Example sentences of "they said [pron] [verb] not " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He asked the senior players if they 'd seen anything as they came away from the dressing-room and they said they had n't . |
| 2 | He says she asked about the stresses of final exams , and they said they had n't got a job to go to anyway . |
| 3 | we were gon na go down there , but erm nan and granddad had been down there about a fortnight ago and they said they had n't got a lot out yet , they said they would n't be out for about another three weeks , so about |
| 4 | They said they had not been properly consulted about the venue and formed a rival organisation , the Professional Chess Association , to manage the championship . |
| 5 | If they said they had not been upset on being told the diagnosis , this actually was the case ; they were not suffering from amnesia . |
| 6 | They checked with the firm and they said they did n't repair it , so he got the sack . |
| 7 | ‘ I told them my brother could be lying dead somewhere and they said they did n't care and that I was mucking them about , ’ said 18-year-old Joanne , of Stoneleigh , Surrey , yesterday . |
| 8 | ‘ I offered to coach them for nothing but they said they did n't want me , ’ he added . |
| 9 | They said they did n't know . |
| 10 | They freely admitted using the drug , which is used in the treatment of asthmatic and bronchitic conditions , because they said they did n't realise it was a banned substance . |
| 11 | They said they did n't have strong views on intensive farming . |
| 12 | ‘ They said they did n't think it was Brian but asked if forensic could come to take some prints from his toys and school books . |
| 13 | Also , according to Aszal , they said they did not doubt that she was his wife . |
| 14 | But there was a setback on Saturday when the French National League 's ( FNL ) disciplinary committee failed to make any ruling at a nine-hour meeting in Paris because they said they did not have enough evidence . |
| 15 | ‘ At one point we thought we had got an agreement but then they said they did not want any conditions at all attached to the application . ’ |
| 16 | One angry worker explained : ‘ They said they did not have sufficient money to sustain capital investment and pay shareholders , so somebody had to draw the short straw and it was us . ’ |
| 17 | themselves and cut themselves and for , for Allah and whatnot hit and he had two policemen , now if they had , they 're , they 're not allowed to stop you and ask for your identification unless they have policeman with them , but they can arrest you and take you to their police station and they can be quite intimidating and , but they were going round , there was American service in there who have little cards written on it , they said they do n't have to cover their heads they , they 're allowed to do just as well as they please |
| 18 | they said they do n't think they 'll be able to do too much at the moment |
| 19 | And they said we do n't mean to be over the men , but what we mean is for you to come down the office , no what the office wants as regards orders , and be responsible and pass them out to the men who you 'll think who 'll do the job best and all that , and that 's what we mean . |
| 20 | They said it does n't matter what it 's for |
| 21 | They said , they said it do n't give you a hangover but do n't believe it cos I had a you have a |
| 22 | ‘ No , ’ Kate says apologetically , ‘ they said I did n't need to bother to learn any before I came . ’ |
| 23 | They said I did n't lean hard enough . ’ |
| 24 | I know , but I just like they said you do n't have to put your names on just pissing about . |
| 25 | Well the Jehovah 's Witnesses come in last week before I come off work , must have been Thursday , they said you have n't seen window cleaner lately have you ? |
| 26 | But I mean it 's like Hugh , they said he had n't registered or something was n't it ? |
| 27 | They said he did not qualify for the money — a desperately-needed £75 — because his absence from Britain meant he was not available for work . |
| 28 | Two days ago they said she had not been assaulted . |