Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [vb past] [adv] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Underlying cardinal faults were the management who failed to consider safety on the vessels and did not listen to masters ' complaints . |
| 2 | He was laughing with a group of female technicians and did not seem to be aware that anything unusual had happened . |
| 3 | Secondly , whilst a wide measure of agreement on policy had existed among economic officials during the war ( especially within the Economic Section of the Cabinet Office ) , this was conditioned by the limited scope of wartime circumstances and did not extend to peacetime policies . |
| 4 | The family lived in one of the Barratt houses and did not seem to Helen unduly prosperous , but clearly one was losing one 's eye for these things . |
| 5 | Someone claiming to be in the know told us the other day that the reason DEC president Robert Palmer never showed up at that mammoth Unix strategy briefing session the company put the press and analyst corp through back in February was that he saw the rehearsals and did n't want to be associated with it . |
| 6 | He paid a brief homage to the Gnomes , who had journeyed all the way from the Gallan Mountains to bring their ideas for the new Queen 's Crown Jewels and did not refer to the fact that they were four days late on account of getting lost on the way . |
| 7 | THE ROCKINGBIRDS have scheduled a pair of Irish dates and added further shows to their current British tour , which now includes . |
| 8 | A joint communiqué issued after the meetings was couched in general terms and did not refer to the cessation of hostilities . |
| 9 | Held , dismissing the appeal , that section 31 of the Theft Act 1968 was limited in its application to civil proceedings and did not extend to bankruptcy proceedings , which were the subject of a statutory scheme set out in the Insolvency Act 1986 and the Insolvency Rules 1986 ; that in bankruptcy proceedings the privilege against self-incrimination was abrogated by the Rules , and section 433 of the Act of 1986 rendered statements made in such proceedings admissible in evidence ‘ in any proceedings ; ’ and that , accordingly , the judge 's ruling that the documents were admissible was correct ( post , pp. 499C–E , H — 500B ) . |