Example sentences of "they [verb] we [modal v] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We knew that despite what they promised we would n't get any real control , ’ comments Gilbert Hernandez . |
| 2 | ‘ They realise we ca n't afford to pay contract money , ’ Lowe said . |
| 3 | ‘ There was a party came over from Prince 's , trollies and all , but as they paid we could hardly object . ’ |
| 4 | They go we ca n't help it . |
| 5 | Michael had tried to book Guildford , but they would only offer us one week as they felt we could n't guarantee an audience for longer . |
| 6 | But economics do not determine penal practices in a simple and direct manner ; if they did we should hardly have the extremely wasteful penal system which exists in this country today , with its needlessly and expensively high prison population . |
| 7 | ‘ We are actually annoyed that they think we would even consider selling one of our top players . |
| 8 | Yeah but they said we ca n't charge you for it he said we sell a new tube or sell you a new tyre he said we can charge you but we ca n't charge you labour . |
| 9 | They said we would n't have got |