Example sentences of "say they [modal v] [adv] do [pron] " 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 | I 'm saying this because GCSE includes a section on improvisation , and a lot of teachers ca n't do it ; they say they ca n't do it … |
| 3 | And they can do maths , they just , it 's just that when you call it maths they say they ca n't do it . |
| 4 | The police say they can only do their job if that information 's kept secret . |
| 5 | He was saying they ca n't do their job they ca n't go out and get these proper bloody criminals |
| 6 | More than one-third of parents felt this did not happen whereas staff said they would always do it . |
| 7 | ‘ Police said they could n't do anything because social workers believed their mother was good enough to look after them . ’ |