Example sentences of "said [pron] [modal v] not [vb infin] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I said and I do I said I ca n't bare piles and piles of ironing . |
| 2 | She 's had a lot of ups and downs , Christmas , New Year 's Eve night Rudy and I went to a party , Pam 's daughter 's party , it 's her eighteenth and at quarter to twelve when they started getting ready to ring the chimes in , at midnight Wendy said I ca n't stay Joy I 'm gon na have to go I said oh alright then , I said I see you alright , are you alright ? |
| 3 | He says that 's a when , he said I ca n't let June come to work he said I was he said first things that went through my mind were someone 's decided to finish , what 's gone off ? |
| 4 | And she said I could n't believe Bren . |
| 5 | A very famous person in the guitar industry said you ca n't build guitars with machines . |
| 6 | A very famous person in the guitar industry said you ca n't build guitars with machines . |
| 7 | and she said she , its cos she said , she said of course if its because she 's so used to Joe he would of , I said yeah but he went over the top did n't he , cos he always did every thing to perfection , I said you ca n't have Joe doing it |
| 8 | She said the Samaritans she said Joy I were gon na commit suicide , and she said I thought well I 'll just talk to the Samaritans and she said that 's where I were , I said you wo n't commit suicide will you ? |
| 9 | She said she would not blame teachers for concluding that their profession was being utterly deprofessionalised after Mr Lang 's suggestion that schools could be run by parents and local busy-bodies . |
| 10 | Supply said she would not start cookery lesson until she returned . |
| 11 | Carol Park , communications director of Standard Life , said she would not preempt Monday 's meeting and could not discuss the company 's future support . |
| 12 | Margaret Geeson , the nurse in charge of the Grantham and Kesteven Hospital children 's ward that day , said she could not remember Allitt ever informing her of the incident . |
| 13 | He said we ca n't allow people . |
| 14 | ‘ The North said they would not hold talks during the … exercises , ’ the source said . |
| 15 | A potentially crippling problem arose last week when hundreds of policemen from the 17,000-strong security force said they would not take part unless they were guaranteed proper living conditions and pay rises . |
| 16 | Newspapers said they would not report matches and carried a barrage of irate letters . |
| 17 | People who said they would n't borrow money were excluded from this study . |
| 18 | Zuwaya said they should not watch television together ; sons should not smoke in their father 's presence , nor try to wheedle or coax money from them ; and mostly they did not do those things . |
| 19 | A police spokeswoman said they could not confirm reports of a second bag snatch from a another woman 's car just a few minutes later . |
| 20 | But Palestinians rejected the offer and said they could not resume peace talks until all the deportees were returned . |
| 21 | But industry minister Edward Leigh , on a visit to the town , said it would n't benefit Britain 's workforce . |
| 22 | I was n't really sure about displaying so much , but Cavell said it would n't cause offence . ’ |
| 23 | The league said it would not send cats to Coundon as it had heard of a case of a kitten being used as live bait for dogs . |
| 24 | Nestle Foods Corporation said it would not buy Salvadoran coffee for 30 days in response to a consumer group campaign against the war in El Salvador . |
| 25 | Peking said it would not persecute Mr Yang if he was returned to the mainland , a clear sign it would strongly disapprove of Hong Kong not returning him . |
| 26 | Last week the Northern Ireland Court Service said it could n't comment Lord Justice Murray 's retirement . |
| 27 | IBM Japan said it will not consider measures that would force employees out despite its economic woes because of customary lifelong employment in Japan . |
| 28 | Aid convoys have been backed up at the border since Monday after Gen Morillon said he would not leave Srebrenica until aid was allowed through . |
| 29 | It said 56 per cent of those asked believed the president had misled the public during last year 's election campaign when he said he would not raise taxes on the middle class to pay for his programmes . |
| 30 | Peterson backed off and said he would not ask Jones to cancel his talk . |