Example sentences of "say they did [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They say they did n't tell the owners because it 's their policy not to do so . |
| 2 | The older generation say They did n't do the job this way . |
| 3 | Durham County Council say they did not know the source of the waste , nor the company responsible for dumping it , and they admitted it is too late to find out . |
| 4 | The document which has been leaked says they did n't spot the danger in time , and the noise from the disco on the Marchioness prevented the alarm being raised . |
| 5 | The document which has been leaked , says they did n't spot the danger in time and the noise from the disco on board the Marchioness prevented the alarm being raised . |
| 6 | She says they did n't bother that they were pensioners . |
| 7 | She says they did n't bother that they were pensioners . |
| 8 | The five smaller parties represented in the new ‘ coalition government ’ yesterday withdrew their support for Mr Krenz , saying they did not believe his assurances that he was unaware of the large-scale corruption among the previous communist leadership . |
| 9 | The five smaller parties represented in the new ‘ coalition government ’ yesterday withdrew their support for Mr Krenz , saying they did not believe his assurances that he was unaware of the large-scale corruption among the previous Communist leadership . |
| 10 | The five smaller parties represented in the new ‘ coalition government ’ yesterday withdrew their support for Mr Krenz , saying they did not believe his assurances that he was unaware of the large-scale corruption among the previous communist leadership of which he was a vital part . |
| 11 | Having been freed from NHS control and from any control by local people , trust managers were now saying they did n't want to answer to the Health Secretary either . |
| 12 | When I reminded them that only an hour ago they were saying they did n't fancy any more , they looked genuinely irritated . |
| 13 | It was all very well Mahmoud saying they did n't need the body . |
| 14 | The Ministry of Defence has replied to Lord ferrers saying they did n't like it and they want to keep the land clear to make it easier to sell . |
| 15 | Then came the day of joy when doctors at Newcastle upon Tyne General Hospital said they did not expect any more problems . |
| 16 | System builders that Microprocessor Report spoke to at Comdex last month said they did not expect volume production of Intel Corp 's Pentium chip until mid-1993 at best , suggesting the part has slipped another few months . |
| 17 | On Aug. 1 , a Central Bank began operation , but the authorities said they did not intend to introduce an independent currency to replace the South African Rand until 1992 . |
| 18 | The weekly paper for the young and independent , published today , asked 500 12 to 15-year-olds how happy they were at home and 79 per cent said they did not want to leave before the age of 18 . |
| 19 | Johnny Kirk , whose family had been connected with the ‘ mayor-making ’ over the years , said they did not want to make a big production of it or turn it into a tourist attraction ; they wanted to keep it as it was , ‘ a local event for local people ’ . |
| 20 | ‘ It was all so quick — the judges just said they did not want to hear any more arguments , convictions quashed and then got up and walked out ! |
| 21 | Some taxi firms said they did not want blood in their cars . |
| 22 | Migrants who said they did not want to do another course or were unsure , generally said that they wanted to finish the current course before considering anything else . |
| 23 | ‘ At one point we thought we had got an agreement but then they said they did not want any conditions at all attached to the application . ’ |
| 24 | Neighbours in Walford Road , Stoke Newington , said they did not hear any shooting but told of screaming and said the face of one of the men who was arrested was bloody and bruised . |
| 25 | Detailed cross-tabulations of our main survey results ( not included in Appendix I ) showed that people who said they worried about money fairly often or very often on average had a markedly higher credit commitment than people who said they did not worry about money . |
| 26 | And one in three of the women said they did not get enough respect from male superiors . |
| 27 | He said they did not get near enough to the 92-year-old Queen Mother 's third-floor room to pose a security risk . |
| 28 | More worryingly , many consumers said they did not like the taste , but much of that could be put down to the fact that many housewives had a narrow cooking repertoire with an average of only two turkey variations . |
| 29 | In one recent poll 399 out of 400 patients at the Centre for Radiation Studies in Kiev said they did not believe what their doctors told them . |
| 30 | Today the judge dismissed reports from two psychiatrists who said they did not believe Bourgois was dangerous . |