Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] they [vb mod] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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1 | The girls who sign up for fashion 's survival course say they could n't imagine life on the other side of the camera . |
2 | Meanwhile council officers in Swindon say they ca n't cope with any more terrapins . |
3 | Governors of two of the states say they wo n't take other people 's nuclear garbage . |
4 | ESC founders Michael Bogdanov and Michael Pennington director and star of the Shakespeare tragedy say they would rather stay away from the Civic , one of the strongest dates on their world tours , than face the same problem again . |
5 | An independent charity , the association say they can only hope to continue this level of help to sporting organisations with the public 's support . |
6 | Children seem to have little difficulty accepting this convention because it is so like the action replays they will frequently have seen on television . |
7 | DENTISTS say they will not leave patients in pain if they are forced to take action in a cash row . |
8 | Many of Britain 's 18,000 dentists say they will simply refuse to see any new NHS patients . |
9 | It went on to warn against any general attack on fiscal incentives ( or , as ICAS says the report negatively and unhelpfully refers to them , ‘ fiscal degradation ’ ) : there is no level playing field in the EC and so less successful economies have to offer incentives to compete , ICAS said , and any attempt to eliminate them would only lead to governments using non-tax ones which will be harder for others to identify . |
10 | But if English speakers hear they can usually recognise this as ‘ my turn ’ and not ‘ might earn ’ . |
11 | While an overwhelming number of Scottish Labour MPs contacted by The Scotsman this week underlined their support for Mr Clarke , some of his original supporters indicated they would not support him in the shadow cabinet elections later this year . |
12 | It was because of these expectations about planning that members of the RTO felt they could comfortably cut down on DHA estimates of the revenue required for community services . |
13 | It was the sight Gloucestershire fans thought they 'd never see again — Syd Lawrence advancing purposefully down the wicket at Cheltenham . |
14 | Today , the department said they could n't answer that until they review the case . |
15 | He himself played the chief role in the film , that of a bisexual young man whose girlfriend decides they will not use condoms although she knows he is seropositive , because she believes that ‘ love will protect her . ’ |
16 | Schools will need mechanisms for doing this ; and the level of professional understanding of the issues and the imperatives underlying them can only improve thereby . |
17 | A potentially crippling problem arose last week when hundreds of policemen from the 17,000-strong security force said they would not take part unless they were guaranteed proper living conditions and pay rises . |
18 | If England lose they can still reach the finals as one of the best two second-placed teams in the three four-team European groups . |
19 | Some parents say they wo n't allow their children to travel by bus until the law is changed . |
20 | Some parents say they can barely afford children : living costs rocketed in the late 1980s , and Taipei is now reckoned to be one of the world 's most expensive cities in which to live . |
21 | Friends of Cuba suggest they may just scrape through now that oil in commercial quantities has been found . |
22 | But staff at Earlys say they 'll never go on a package holiday again . |
23 | But staff at Earlys say they 'll never go on a package holiday again . |
24 | Many insurance companies say they wo n't cover properties where tenants are on housing benefit . |
25 | Sainsbury hope to build a store on United Bus company land at Grange Road , but owners Caldaire say they can not afford to sell the land because it has to give the Government a fixed percentage of the sale . |
26 | But anti hunt lobby say they wo n't go that far . |
27 | Yet after being annihilated in the first Test , England showed they could still fight . |
28 | ‘ If Safeway succeed they could completely undermine the new Cornmill shopping centre due to open this August . |
29 | All the same he watched them like a cold-eyed hawk , and Maggie knew they must not put one foot wrong , favour or not . |
30 | Lucy accepted , but Alan knew they would n't go . |