Example sentences of "[modal v] not [vb infin] [Wh det] [be] said " in BNC.
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| 1 | She may find it difficult to raise this personally more pressing problem , but until the adviser acknowledges her priorities , Sally may not absorb what is said to her . |
| 2 | Father 's voice got louder and louder in the next room , but the children and Mother could not hear what was said . |
| 3 | They were talking in Spanish again so that I could n't follow what was said , only the gist of it , and that largely from the names they referred to : Iris Sunderby 's , of course , her grandfather , too , and the Connors , Sheila Connor in particular , and there was constant repetition of the name Rosalli Gabrielli . |
| 4 | From the shore , they could n't hear what was said . |
| 5 | Yeah er they , they would n't have come out with some of the things about er I ca n't remember what was said that erm you know er would n't mind meeting you in the bath or |