Example sentences of "[adv] [not/n't] say " in BNC.
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| 1 | And very … well , I 'd better not say any more about that . |
| 2 | But I felt the hairs on the back of my neck stand up and decided that maybe I 'd better not say too much in front of the stranger . |
| 3 | Oh good , er , That 's the first time I 've heard religious sort of erm I better not say what I was going to say . |
| 4 | He then told the court I had better not say she was an angel or no angel or the national press will have a hundred field days . |
| 5 | Er he said or he 's in a in a in a little trouble today for allowing two men who had sex of thirteen to go free erm a policeman told the judge that the thirteen year old was more like Mandy Smith than the proverbial school girl with pigtails but she was nevertheless thirteen and the judge said he had better not say she was no angel or the national press would have a hundred field days with him . |
| 6 | ‘ I need your brother back even sooner than that — though perhaps I 'd better not say what fate I 'm planning for him . ’ |
| 7 | However — ’ he grinned at the expression on her face ‘ — I 'd better not say any more . |
| 8 | It 's it 's like I I better not say say this but Irishmen over that when when I when I used to work with Irishmen my word they was good Irishmen . |
| 9 | She goes er she goes ssshhhh no I 'd better not say that since , seeing as you 're in . |
| 10 | oh you better not say , something like |
| 11 | Clad in his trademark leather jacket and trousers , Lord Christopher , said yesterday : ‘ It 's all a bit dodgy at the moment and I 'd rather not say anything at this stage . |
| 12 | I 'd be put to work on the Looms and you 'd be — ; Well , ’ said Caspar , who , despite his work for the Court and later the Gruagach , had retained a vestige of delicacy , ‘ well , I 'd rather not say what might happen to you . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'd rather not say … |
| 14 | ‘ I 'd rather not say on the telephone . ’ |
| 15 | Ronnie wants to put the whole incident behind him and would rather not say any more . |
| 16 | Could Sandra please not say a word to anyone , not even the women or the other rescue workers ? |
| 17 | She would simply not say another word on the subject . |