Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] they did [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Officials insisted they did not expect a Cabinet reshuffle . |
| 2 | The team said they did n't think it was . |
| 3 | The couple from Edinburgh to be married by Father Buckley said they did n't want to talk about their wedding plans . |
| 4 | Very likely he expects a bambina — even Constanza found they did n't speak the same language any more . |
| 5 | City sources indicated they did not want a wide-ranging Budget that would tackle much-needed reforms such as mortgage tax relief and that it would be better for the Chancellor to do as little as possible . |
| 6 | In one recent poll 399 out of 400 patients at the Centre for Radiation Studies in Kiev said they did not believe what their doctors told them . |
| 7 | And 46 per cent of the under-25s said they did n't view marriage as their last romantic attachment . |
| 8 | This question had little significance and was relevant only to the part-time farmers as most family farmers said they did not take holidays . |
| 9 | Some taxi firms said they did not want blood in their cars . |
| 10 | Part of the audience decided that this was n't what they wanted to see , another part decided they did n't want to hear about politics anymore . |
| 11 | System builders that Microprocessor Report spoke to at Comdex last month said they did not expect volume production of Intel Corp 's Pentium chip until mid-1993 at best , suggesting the part has slipped another few months . |
| 12 | It cost the poor milkman a fortune to get them to pay him up for the milk people said they did n't get , you know ! |
| 13 | I needed to have her support , so when people said they did n't like it , I could say that she 'd been happy . |
| 14 | He said : ‘ I was prepared to set aside time at a future meeting for full discussion , but the clubs felt they did n't want to even talk about the issue any further . |
| 15 | The girls admitted they did not go to discos , but said they had friends . |
| 16 | The doctors said they did n't know how I managed to carry on in such pain . ’ |
| 17 | Police said they did not know why the gun had gone off , but believed it might have been triggered by the wind . |
| 18 | Police said they did not know if the killings were drug-related. — Reuter |
| 19 | Then came the day of joy when doctors at Newcastle upon Tyne General Hospital said they did not expect any more problems . |
| 20 | On Aug. 1 , a Central Bank began operation , but the authorities said they did not intend to introduce an independent currency to replace the South African Rand until 1992 . |
| 21 | Malcolm and Judy said they did n't know they had so many friends . ’ |
| 22 | But social services decided they did not have sufficient information to justify removing him from the Roberts ' care . |
| 23 | But social services decided they did not have sufficient information to justify removing him from the Roberts ' care . |
| 24 | Originally a Dizzy game , the Codies decided they did n't want to put our ovoid chum in a real-world adventure and created a new character instead — Seymour was born ! |
| 25 | And one in three of the women said they did not get enough respect from male superiors . |
| 26 | More worryingly , many consumers said they did not like the taste , but much of that could be put down to the fact that many housewives had a narrow cooking repertoire with an average of only two turkey variations . |