Example sentences of "not say i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , I 'm not sayin' I believe it , mind , but I want to know about that happy-birthday message . |
| 2 | Macbeth defends but at the same time accuses himself ; ‘ Thou canst not say I did it : never shake/Thy gory locks at me ’ ( 50f . ) . |
| 3 | I 'm not saying I chose an affair expressly to ward off the 30th birthday blues , but my age and stage contributed more than mere chance . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm not saying I lose sleep about it , but the prospect of making a howler in front of millions of people is a worry . |
| 5 | I 'm not saying I condone it , ’ he interpreted her look , ‘ but at the moment maybe it 's all she has to protect her from feelings of inadequacy . ’ |
| 6 | Of course I was not saying I see people elbowed in the face 200 times a week . |
| 7 | Well , I 'm not saying I see it quite like that , I mean , that 's the mythology … ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm not saying I think he 's foolish . |
| 9 | I 'm not saying I suppose it 's better |
| 10 | I mean , I 'm not saying I want us to be living at the top of a tower block on some vandalized estate but there 's more to life than this , I know there is . ’ |
| 11 | I 'm not saying I want to see Morris ' Utopian vision in action exactly as it is , but a lot of his idea is still very inspiring a century after it was written . |
| 12 | ‘ It is always nice to beat Boris although I am not saying I have proved I am a better player , ’ said the 24-year-old Stich . |
| 13 | I 'm not saying I do n't like playing acoustic , mind , but it 's tough sometimes . |
| 14 | I 'm not saying I believe this , and I 'm not saying I do n't , but … |
| 15 | He saw the flicker of doubt in her eyes , and added with a husky laugh , ‘ I 'm not saying I do n't want you . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm not saying I did n't lift my arm and I 'm sorry for the embarrassment it has brought on the club and our supporters . |
| 17 | I 'm not saying I believe this , and I 'm not saying I do n't , but … |
| 18 | ‘ I am not saying I believe that . |
| 19 | There was neither an immediate protestation nor confirmation from Charlie ; then he said , ‘ No ; I have never wanted anyone else ; but that 's not to say I 've never had needs , and they had to be met . |
| 20 | You 're not to say I killed her . ’ |
| 21 | That 's not to say I have n't had needs , and they had to be met , she thought . |
| 22 | I 've tried not to say I love you — ’ |
| 23 | Nevertheless , this is not to say I did not gain a fairly clear impression of what was taking place within the room . |
| 24 | That 's not to say I did n't think about sex — I did — and in order to relieve my frustration I would read books , watch videos and practise solitary sex . |
| 25 | That is not to say I consider I became , necessarily , a ‘ great ’ butler ; it is hardly for me , in any case , to make judgements of this sort . |
| 26 | ‘ It was a trickle of a stream and I did not say I 'd broken every bone , just hurt my leg . |
| 27 | Belief … may be said to be the state of mind of a person who says to himself : " I can not say I know for certain that these goods are stolen , but there can be no other reasonable conclusion in the light of circumstances … |
| 28 | He does not say I know what I have believed but he says , I know whom I have believed . |
| 29 | I can not say I feel any enthusiasm for the result . |
| 30 | I have updated the models many times over the years , but I can not say I have made a fortune from my knitting . |