Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] they [vb mod] n't [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Governors of two of the states say they wo n't take other people 's nuclear garbage . |
| 2 | Some parents say they wo n't allow their children to travel by bus until the law is changed . |
| 3 | Many insurance companies say they wo n't cover properties where tenants are on housing benefit . |
| 4 | But reality in the 1990s mean her story has a side retailers feel they ca n't ignore and that means it 's off sale . |
| 5 | My grandparents said they could n't afford it . |
| 6 | only fe , only males apply they wo n't get |
| 7 | Anyone selling aluminium step ladders outside the Belfry could have made a fortune because after the first few minutes of the match , newcomers realised they could n't see the action on a flat course , unsympathetic to any onlooker less than six feet in height . |
| 8 | 10am : Talks break down after cats claim they ca n't understand a word I say . |
| 9 | The Fuller family 's neighbours felt they could n't let such an auspicious occasion pass without applying a little bunting to the brickwork . |
| 10 | They say government cutbacks mean they ca n't do the job properly . |
| 11 | But locals say they would n't want to live anywhere else . |
| 12 | Councillors say they ca n't afford the repairs which would cost three million pounds a year . |
| 13 | But protestors say they wo n't give in . |
| 14 | The police say they ca n't comment at this stage . |
| 15 | Thames Valley Police say they ca n't comment on the figures until they 've been discussed by the relevant committee next week . |
| 16 | The police say they ca n't identify him . |
| 17 | But , Northants police say they ca n't prosecute because they are under . |
| 18 | I think it 's a stigma that a lot of men feel they ca n't show that they 're depressed or they 've got a problem so they 'll pick up a ph , a phone . |
| 19 | ‘ Police said they could n't do anything because social workers believed their mother was good enough to look after them . ’ |
| 20 | Most of the children said they could n't remember any bits they liked ; eventually , with much prompting and nagging , everyone came up with something . |
| 21 | But most big stores admit they dare n't put prices up for fear of losing the few customers they have . |
| 22 | All the women say they ca n't wait to get rid of me ! |
| 23 | All the women say they ca n't wait to get rid of me ! |
| 24 | Many students say they ca n't work effectively without some favourite background music ( this chapter 15 being drafted to the background of a Mozart quartet — the perfect inspiration ! ) . |
| 25 | The girls would return from extended lunchbreaks in the city centre — a problem Personnel conceded they could n't resolve — rustling their voluminous plastic bags whose contents they would then exhaustively compare and discuss . |
| 26 | Parveen 's colleagues say they would n't have dared to retaliate , although they can understand what drove her to do so . |
| 27 | So the analysts found they could n't use free association with children . |