Example sentences of "they say they [modal v] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They say they wo n't leave without a fight . |
| 2 | And although the police stress they want to educate bad drivers as much as land them in court , they say they wo n't hesitate to prosecute those who deserve it . |
| 3 | They say they wo n't buy mahogany from loggers convicted of malpractice , but insisted an immediate stop on the trade would cost jobs . |
| 4 | They say they wo n't believe that . |
| 5 | Like , say they 've been out on a run and there 's a call , they say they ca n't go out because they 're not in uniform and are all sweaty ’ ( FN 26/5/87 , p. 27 ) . |
| 6 | I 'm saying this because GCSE includes a section on improvisation , and a lot of teachers ca n't do it ; they say they ca n't do it … |
| 7 | because , you know , erm , most kids these days , especially by the time they 're nine or ten , they 're used to having their own pocket money , and then you , and they say they ca n't do any maths at all , and you say well , if you had a fifty pence and you bought something for twenty four , how much change ? |
| 8 | And they can do maths , they just , it 's just that when you call it maths they say they ca n't do it . |
| 9 | I 've got official forms here from the tax office , I mean , they say they ca n't accept it ! |
| 10 | They say they ca n't discuss the case until the inquest is over . |
| 11 | They say they ca n't afford it , we say that we must afford it . |
| 12 | They say they ca n't afford to treat them on the National Health . |
| 13 | The US Baby Bells are telling the US powers that be that they will invest $100,000m upgrading their networks if they are permitted to carry any services they choose on them — if not , they will simply allow their networks to deteriorate and decay : no , they do n't actually go that far , but they say they will collectively invest only $25,000m . |
| 14 | Regarding the diabetic specialist nurse , yes , of course we would welcome a special unit , but that does seem a bit extravagant when they say they can not find enough money for one nurse . |
| 15 | They say they could now lose thousands of pounds without expert advice on their crops . |