Example sentences of "say they [verb] n't [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sisters say they do n't blame their landlady for evicting them . |
| 2 | Most blokes say they do n't give a |
| 3 | The boys say they do n't bother the girls if the girls do n't bother them ! |
| 4 | ‘ The reps still say they do n't want a diesel car because it 's noisy , but that 's changing . |
| 5 | Some home managers or owners say they do n't want to bother residents with this sort of thing . |
| 6 | Local people say they do n't want it . |
| 7 | Those jobs can be protected , I know the hunting fraternity say they do n't want to drag hunt . |
| 8 | Here at the city 's Tourist Office , they say they do n't want to sell it . |
| 9 | Poly administrators say they do n't want any more disruption like that and they 've agreed to talks . |
| 10 | Residents say they do n't want to witness any more carnage on the road . |
| 11 | James and Laura Lonsdale , who are close friends of the Princess of Wales , say they do n't want other parents to suffer as they did . |
| 12 | Officials at Japan 's Ministry of International Trade & Industry now say that they 're tired of quibbling over market share figures with the US , and say they do n't intend to allow the US to establish a new market share goal in upcoming semiconductor talks , which will begin in Hawaii next Tuesday , the Wall Street Journal reports — ‘ Because there was a controversy over the old 20% figure , which was taken as some form of commitment , we have no intention of referring to any new numbers ’ Koji Matsui , deputy director of the industrial electronics division of the Ministry declared . |
| 13 | And even people who say they do n't care how they look care how they look . |
| 14 | ‘ Sometimes you think you 've done all right but often you say they do n't hold water or they wo n't stand up . |
| 15 | a lot of people say they do n't fancy hake . |
| 16 | I am not too bothered re : TSB — as you say they do n't mince words themselves . |
| 17 | They say they do n't like this , used to like nuts . |
| 18 | what the hell are you doing , you give them that and if they say they do n't wish to be on the tape you have to erase their voice . |
| 19 | The UN in Sarajevo say they do n't discriminate between injured soldiers and civilians . |
| 20 | So they , they have that , they , they say they do n't need unions because they 've got a good working relationship . |
| 21 | Councillors say they do n't believe shutters are the answer |
| 22 | If they answer the phone and say they do n't know anything about the bed-and-breakfast bookings , a customer could be lost immediately . |
| 23 | EPA officials say they do n't know who prepared what 's come to be known as the EPA 's hit-list . |
| 24 | Thirty-nine per cent of men rate their sexual performance as ‘ average ’ ; 29% say they do n't know ; 17% think it 's a little better than most . |
| 25 | It was not good enough that the IDB say they do n't know what to do to develop West Belfast ; this issue should be addressed . |
| 26 | The police are n't telling us anything — I have n't been able to get as far as Marshall and the others just look mysterious and say they do n't know . ’ |
| 27 | Governors say they do n't know how to advance beyond the ceremonial involvement to something more real . |
| 28 | A child who suffers up to forty fits a day is baffling doctors , who say they do n't know what 's caused the little girl 's brain disorder . |
| 29 | That 's one thing here , will get them in and out , but I 've spoken to patients who say they do n't get the care here and , on the surface it looks a brilliant hospital , it gets them in and out , you know , it does everything , it 's got all the facilities but it does n't give them the care . |
| 30 | Cos they say they do n't get paid enough money for the N H S. |