Example sentences of "[noun sg] say they would [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Labour say they would increase policing levels still further , and the Liberal Democrats are calling for new crime prevention programmes . |
| 2 | Labour 's shadow chancellor John Smith unveils their alternative budget promising everyone earning up to £22,000 a year they would be better Dr Ashok Kumar launched his campaign to retain Langabrugh pledging ‘ I 'm here to Opinion polls show the Tories with a three point Labour say they would scrap the City Technology Colleges if they won power . |
| 3 | One-third of five- and six-year-olds in one study said they would prefer to be without their sibling altogether — hardly a vote of confidence in sibship . |
| 4 | A High Court judge said they would earn nothing from the book , if convicted . |
| 5 | Members of the medical faculty said they would fax press reports of the Peking democracy movement to as many recipients as they could find in China , to overcome censorship . |
| 6 | Staff who attended the meeting said they 'd listen to the augments . |
| 7 | Security said they 'd send someone over right away , and she busied herself for the next few minutes with the half-dozen patients in the waiting area . |
| 8 | The band said they would look stupid , standing there with guitars but not actually playing . |
| 9 | Beaumont 's study of assisted migrants in Scotland in 1976 showed that 88 per cent of his sample said they would have wanted to move in the absence of government assistance and , even more important , 69 per cent of the sample said they would have been able to move without government assistance . |
| 10 | Beaumont 's study of assisted migrants in Scotland in 1976 showed that 88 per cent of his sample said they would have wanted to move in the absence of government assistance and , even more important , 69 per cent of the sample said they would have been able to move without government assistance . |
| 11 | When the helicopter came to collect us , the crew said they would take everything in one journey rather than the expected two . |
| 12 | Those who remain in the area say they 'd go back and restore the houses again tomorrow , given the chance . |
| 13 | A homeless woman said they would find conditions ‘ not good enough for dogs ’ . |
| 14 | Local politicians from both main parties this week said they would resist any plans to merge Darlington and SouthWest Durham health authorities . |
| 15 | International botanist David Bellamy refused to release 1,000 balloons at the official opening of Middlesbrough 's botanic centre saying they would kill birds and wildlife . |
| 16 | The journalists challenging the High Court ruling at yesterday 's hearing said they would pursue the case through to the European Court . |
| 17 | ‘ Did n't the hospital say they 'd have her met ? ’ |
| 18 | Twenty-two out of these 29 said they would prefer the sufferer to be in institutional care ; the remainder said they would like increased care at home . |
| 19 | And when people in our main survey were asked how they would like to repay a loan ( Appendix 1 , Tables 47a and 47b and comments on those tables ) , the great majority said they would prefer monthly repayments , or at least would not mind ; only one in five said they would prefer weekly repayments . |
| 20 | Of those whose ideal holiday differs from the kind they usually take , the majority said they would like to go further afield , for example , to Australia , the Far East , Asia or the US for four to six weeks . |
| 21 | A recent opinion poll showed that 89 per cent of the public said they would oppose plans to bury waste in their neighbourhood . |
| 22 | United Buses and the Darlington Transport Company said they would stop serving the Skerne Park estate if speed humps and a 20mph speed limit were introduced . |
| 23 | Some 75% of bishops who replied to the survey said they would vote in favour of the ordination of women . |
| 24 | Banks covering 28% of the debt said they would make loans equivalent to 20% of their existing exposure . |
| 25 | But people living near the Penmaenmawr plant say they would suffer from noise , dust and unpleasant smells . |