Example sentences of "say they [modal v] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bus company directors say they may withdraw services from an estate if plans to introduce sleeping policemen are given the go-ahead . |
| 2 | Twenty officers have been seriously assaulted there this year , and staff say they may lose control if urgent action is n't taken . |
| 3 | Erm sixty six percent of people believe that the people you vote for say they 'll do things for you but once they 're in they forget what they 've said . |
| 4 | ‘ They say they 'll kill Sam . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ The date they say they 'll kill Sam , ’ explained Charlotte , ‘ unless the document is delivered to them . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ They phone and say they 'll accept £20,000 and two months later they 'll ring again and say £18,000 , ’ says Lisa Wilson , partner in Portsmouth-based Accountability Recruitment . |
| 7 | They phone and say they 'll accept £20,000 and two months later they 'll ring again and say £18,000 |
| 8 | A group of mobile cafe owners say they 'll fight moves to ban their vehicles from the roadside on a busy dual carriageway . |
| 9 | A group of mobile cafe owners say they 'll fight moves to ban their vehicles from the roadside on a busy dual carriageway . |
| 10 | A farmer and his wife say they 'll fight council plans to throw them off their land . |
| 11 | Health Images UK Ltd , owners of the medical centre at Yarm Road which is due to open this month , say they would welcome plans to expand the site . |
| 12 | Unless a deal is done which reduces subsidies and makes agricultural trade subject to normal GATT rules , they say they will block progress on freeing trade in services and rewriting international rules governing intellectual property . |
| 13 | ‘ — and sometimes they say they will contain monsters with wavy tentacles and big teeth . ’ |
| 14 | They are collaborating on integrating the software into the distributed architecture of HaL 's systems and say they will extend Motif for mission-critical applications . |
| 15 | The new cars will sell for the same price as regular models , although the Ford say they will cost $100 more to produce . |
| 16 | Nor do they intend to underwrite other banks ' loans if the firm goes under ; they say they will take part in rescues , but not as guarantors . |
| 17 | On the one hand , the Socialists say they will tackle corruption by introducing a new law on party financing . |
| 18 | Milton Keynes Borough Council say they will save £400,000 a year by switching to a fortnightly collection of rubbish . |
| 19 | For example , we like the idea of benign scientific research , as we call it , to counter the whalers who say they will kill whales for science . |
| 20 | Reports say they will bid £8 million to buy out Swales , chairman for 20 years but now the subject of a concerted hate campaign by supporters following the sacking of manager Peter Reid . |
| 21 | In the short run , ATP officials say they will cancel plans for another round of applications this summer to their programme , which funds proposals from individual companies and industry consortia , while the Energy Department expects to continue its emphasis on funding research projects within the laboratories that also serve the needs of industry . |
| 22 | If they refuse , the lawyers say they will begin proceedings in the High Court for damages . |
| 23 | Cricket officials and local residents say they will fight tooth and nail to save the ground , home to both clubs since the early 1930s . |
| 24 | Within hours of its announcement , the plan was attacked by environmental groups who say they will bury President George Bush 's plan . |