Example sentences of "but they [verb] n't say " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean I spoke to Jane the other Sunday and I , I said to her you know , just be honest , I said I do n't care what you said , but just be honest and tell me how much you think I weigh , cos she does n't know how much I weigh and she thought I weighed about ten stone , I said well stick thirteen pounds on top of that , then you 'll be right , she could n't believe that I , that I weighed that much , so obviously it does n't look that bad and people at work , well they 've noticed that I 've lost weight , but they do n't say how much they think I weigh , so I do n't want come to them to sort of , have a , have a g have a guess of my weight . |
| 2 | she goes on about all this but they do n't say how much it 's gon na cost , never mind the storage heaters |
| 3 | But they did n't say there 'd be an arrest soon . ’ |
| 4 | But they did n't say they did n't ever want to ever drive a car again . |
| 5 | He says I 'd better go and check the money so he said erm but what he could n't understand was they wrote to him and said that they have n't paid the cheques but they did n't say anything about freezing his account ! |