Example sentences of "and [verb] they [vb mod] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | British Nuclear Fuels refuse to discuss individual cases , and say they will not comment on the latest report until it is published . |
| 2 | They are largely women who have got to the top in other careers and found they could not go any further . |
| 3 | The discovery was made at 11.30am after staff arrived at the pub and found they could not get in . |
| 4 | ‘ I could wait for dark , bypass the current in the fence , climb over , sneak up to the house , stick a bug on one of the windows and hope they would n't see it . ’ |
| 5 | even up , further up the road to us ca n't , have turned round and said they ca n't sleep |
| 6 | According to officers stationed at Darlington , the silent majority now support Mr Thompson 's plans and believe they could even speed response times to house fires in the town . |
| 7 | Children misbehave when they are discouraged and believe they can not succeed by useful means . |
| 8 | Father Morrow said magistrates told him they had studied the Law Lords ' decision to allow feeding tubes to be removed from Tony and felt they could not serve the summons . |
| 9 | In fact I 'm told we ran the three-day week so well that it did n't make enough impact on the country ; they did n't realize the crisis and thought they would n't support Ted Heath . |
| 10 | Over the years , the departments have moved closer together and combining them will also lead to efficiency savings for the authority . |
| 11 | That 'd make them sit up and realise they ca n't get away with desecrating any bit of wild country they can get their hands on … ‘ |
| 12 | ANC leaders blamed President de Klerk 's government for the massacre and said they would not respond ‘ meekly ’ . |
| 13 | But Palestinians rejected the offer and said they could not resume peace talks until all the deportees were returned . |
| 14 | Well they just went back and said they could n't want something that much maybe she 's gone over her limit . |
| 15 | She had complained about the waste , and said they should n't have to burn books to keep warm ; it offended her . |
| 16 | ‘ Lille ’ , wrote a local observer in 1869 , ‘ is not a capitalist town , it is first and foremost a great industrial and commercial centre ’ where men put their profits back into the business , did not play about with them , and hoped they would never have to borrow . |
| 17 | If the eagle did nothing and waited they would not get him . |
| 18 | You feel more confident do n't you in a group situation if you know exactly what people er er know or what they do n't know , cos there 's nothing worse is n't there than to go in and thinking they may already know this , I might be going in an teaching my grandmother to suck eggs here , I 'm not sure what they know about this . |
| 19 | Mrs Patient of Bracknell , Berks , said : ‘ I could n't believe that it took four of them to stand there and say they could n't do the work until after the New Year . |