honest , they 're not rogues , they would n't do a , a , a bad turn to somebody , not deliberately , they 're nice people but they , they do n't know the truth of what it says in God 's word , they do n't know the truth of Romans three and verse twenty because by the works of the Lord no flesh will be justified in his sight for through the law comes the knowledge of sin , does n't come the forgiveness of it , they do n't know the truth of Ephesians chapter two verses eight and nine for by grace you 've been saved through faith and that not of yourselves it 's the gift of God , not as a result of works that no one should boast , for we are his workmanship created in Christ Jesus for good works which God prepared before hand that we should walk in them , they do n't know the truth of er , er of Titus , chapter three and , and verse five where , where the apostle Paul says there , he saved us not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness , but according to his mercy , how tragic it is to expect to be saved , to think you 're going to heaven and in the end to find that you 're not saved and Jesus says they 'll be many like that in that day . |
| 19 | Although I have said I do not mean to commend particular hotels or restaurants , I am compelled to break that rule here , just once , and say that Saint-Jean does have the only restaurant anywhere in the Pyrenees to which the Guide Michelin invariably gives two rosettes for its food . |
| 20 | Diana says she does not intend to turn Kensington Palace into a rival of Buckingham Palace . |
| 21 | Elsbeth says she does not wish to move again . |
| 22 | Mrs Currie says she does not agree with the ‘ dual mandate ’ — politicians sitting both at Westminster and Strasbourg , and intends resigning her Westminster seat if she makes it to Strasbourg . |
| 23 | Nadia says she does not find her lack of fingers to be a serious drawback when tackling any task , apart from cutting food and using scissors . |
| 24 | Mrs Leinen , who is staying with her mother Mrs Ann Monohan , in Stratton , Swindon , Wilts , says she does not have the money to fight the custody battle in American courts . |
| 25 | Noele Gordon says she does not know the reasons for her dismissal . |
| 26 | She says she does not like housework but she can manage some tasks . |
| 27 | Bearing in mind that Rosemary says she does not like red and scent is the most important thing . |
| 28 | On Central Post , a Crossroads fan says she does not like the new characters . |
| 29 | But she has said she does not believe she will be crowned . |
| 30 | ‘ This is ‘ gesture legislation ’ — a statute that says we do not approve — but without any real means of enforcement , ’ he says . |