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Example sentences of "the [noun pl] did " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	When the advocates of a pro-Israeli policy happened to be Jewish , says the Jewish Mr Teicher , the Arabists did not hesitate to whisper ‘ dual loyalty ’ .
2	The mandroids did n't stir , so we were in .
3	This Board held that in the particular circumstances — the contracts having been neither framed nor carried out in British India — the profits derived from the contracts did not there accrue or arise .
4	Supporters of the acts did not see the principles of state hygiene as contradicting the moral emphases of the public health movement .
5	When in 1952 Michael Ventris announced he had succeeded in deciphering Linear B and that it was an archaic form of Greek , howls of indignant refutation were raised by the fraternity of linguistic experts as a matter of course , and when , with that beautiful sense of timing which nemesis has , a whole library of Linear B tablets was unearthed in Pylos on the Greek mainland one year later , translations of which confirmed Ventris 's conclusion , the experts did the only thing they could under the circumstances : they accused the discoverer and Ventris of having forged them .
6	In the event the crowds did n't show .
7	But the crowds did n't show , and traders and exhibitors lost out .
8	The third bokra was a Friday , the Muslim holy day , when the labourers did not come at all .
9	Only briefly at the end of the 1960s and again in the mid-1970s did average earnings rise significantly above the all-industry average .
10	In their letter , the solicitors did not disclose that there had been a release of all claims against Mr. Mahmoud .
11	It does not lay an adequate foundation for a claim that , even if the solicitors did so advise , that was not advice which a competent solicitor could reasonably have given .
12	The Dysons did n't have to exhaust themselves wondering if they loved each other , and what they should do about it if they did n't .
13	he in Bromborough between 30 April 1986 and 30 September 1991 whilst his firm were the auditors of a limited company issued an audit report on that company 's accounts for the year ended 30 April 1986 in which the accounts did not contain a statement of accounting policies in accordance with Statement of Standard Acounting Practice ( SSAP ) 2 and a statement of source and application of funds as required by SSAP 10 and
14	he in Bromborough between 28 February 1989 and 1 April 1989 whilst his firm were the auditors of a limited company issued an audit report on that company 's accounts for the year ended 30 April 1987 in which the accounts did not contain a statement of accounting policies in accordance with SSAP 2 and a statement of source and application of funds as required by SSAP 10 and
15	he in Bromborough between 30 April 1990 and 1 June 1990 whilst his firm were the auditors of a limited company issued an audit report on that company 's accounts for the year ended 30 April 1988 in which the accounts did not contain a statement of accounting policies in accordance with SSAP 2 and a statement of source and application of funds as required by SSAP 10 and
16	he in Bromborough between 30 April 1988 and 8 February 1991 whilst his firm were the auditors of a limited company issued an audit report on that company 's accounts for the year ended 30 April 1989 in which the accounts did not contain a statement of accounting policies in accordance with SSAP 2 and a statement of source and application of funds as required by SSAP 10 and in that
17	Of course , sensible managers would know that the accounts did not include any orders issued against which invoices had not been received and would , therefore , keep their own record of these so that they did not overcommit the budget .
18	The programmes did n't even start until Saturday morning on October 26th , around the very same time that fly-half Rob Andrew was clinching England 's 9–6 victory over Scotland in the first semi-final .
19	The institutions did not know what the criteria or standards were , and the process of validation normally meant two or three visits to the institution — with the first visit being a learning process for the institution , to hear what the process was all about .
20	The flames did help to disperse the fog and also to make the runway more visible , but of course one air field could n't hope to cope with all the 8 Group heavies returning at the same time , and things were pretty chaotic for a few hours .
21	Moreover , a few years later , the Burgundians did provide troops to fight against Attila at the Catalaunian Plains .
22	He rushed it into UK cinemas to ensure that the shareholders did n't notice .
23	A third is that many of the buy-outs and recapitalisations succeeded because the managers knew something the shareholders did not about future cash flows .
24	If the discussions did not go well it would be his responsibility to organise ‘ mass struggles and freedom fights ’ .
25	A crowd walking eight abreast can trample a good-size swathe through a hay meadow and single file just makes common sense , although I must admit the signs did seem to be something of an overkill .
26	In Paris he found that the lecturers did not as in Edinburgh confine themselves to one hour , but generally took an hour and a half or two hours ; but he found his time there very valuable .
27	‘ All those models carried on the same way the artists did .
28	and because the clinics were not attached to the main hospitals , there was no feedback from other disciplines in medicine , and , furthermore , the doctors working in the clinics did not have to undergo the vigorous selection procedures that were usual for hospital posts .
29	‘ You mean the Anglicans did n't give their churches back ? ’ he echoed incredulously .
30	In view of the importance of the stipulation to pay 75 per cent of the price , and the failure of the defenders to pay or to respond to demands for payment , the pursuers were entitled to infer that the defenders did not intend to fulfil their obligations and pursuers were entitled to rescind .