Example sentences of "[verb] they [vb mod] [not/n't] [vb infin] [indef pn] " in BNC.

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1 And what really bothers me is when people say they ca n't do anything about it .
2 He says they wo n't say anything until the men have been sentenced .
3 What 's that , that that young girl here says they wo n't have nowt do with them at all .
4 I HOPE THEY WO N'T DAMAGE ANYTHING .
5 People in urgent need of a 'flu vaccination are being told they ca n't have one because supplies have run out .
6 ‘ 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 .
7 He , He went into hospital and they said erm that it 's the muscles of his heart that were affected they could n't do anything more for him !
8 I suppose they would n't feel anything after
9 I suppose they could n't find anything to incriminate me .
10 It seems they could not find anyone else to answer the call , so they came to us . ’
11 Only it may feel like such a disaster that , that they feel they ca n't do anything about it , er but you 're saying that that is n't , is n't necessarily the case ?
12 I guess they could n't afford one on his church salary .
13 They will realise they can not change everything ; the hours spent re-inventing government or shifting paradigms will be put down to youthful inexperience .
14 I would say conditions were a wee bit easier a wee bit you had a wee bit more freedom because they knew they could not replace anybody if they gave the sack .
15 You could let they would n't let anyone put him in .
16 Well they just went back and said they could n't want something that much maybe she 's gone over her limit .
17 ‘ Police said they could n't do anything because social workers believed their mother was good enough to look after them . ’
18 Neither of the Josephs speaks the language , they ca n't discuss things with Durance without your help , and because of the way the paintings were created they could n't trust anyone else . ’
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