Example sentences of "say [adv] do [not/n't] " 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 | There is an increasing discrimination on my view because of the racism that exists as well as the sexism that exists within our society , and when you say why do n't women do more , the odds against women , particularly black or working class women , are very heavy . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | where you have said positively do n't use a fire extinguisher |
| 7 | That 's what it says though do n't it ? |
| 8 | But the curtains , it says please do n't touch , if you touch them they 'd fall to bits , they 're that old . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | I says here do n't say I do n't buy you nowt . |
| 12 | It says here do n't put it likely to be very insecure and may misinterpret what reaction . |
| 13 | I have consistently said why do n't they allow er , councils to spend the receipts from council houses on building new houses , and I 've never been impressed with the replies nor the reasons . |
| 14 | She says why do n't I go out there on a visit . |
| 15 | and I says why do n't you , no , but like |
| 16 | Well I says to him , I says if you were that interested I says while I 'm watching I says why do n't you come and see , I says , give us a shake |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Anyway , it did win , and the wife was saying why did n't you bet it , why did n't you back it to win ! |
| 19 | Well I 'm , I 'm the same , I was talking to Rob the other day and er , I forget how I mentioned it , but I said something about , oh I think it 's because I was saying why do n't you come up like this week because he 's off this week , and er , he was making some excuse or other , oh I 've got three weeks off in the summer , oh I 'd sooner come up when I 've got this longest spell off , you know , and I want to get this chimney done and blah , blah |
| 20 | I heard Brad having a conversation again today about Ooh I do n't feel ye I heard him saying why do n't we feel very happy about this and not and not happy with the subjects and I do n't feel very happy about running the session so go up this way he 's never done the work you see so he 's trying to learn it from i instructions and things and a lot of the time you need to have actually done it to be able to talk about it |
| 21 | Well when you all went , as you all left , when the last lot of redundancies were made , I said I 'm not paying no more union , Judith come over about the union meeting , I said I 'm not going to the meeting Judith and I said I want to come out of the union I 'm not paying any more , I said I ca n't afford ten pound a month for crap , well me and Jan had a big barney over it cos I never got on with her anyway and we had a big fucking row about it , she said the union this , the union that , I said where were the unions with my mates , they were n't in damn site , they were never there , we never saw one union representative from the day Audrey got done and we never ever saw erm till the last one got done , I said so do n't you tell me about the union I said they did fuck all , they were n't even here , so I said I do n't want to pay the union , and I said do n't tell me what to do Jane , I said what I do with me money is up to me I said get me out the union and get me out now , and then they all started , they all wanted to come out of it then , oh Maureen I think I might but what would Debbie say , I said Maureen do you ask her for a shit ? |
| 22 | Erm , anybody else interested for it , you said not did n't you . |
| 23 | Just said yesterday did n't he ? |
| 24 | Oh going back , yeah he 's gone back to his work , I said now do n't spoil it |
| 25 | Then John , , said well did n't you ask her this morning then ! |
| 26 | I said well do n't you live in Stortford , did n't you have it delivered ? |
| 27 | So I said well do n't bloody worry she said but I could n't do that . |
| 28 | 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 |
| 29 | 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 |
| 30 | I said well do n't worry , we 're gon na have more . |