Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] they [vb mod] [not/n't] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meanwhile council officers in Swindon say they ca n't cope with any more terrapins . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | All the same he watched them like a cold-eyed hawk , and Maggie knew they must not put one foot wrong , favour or not . |
| 4 | Lucy accepted , but Alan knew they would n't go . |
| 5 | Both the ECGD and Bank of Scotland said they would not comment until the programme had been shown . |
| 6 | Hamptons say they ca n't comment because of the legal action . |
| 7 | And the vets at Stroud hope they wo n't have to deal with any more victims of senseless shooting . |
| 8 | At the moment , Hillsborough chairman David Richards insists they will not let Hirst go , but it seems United are prepared to step up the pressure to test their nerve . |
| 9 | Brian Horton says they could not have had a better match . |
| 10 | There was no reply and Clarissa said they could n't hear him , so why did n't he leave it ? ’ |
| 11 | Dauntless hoped they would not sting . |
| 12 | But Alex Ferguson , secretly plotting to solve United 's goalscoring crisis , is getting desperate and will not give up easily , even though Wednesday maintain they will not sell their prize asset . |
| 13 | And Football League president Gordon McKeag said : ‘ When the Premier League was formed the FA said they would not sanction a second division . |
| 14 | Zuwaya said they would not have wanted to win an election that way ; and some Magharba — admittedly few , the majority being unquestioningly jubilant — said that just ends had been achieved by improper means . |
| 15 | Zuwaya said they should not watch television together ; sons should not smoke in their father 's presence , nor try to wheedle or coax money from them ; and mostly they did not do those things . |
| 16 | Alexandra thought they could n't stop , not possibly , but they did and she saw Punch 's face , two yards away , look towards her , blank with unrecognition until she smiled and waved her hand and then he too grinned , and ducked his head at her and swung his horse away from the wall again . |
| 17 | Prosecutors interviewed by the Polish daily Zycie Warszawy said they would not know how to deal with a case of illegal abortion as they had not yet received copies of the new law . |
| 18 | Lloyds Bank say they wo n't comment because the matter is subject to legal proceedings . |
| 19 | But back Northampton went and though they held the first Nottingham surge they could not stop the second and scrum-half Hughes dived over on the left to score a try which earned a standing ovation . |
| 20 | After the acquittal , the Disciplinary Committee of the jockey Club called Filmer to Portman Square to warn him as to his future behaviour , and Filmer said they could n't touch him , and was generally unbearably arrogant . |
| 21 | Slimane Bekki and John Pyle said they could not calculate the effect on ozone depletion , but believed the northern hemisphere would be worst affected , because it has most of the main air routes . |
| 22 | But Lesley says they wo n't ask her to sing it . |
| 23 | That means that er sa , America says they wo n't do bomb them or anything yet . |
| 24 | Lord Justice Lloyd and Mr Justice Waterhouse said they could not interfere with the exercise of discretion by Judge Owen in Manchester Crown Court last November . |