Example sentences of "not [verb] what be say " 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 | What to me seems surprising is that M. Oliver , who presumably supplied the recipes for the Le Creuset leaflet , does not give what is said to be the old and traditional fondue of Franche-Comté , a dish in every respect superior to its primitive Swiss counterpart , having both greater finesse of flavour and texture and far less brutally indigestible qualities . |
| 3 | What strategies do children rely on when they do not understand what is said , or only partially understand ? |
| 4 | When hearing loss is severe , the written word is your main ally , but you may also need the facility of one person who can make sure that you do not miss what is said . |
| 5 | Father 's voice got louder and louder in the next room , but the children and Mother could not hear what was said . |
| 6 | I do n't know what was said at the relief office but when Dad came back he just threw the ration card on the table in disgust . |
| 7 | It did n't matter what was said now . |
| 8 | 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 |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | From the shore , they could n't hear what was said . |
| 11 | ‘ I do n't care what is said — from my personal point of view Unilever will be a hierarchy until I leave , ’ says Floris Maijers , Chairman of Unilever N V. For John Drummond , a consultant on business ethics and co-author of Good Business , Kanter is missing a crucial point . |