Example sentences of "[vb past] [not/n't] [verb] their [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | They did not want their gesture to be viewed as part of that historical movement but as a genuine protest with genuine grievances . |
| 2 | Most MPs who voted against Lloyd George in 1922 did not envisage a Unionist government as the final outcome , and the defeated ministers did not expect their discomfiture to be permanent . |
| 3 | In Kufra , in 1979 , some people did not pay their contribution to the small boy who visited the houses , so their shaikh went in person . |
| 4 | Users looking for information on a particular subject did not restrict their consultation to the subject portion of the catalogue . |
| 5 | In conversation with the boys they learnt of Minton 's homosexuality and though this ruled him out as a potential husband it did not diminish their desire to be in his company . |
| 6 | The clerk was instructed to inform Mr. Johnson however that the guardians ‘ did not see their way to continuing supplying champagne ’ . |
| 7 | The other seats were for a couple who did n't know their way to this hall and decided to follow his car . |
| 8 | These men tend to be more confident that they can make their desires known to their partners , whereas those who did n't enjoy their introduction to sex are among the most likely to say that they ca n't express what they want . |
| 9 | They had not confined their work to the schemes the judges selected , but looked at the remainder of the exhibition , and added eight of their own choice . |