Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] they [verb] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the last time I tried they did n't want to know because well nobody will take responsibility . |
| 2 | Both the man and the whey-faced girl had looked remarkably English ; and whatever nationality they really were , I knew they did n't live on the island . |
| 3 | and when I looked they did n't have it threaded up right at the top at all I had to re-thread the machine . |
| 4 | They spoke in Arabic , but I thought they did n't understand each other very well . |
| 5 | That 's where I went they did n't have any . |
| 6 | the licensing they sent a reminder this morning , I said they did n't need do that , I know it 's last day of April , it 's gone up |
| 7 | she says er oh she says do n't wait in , I says it 's alright do n't wait in , but I said if there 's nobody in I said they do n't get in |
| 8 | They had looked forward to seeing her but when she came they did n't know what to say . |
| 9 | ‘ She thought they 'd better have something to drink so she got some sherry , then she was worried because she 's only got those little glasses you know , little tumblers , and she says they 're only for whisky . ’ |
| 10 | Mrs Hirst , who is the chairman of a local disabled charity group , believed these steps were important , but she thought they did not go far enough . |
| 11 | They said well they have them loose , yes , but she said they do n't have them right down there . |
| 12 | But I would have liked to have got the napkins to match , but she said they do n't come in with the napkins . |
| 13 | She said they did n't notice you if you wore overalls . |
| 14 | They played I mean all sorts of games that we played they do n't play today . |
| 15 | But the 200 miles separating them meant they did not meet until six months into the romance when Chris , 25 , came to see Heather , 32 , of Aberdeen Road , Darlington . |
| 16 | I think they told they did n't have any money for it . |
| 17 | While they acknowledged they did not feel themselves to be happy at work — their lot was ‘ to work ’ — they felt that nothing could be changed because they did not have the knowledge . |
| 18 | Software602 sales manager Jan Muhlfeit said that the teenagers , all aged between 16 and 18 , had written a letter to the Alliance apologising for their actions — they claimed they did not know that they were doing anything wrong . |
| 19 | ‘ The judge granted AMD a new trial based on the fact that they claimed they did n't see a Business Wire report when we announced that we sued them , ’ Intel general counsel Tom Dunlap told Reuters . |
| 20 | ‘ The judge granted AMD a new trial based on the fact that they claimed they did n't see a Business Wire report when we announced that we sued them , ’ Intel general counsel Tom Dunlap told Reuters . |
| 21 | Then because of another mix up with their concert promoter in England , they discovered they did n't have enough other venues booked to pay for their stay . |
| 22 | Cos they worked they did n't bash er ham sledge hammers and things like a shop and the gear for the quarry men as such , they Cos that was the usual work of the erm the blacksmiths outside in the quarry itself you know , in the b on the in the various banks . |
| 23 | And so they decided they did n't want their house any more and they would lease it to citizen . |
| 24 | They felt they did not know what services , nor how many , are available . |
| 25 | He did n't have to scream at people to get his way ; he just told them and he knew that they knew they had better do it that way or there was gon na be trouble ! ’ |
| 26 | The band were very supportive and they knew they did n't have to do anything untoward . |
| 27 | ‘ Anyway , they knew they did n't have to dissaude you . |
| 28 | Yes , Lord Stradbroke went up there ; and they thought the pub had become unruly , so they thought they 'd better close it . |
| 29 | It is apparent from the findings of fact that the justices made no findings , or if they did they did not record them , as to whether ( i ) the child was likely to abscond from any other description of accommodation , or ( ii ) that if he absconded he would be likely to suffer significant harm . |
| 30 | Few , if any , suspected the doctor or my father of being involved ; or if they did they did not say so . |