Example sentences of "say they [modal v] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | And what sort of price are we talking about when people say they ought to have a computer ? |
| 2 | No wonder half of all Britons say they would like a fairer system . |
| 3 | And in this sense , when we liberate South Africa we will also create , we hope a state in the world which will become foremost in fighting racism all over the world and at the lower level our community based organizations our non-governmental organizations that have across colour built up structures to move communities forward if our friends in Eastern Europe and elsewhere could see how that is done at grass roots level in the hell of racism as I say they would have a lot to learn . |
| 4 | Because we 've had we 've spent an awful lot of erm money and time in taking people into the system who say they will have a car when |
| 5 | Antineutrons should be hard to miss ; Chupp says they would generate a signal of two billion electron volts , four times the 500 million electron volts of the most energetic neutrons detected . |
| 6 | ‘ Father says they can graft a new hand onto the nerve ends . |
| 7 | So we 're parking illegally but the police actually have almo they 've said they will turn a blind eye to it if providing that we all do it sensibly and without and face like in the line of the traffic . |
| 8 | The clubs countered by saying they would boycott a scheduled meeting between the WRU 's competition sub-committee and the leagues working party . |
| 9 | I said as Bet said they ought to have a one way over there that 's what they ought to have . |
| 10 | The Americans and British , intent on not getting stuck in the town , wandered in and out talking of electricity and sanitation , then said they would send a few soldiers for a short time . |
| 11 | • only 8% of women who had children in the last 5 years said they would prefer a hospital consultant to provide their antenatal care . |
| 12 | ( ’ Canny ’ is echoed in the findings of a Gallup poll carried out for Shell last autumn which revealed that 60 per cent of Scottish motorists said they would buy a diesel car , compared to the national average of 49 per cent ) . |
| 13 | He led her up some stairs to a steel gallery from which he said they would get a bird's-eye-view of the operation . |
| 14 | Jesus said they would receive a severe sentence for their hypocrisy . |
| 15 | Goibniu remembered that Gnomes were reportedly extremely greedy , but said they would take a look at the designs now , if the Gnomes were quite ready , thus galvanising the Gnomes into anxious industry , resulting in much unpacking of knapsacks and unrolling of parchments and remarks such as , ‘ Who 's got the plan of the turquoise bracelet ? ’ and ‘ Why did we bring along four sketches for the everyday silver tiara ? ’ and ‘ Flaherty 's sitting on the Coronation sceptre ! ’ |
| 16 | Mr Cairns , a former Ulster teacher now lecturing in Japan who is home on a study project , said : ‘ They went for a meal to McDonalds and when the girls said they would take a taxi back to the Young Women 's Christian Association the boys told them not to take a black taxi because they were too expensive . |
| 17 | On a somewhat more controversial issue , Mr Milburn and Mr Bergg said they would support a ban on fox hunting . |
| 18 | They said they 'd give a lot of help . |
| 19 | ‘ One of the people I talked to was a salesman for Allied Dunbar and said they 'd do a great job . |
| 20 | But it was so costly so they said they 'd get a second hand one . |
| 21 | Masha and Sergei said they could eat a sandwich . |
| 22 | ‘ It said they could break a human 's arm with a blow of their nose . ’ |
| 23 | Mr Goldberg said they could bring a libel action , but he planned to wait until the appeal verdict . |
| 24 | He said they could have a picnic if they brought some cake out into the garden , but they did n't seem to understand him . |
| 25 | So you can only say they may make a payment . |