Example sentences of "i [verb] they [vb mod] not [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The 44-year-old composer said : ‘ When they let me know they could not afford to pay more than £6 million , I realised we had to step in to save it for the nation . |
| 2 | Cos they are quite tame , I mean that 's one thing about the hens I mean they ca n't come out though , they just wander about . |
| 3 | Ju well you know , I mean they ca n't get up to much but |
| 4 | Well I mean they wo n't last any erm |
| 5 | Well I mean they wo n't flower again , that 's for certain you see and it 's it 's got ta be |
| 6 | I mean they wo n't say sand and salt , they 'll say something which is insoluble and give it a horrible chemical name |
| 7 | I mean they would n't want to listen to the music I do n't think |
| 8 | Well no I just wondered if you 've had your own telly and you 've just got it private you know , I mean they would n't have no records |
| 9 | Ya , I mean they would n't mix with the likes of us ! |
| 10 | Happens , but they do try and go for bigger takings , I mean they 'll not break into my house it wo n't be worth all that worth . |
| 11 | Yeah well I mean they should n't wind people up I mean she 's just . |
| 12 | Much to the amusement of two American girls who stayed with us because they did n't know what this phrase was I mean they could n't have sort it out in the first place of what it meant . |
| 13 | Well when they put the flats up , I mean they could n't keep pets , and they had n't got a garden , and there was a period of time when er we were rather concerned . |
| 14 | Were my friends in Cambridge to see the change in me I vow they would not believe it . |
| 15 | whatever I say they ca n't hear me . |
| 16 | I say they should n't get away with that . |
| 17 | I HOPE THEY WO N'T DAMAGE ANYTHING . |
| 18 | ‘ Well , I hope they wo n't kill young Openshaw , ’ I said . |
| 19 | She wore a stiff black silk dress , a lace cap and an expression of disapproval — " I hope they wo n't take me for one of your actress friends , " she boomed . |
| 20 | ‘ I do not think identity cards would have changed things — I suspect they would not have deterred people from travelling without tickets . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ If I do get bad feelings I know they wo n't last long and that I will cope ’ |
| 22 | Oh , I , well I never like so , even now I 'm paranoid about it , its like a couple of times I do n't know how I slept a wink , and these people are the people I trust because you do n't want I know they wo n't do it on purpose , but I know , have seen what I 'm |
| 23 | I know they wo n't consider me her kind , her havin' been to a fancy school , an' the typin' stuff an' all . |
| 24 | ‘ Thing is , Barbs barged in at an inconvenient moment when my brothers were moving some stuff into my place , and they came over all paranoid and looked at her very old-fashioned , and while I know they would n't do anything to her , now she 's gone missing I ca n't help wondering . |
| 25 | I know they ca n't help it , it 's their way of living but |
| 26 | well I know they ca n't help that |
| 27 | Everyone was devastated , the community was shattered when they heard , people were crying at the gates , children were very nervous I heard they could n't sleep , so they were very affected . |
| 28 | Let me just point out to you that last year if you remember they asked you to describe the the passage where Jesus is crucified , that 's 1521 to 31 and I guess they wo n't do that again this year , but they 're likely to pick on a significant passage , significant section then you 're asked to relate it relate the passage at the end of Mark 's Gospel where Jesus is crucified . |
| 29 | I guess they could n't afford one on his church salary . |
| 30 | I suppose they would not deny that they represent not Utopia but Original Sin , and the imperfect state of man . |