Example sentences of "they [verb] i [modal v] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And they say I ca n't remember it just happened so quick that I ca n't remember , they have been unconscious for a , it may be just a split second , it 's affected the brain , they are concussed . |
| 2 | She had done all the house out and got all the presents and everything , but then they says I could n't have him or see him . |
| 3 | * So I 've been a bad boy at times but they reckon I ca n't walk out on a job if I 'm in the Jungle and Matt 's temperamental which means he does n't normally work unless they give him a hamper full of white powder but he seems to have kicked it and there are n't too many dealers swinging through the trees like Tarzan out here . |
| 4 | The garden gradually got all tangled and interesting and took a little longer to patrol since the other cats took advantage and tried to be clever , creeping in when they thought I would n't notice . |
| 5 | I suppose in some ways they thought I would not buckle , so they put even heavier pressure on some of the new MPs . |
| 6 | They thought I could not understand French ; I can , my mother was French . |
| 7 | Now I began to wonder if my friends had not been right when they said I would never see him again . |
| 8 | An occupational therapist stated : ‘ It did n't matter what I said , they said I could n't cope ’ , and a physiotherapist recalled that : ‘ His parting words were ‘ Nobody will accept you as a physio , no school 's going to accept you . ’ ’ |
| 9 | I must admit , it 's never ever let me down but I mean , they know if ever they said I could n't have no money I 'd cause one hell of a stink you know ! |
| 10 | But er they said I could n't have it there |
| 11 | They said I could only stay one week , but I stayed there for two , and they did n't know . |
| 12 | They said I 'd never make a manager . |
| 13 | They said I 'd never know pain again , or hunger . |
| 14 | Before they left I could not forbear to draw Gillian closer and impart to her the glittering counsel that wearing 501s with trainers was frankly un désastre and that I was amazed she had walked the streets to my apartment in broad daylight and escaped pillory . |
| 15 | They knows I wo n't touch the thing . |