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Example sentences for "cannot say"

  • No indeed, I cannot say that it has ever struck me.

  • I cannot say that I do; but I have heard that Pericles (10) was skilled in not a few, which he poured into the ear of our city and won her love.

  • No, I cannot say that I have (he answered).

  • Socrates, for my part, I believe you to be a good and upright man; but for your wisdom I cannot say much.

  • He cannot say I have not left him freely to himself in all things; or that I have not been a passive instrument in his hands, which he might have used for good as easily as evil.

  • I cannot say that I do, but I am willing to suppose you may deserve my thanks.

  • He cannot say I have not given him opportunity.

  • Danglars; "for, at present, I cannot say that I have seen anything extraordinary.

  • We cannot say; but only relate the fact that he shuddered and stepped back suddenly.

  • I am afraid he will miss her very much, but I cannot say a word against it, for I am sure it is right.

  • I like to look at her better than ever, but I cannot say she is not paler and thinner.

  • She went back, and I cannot say things in letters.

  • I cannot say it quite right,' answered the boy; 'I only know it says that the Angels in Heaven rejoice and are glad over one sinner that repenteth.

  • I cannot say, I never asked her to talk about herself.

  • How or when the thought of Luttra first crossed my mind I cannot say.

  • How long I lay listening to the creakings and groanings of the rickety old house, I cannot say, nor how long I remained in the doze which finally seized me as I became accustomed to the sounds around and over me.

  • And if I were not ashamed, I cannot say that I think that society would be dealing unjustly with me in converting the moral obligation into a legal one.

  • Whether there are any objects of the trust I cannot say.

  • Whether information awaits me, whether some manifestation indicating my success and valuable to humanity will be granted, I cannot say.

  • He leaps from the bed in no suffering, but conscious, perhaps of an oppression, or an unfamiliar odor--we cannot say what.

  • I cannot say how I esteem your kindly offices in this affliction.

  • As to that, and whether the Government has the secret of them, I cannot say.

  • What further mystery might have followed, I cannot say; for at this moment Ah Fe discovered the secret of the lock, and was enabled to open the door coincident with the sound of footsteps upon the kitchen stairs.

  • Whether Mr. Oakhurst had cached his cards with the whisky as something debarred the free access of the community, I cannot say.

  • Whether Mr. Hamlin heard it, or whether he recognized in the informant a distinguished jurist from whom, but a few evenings before, he had won several thousand dollars, I cannot say.

  • I tell you, my dear, the remembrance has passed from me; so whether his hair was black or light, I cannot say.

  • Whether we shall remain here all the time I cannot say.

  • I cannot say I do," was Mr. Carlyle's reply.

  • But the people of this part of Greece have been so kind that I cannot say I have been alone.

  • How lively it is inside of the chamber where the thing is going on I cannot say.

  • That gentleman looked also very angry; but whether at the sight of innocence so outraged, or the insolence of the Corporal for daring to help himself first, we cannot say.

  • I cannot say; but one of the waiters declared that he had served the great foreign Count with two bowls of rack-punch, and some biscuits, in No.

  • I cannot say that, Frank; I cannot say that.

  • I cannot say that in any case I should approve of such a marriage, Sir Louis.

  • Whether or not Mary Scatcherd at once accepted the offer of the respectable tradesman, I cannot say.

  • It is so with the 55th, as I can answer, though I cannot say as much for their Christianity," returned the Sergeant.

  • Jasper is every way able to manage the Scud, brother Cap; and in that light I cannot say that we have need of your services, though we shall be glad of your company.

  • What has become of Chingachgook I cannot say; though Mabel tells me he is not far off, and I make no question the noble-hearted Delaware is doing his duty, although he is not now visible to our eyes.

  • A man might live without a scalp, and so I cannot say I saved his life.

  • What they may do in the night I cannot say.

  • Though I must not pretend to great skill in entomology, yet I cannot say that I am ignorant of that kind of knowledge: I may now and then, perhaps, be able to furnish you with a little information.

  • Whether he was thinking of his past experience with Jane, or not, we cannot say.

  • Still, we cannot say that is not impossible {sic} he should have escaped," observed Harry.

  • Harry seemed still engrossed by his own meditations; what was their particular nature at that moment, we cannot say; but he certainly had enough to think of in various ways.

  • Why it was not at once pitched into the sea I cannot say; but it was merely conveyed to the extremity of the island, and there it remains.

  • I cannot say; perhaps we shall linger on longer than we imagine.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    acquire knowledge; cannot answer; cannot bring; cannot comprehend; cannot describe; cannot escape; cannot even; cannot fail; cannot find; cannot here; cannot omit; cannot pass; cannot possibly; cannot read; cannot refuse; cannot represent; cannot say; cannot see; cannot speak; cannot stop; cannot tell you how; cannot think; shut down; small parcel; solo instrument; south porch