Example sentences of "say [pron] [modal v] not [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They might well have done of course they might have refused it 's the B B C they say you ca n't have a bottle |
| 2 | Er , yes , well , I 'd , I 'd , er , I 'd like to make two proposals , first of all that we formally congratulate our officers for leading the team that er , put together this successful bid , erm , but I 'd also like to say something about these concerns about the boundaries because it 's Oswestry again , amongst mainly the sort of north of the county around Oswestry , which like with the rural development area , could be left out , and , of course , economic development does n't stop at a parish boundary people cross it , it 's part of their economic activity and erm , I know that some of the sort of proposed projects put together for the use of this five B money , er , around the Oswestry area , are extremely desirable projects , er , and are achievable projects , and it would be a tragedy if er , if they were , if , if we failed to achieve them because of er , a kind of a bureaucratic dotted line which say you ca n't have the money because you 're the wrong side of the line . |
| 3 | They say you ca n't teach an old dog new tricks , but I 'm living proof . |
| 4 | ‘ We say we ca n't keep an eye on them all the time , but the girls are under strict control . ’ |
| 5 | Drinkers at Peter Kavanagh 's pub in Egerton Street , Toxteth , Liverpool , say they ca n't tell the difference between Harry and Johnny . |
| 6 | They say they ca n't discuss the case until the inquest is over . |
| 7 | Councillors say they ca n't afford the repairs which would cost three million pounds a year . |
| 8 | Factory bonuses have been replaced by compulsory pay deductions to buy government bonds , and many enterprises say they can not buy the bonds because they no longer have any cash . |
| 9 | Association chief executive Frank Clark said : ‘ We say we wo n't give in to the IRA and yet the police say they can not guarantee the safety of a manager at a football match . ’ |
| 10 | One possible pointer is that , when asked , people say it will not rise a lot . |
| 11 | we have had a letter back and it 's exactly the same as I got when I rang them up , if they just say it must not exceed a certain amount and they wo n't be tied down to tell me . |
| 12 | Ri Rita said Ken said it was a Porshe , but when I asked Ken he said he did n't say it was a Porshe , he says I would n't know a Porshe if I 've seen one and I says yeah , that 's what Dave said , ha , ha , ha , cos you said oh Ken do n't know one car from another and , and that 's what he said |
| 13 | we were only thinking about it this morning and I says I would n't mind a break , you know , like , cos , I mean aunty Mary 's always inviting us , and , and we were talking about the cat |
| 14 | ‘ Anyone who says I wo n't allow the Press Council to play its proper role is crackers , ’ he added . |
| 15 | She says I ca n't get a taxi because I have n't got enough money cos I do n't get paid til the end of the month . |
| 16 | My son , Ben , says I must not forget the illustrations by Quentin Blake — writer and illustrator are here a perfect match . |
| 17 | ‘ People have said I ca n't take the pressure , but things like this happen to me week in , week out . |
| 18 | She says she wo n't pay the money and will go to prison if she has to . |
| 19 | She 's resigned to spending this Christmas on her own … but says she wo n't let the matter rest until British Rail backs down . |
| 20 | Unless she says she ca n't open the front door I do n't know |
| 21 | Pilar Wayne now says she ca n't afford the upkeep on ‘ La Roca ’ in exclusive Newport Beach , California , and has put it on the market for £2 million . |
| 22 | She has to have the money , though , because goodness knows what her rent will be , and Rose Macaulay says she will not pay a penny more but Rose will do exactly what everyone will have to do and pay what she is told . |
| 23 | But 22-year-old Alison Scott , who was hit in the back , says she will not let the incident cloud her life . |
| 24 | He said ooh he says you wo n't get no more if you retire . |
| 25 | The very nature of the business says you ca n't have a nine till five job or whatever it is , you do n't work , I do n't think |
| 26 | These puppies are thriving in the warm environment , their owner says you could n't get a better start for young bird dogs . |
| 27 | She has said she will not give a penny until she is entirely satisfied the unit will go ahead as planned . |
| 28 | They had nowhere else to go because this is closed and as they 've said you ca n't pay the mortgage on a single engine two seater aeroplane and you ca n't get rid of , to sell one of those things , there business in liquidation . |
| 29 | Once briefed , the photographer should be left to compose the pictures himself and if he says something will not make a good picture his judgement should be accepted . |
| 30 | aye cos that 's , that 's when I 'll be going , er that 's when I , erm but Billy says he wo n't pay the poll tax |