Example sentences of "[n mass] say they [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the parents of two children who drowned in a water tank at an army barracks say they may sue the Ministry of Defence for compensation . |
| 2 | And only a derisory 3% said they would want to live in Oxford after the war . |
| 3 | Finally , 47% said they would trust the Italians " not at all , " and 45% gave a similar response for the French . |
| 4 | But only 39% said they would pay extra taxes in order to facilitate unification ( Irish Times 1/9/87 ) . |
| 5 | Local people say they 'll keep fighting to get it banned . |
| 6 | And what sort of price are we talking about when people say they ought to have a computer ? |
| 7 | Twenty officers have been seriously assaulted there this year , and staff say they may lose control if urgent action is n't taken . |
| 8 | The support of the Liberal Democrats is vital to the government , with 19 of the party 's 20 MPs saying they will support Mr Major . |
| 9 | It 's easy for us as establishment people to say they can come to us . |
| 10 | One hundred people said they would help Matilda ( insert bride 's mother 's name ) organize the wedding . |
| 11 | In order that the hypothetical choice of loans offered to them would have at least some roots in people 's own experience , the size of the loan was in each case matched to the size of loan which people said they would consider taking out in practice . |
| 12 | I 'm glad you said that cos if too many people said they would have gone on started business without it they might drop the scheme . |
| 13 | The greater proportion ( 33 per cent ) of people said they could function on a minimum of six hours ' sleep , though many claimed they could get by on five hours ( 23 per cent ) and four hours ( 20 per cent ) . |
| 14 | A number of MPs said they would continue to support Mr Clarke because they were strongly opposed to possible successors from the right wing of the party . |
| 15 | Half of these preferred a non-executive style appointment at partnership level , 35% mentioned outside management consultants and 31% said they would consider employing a manager full time . |
| 16 | Twenty-eight percent were putting off-farm income into the farm at the time of the interview whilst a further 28% said they would consider doing this in the future . |