Example sentences of "[noun sg] they [verb] [not/n't] [vb infin] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And at that time o' day they did n't get any wages . |
| 2 | The Appropriation Accounts are concerned with monies voted by Parliament ; but although they cover a vast area they do not contain all public monies . |
| 3 | However , in the afternoon they did not find any suitable cottages to stay in , and it was too cold to sleep outside . |
| 4 | Just in case they did not heed these articles , the Beijing Public Security Bureau issued the ‘ Ten Article Regulations ’ on 26 December in an effort to deter student protests . |
| 5 | Bob went on from there , season in , season out , to the end of 1931–32 , by which time he had made 293 League appearances for Crystal Palace ( a club record at the time , but of course they did not make much of such things in those days ) and even today , almost 60 years later , there are fewer than only half a dozen Palace men who have played more times for us than that . |
| 6 | ‘ Of course they did n't say that , ’ said Nigel as if to an elderly sloth suffering from senile decay , ‘ but it 's no good me saying , ‘ Sinister , dexter , sinister , dexter , ’ because they wo n't know what I 'm talking about , will they ? |
| 7 | And of course they do n't want any snotty-nosed ones , no . |
| 8 | ‘ Do you think they are staring at us , because they think we are intellectuals ? ’ 'Of course they do n't think that , ’ she said scornfully . |
| 9 | One view is that climatic geomorphology assumes that climate governs the character and distribution of landforms and although this view appears to be assumed by some of the critics of climatic geomorphology they do not cite many specific cases where the viewpoint is clearly advanced . |
| 10 | Er , what they do , every year they switch identities e , Jessica pretends to be Elizabeth , and Elizabeth pretends to be Jessica but , this year they do n't do that cos tha all their friends like know and , this year cos their teachers and things still think that they 're erm so , they swapped identities they like , give detention and things to the wrong people and stuff like that . |
| 11 | And when we went to the market they did n't have any on as I say , Anna went to and got her gladioli . |
| 12 | Dr Stradling says that although snorers may appear to be sleeping sounding , in fact they do n't get enough proper rest . |
| 13 | If this new regulation comes through they 'll be part of a new seat but if in fact they do n't have this regulation come into effect they 'll belong to another s and when you 've had in fact in Southend say the lowest recorded percentage voting of any constituency in England at the last Euro elections I think it 's terrible important we should in fact explain to people whether this is likely to happen . |
| 14 | In fact they did not host another major ball until Christmas 1983 , by which time they had learned from their mistakes . |
| 15 | In fact they did n't know any , except for Benny . |
| 16 | I would expect that because at this stage they do not understand all the pros and cons . |