Example sentences of "[not/n't] say so " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the bishops ' statement does not say so . |
| 2 | The young IBM salesman ( he works for IBM , not the store , although his name badge does not say so ) is more forthcoming on Amstrad . |
| 3 | It looked pretty dull to me , although I did not say so . |
| 4 | But , says his co-worker Dr David Morgan , if Allison thought that this was due to the production of free-oxygen radicals , ‘ He certainly did not say so at the time . ’ |
| 5 | Breeze knew , though she did not say so , that a first novel does n't usually bring in much ‘ boodle ’ ; but she thanked Gay all the same . |
| 6 | I found myself obsessed with voyeuristic sub-passions ; I wanted to watch them , I would not say so . |
| 7 | He hoped that Ann Butler would stay in Leeds , but felt he could not say so to Elizabeth . |
| 8 | When pointing out that someone keeps quiet because he wants to make a good impression , why not say so ? |
| 9 | I thought they did , but dared not say so . |
| 10 | If she was surprised not to find Harry in Celia 's bedroom , she did not say so . |
| 11 | I did not say so . |
| 12 | Marcelle Fayette hated tea , but one could not say so under present circumstances . |
| 13 | But I did not say so to my students . |
| 14 | Anna thought not , and could not say so . |
| 15 | Although Althusser does not say so , there is thus a puzzle at the heart of his interpretation of Marx . |
| 16 | The duke was virtually forced into some sort of counter-offensive to protect his own interests , and his seizure of prince Edward at the end of April could even be justified , although Mancini does not say so , as a return to Edward IV 's original wishes . |
| 17 | Although he did not say so it was evident that he still regarded the Collector 's condition as serious ; the one hopeful sign was that his pulse had become fuller and less frequent . |
| 18 | It certainly does not say so . |
| 19 | Jehan did not think that the subterfuge required in order to arrange an assassination was quite Artai 's style , but he did not say so . |
| 20 | Although he did not say so , the logic is that only the company itself would have a cause of action . |
| 21 | Few , if any , suspected the doctor or my father of being involved ; or if they did they did not say so . |
| 22 | She did not say so . |
| 23 | He glimpsed the short white-haired figure heading for the back gate but did not say so until much later when Merlyn asked where she had got to . |
| 24 | By implication , therefore , the opposite is the case when the Act does not say so , as is the case in the section under consideration , Expressio unius , exclusio est alterius is the Latin maxim governing the point . |
| 25 | If this was inconvenient , Richard did not say so , although to be called to the telephone , or wanted on the telephone , as Richard put it , always seemed a kind of reproach in itself . |
| 26 | But , whether he can be allowed to say so or not , the plaintiff does not say so here . |
| 27 | Now I see that I know nothing , only I must not say so for I should lose the good opinion of my neighbours and they would no longer trust me with money for my experiments . |
| 28 | But she did not say so . |
| 29 | ‘ No , you may not say so ! ’ she exclaimed , yet was quite unable to hide the breathless excitement she felt at the sight at him . |
| 30 | But she could not say so . |