Example sentences of "says [pers pn] [vb mod] not [vb infin] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | My son , Ben , says I must not forget the illustrations by Quentin Blake — writer and illustrator are here a perfect match . |
2 | She has to have the money , though , because goodness knows what her rent will be , and Rose Macaulay says she will not pay a penny more but Rose will do exactly what everyone will have to do and pay what she is told . |
3 | But 22-year-old Alison Scott , who was hit in the back , says she will not let the incident cloud her life . |
4 | He says he can not waste the day whilst you converse with a madman . ’ |
5 | He did speak to Murray on the phone but says he can not clear the mystery until he has a chance to study the report in detail . |
6 | Geoff Addy , of the Old Dun Cow , says he can not afford a new 20-year lease which will put his rent and rates up to £2,000 a week . |
7 | CHESHIRE 'S Chief Constable says he will not introduce a full-time armed unit . |
8 | The local authority , the only one of England 's 366 councils still without a plan , says it can not afford the £10,000 cost and that the government 's recycling policy is " grandiose " but ineffective . |
9 | Oxford Health Authority says it can not afford the £200,000 each year to keep it going . |