Example sentences of "say they do [not/n't] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The father of seven has called for the teacher to be suspended but education officials say they do not plan any drastic action . |
| 2 | They say they do not understand why their headmaster is so intent on persecuting them when 20 Jewish students do not attend school on Saturdays , a normal part of the school week in France . |
| 3 | The Serbs say they do not object . |
| 4 | For his part , Mr Gaunt claims that 38 of the 50 members who have signed the exemption order saving them from the full rigour of the CFTC 's rules say they do not like the agreement . |
| 5 | The sisters say they do n't blame their landlady for evicting them . |
| 6 | Most blokes say they do n't give a |
| 7 | The boys say they do n't bother the girls if the girls do n't bother them ! |
| 8 | ‘ The reps still say they do n't want a diesel car because it 's noisy , but that 's changing . |
| 9 | Some home managers or owners say they do n't want to bother residents with this sort of thing . |
| 10 | Local people say they do n't want it . |
| 11 | Those jobs can be protected , I know the hunting fraternity say they do n't want to drag hunt . |
| 12 | Here at the city 's Tourist Office , they say they do n't want to sell it . |
| 13 | Poly administrators say they do n't want any more disruption like that and they 've agreed to talks . |
| 14 | Residents say they do n't want to witness any more carnage on the road . |
| 15 | James and Laura Lonsdale , who are close friends of the Princess of Wales , say they do n't want other parents to suffer as they did . |
| 16 | Officials at Japan 's Ministry of International Trade & Industry now say that they 're tired of quibbling over market share figures with the US , and say they do n't intend to allow the US to establish a new market share goal in upcoming semiconductor talks , which will begin in Hawaii next Tuesday , the Wall Street Journal reports — ‘ Because there was a controversy over the old 20% figure , which was taken as some form of commitment , we have no intention of referring to any new numbers ’ Koji Matsui , deputy director of the industrial electronics division of the Ministry declared . |
| 17 | And even people who say they do n't care how they look care how they look . |
| 18 | ‘ Sometimes you think you 've done all right but often you say they do n't hold water or they wo n't stand up . |
| 19 | a lot of people say they do n't fancy hake . |
| 20 | I am not too bothered re : TSB — as you say they do n't mince words themselves . |
| 21 | They say they do n't like this , used to like nuts . |
| 22 | what the hell are you doing , you give them that and if they say they do n't wish to be on the tape you have to erase their voice . |
| 23 | The UN in Sarajevo say they do n't discriminate between injured soldiers and civilians . |
| 24 | So they , they have that , they , they say they do n't need unions because they 've got a good working relationship . |
| 25 | Councillors say they do n't believe shutters are the answer |
| 26 | If they answer the phone and say they do n't know anything about the bed-and-breakfast bookings , a customer could be lost immediately . |
| 27 | EPA officials say they do n't know who prepared what 's come to be known as the EPA 's hit-list . |
| 28 | Thirty-nine per cent of men rate their sexual performance as ‘ average ’ ; 29% say they do n't know ; 17% think it 's a little better than most . |
| 29 | It was not good enough that the IDB say they do n't know what to do to develop West Belfast ; this issue should be addressed . |
| 30 | The police are n't telling us anything — I have n't been able to get as far as Marshall and the others just look mysterious and say they do n't know . ’ |