Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] they [modal v] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But she never complained , nor suggested they should not go . |
| 2 | They are largely women who have got to the top in other careers and found they could not go any further . |
| 3 | The discovery was made at 11.30am after staff arrived at the pub and found they could not get in . |
| 4 | Father Morrow said magistrates told him they had studied the Law Lords ' decision to allow feeding tubes to be removed from Tony and felt they could not serve the summons . |
| 5 | In fact I 'm told we ran the three-day week so well that it did n't make enough impact on the country ; they did n't realize the crisis and thought they would n't support Ted Heath . |
| 6 | ANC leaders blamed President de Klerk 's government for the massacre and said they would not respond ‘ meekly ’ . |
| 7 | But Palestinians rejected the offer and said they could not resume peace talks until all the deportees were returned . |
| 8 | Well they just went back and said they could n't want something that much maybe she 's gone over her limit . |
| 9 | She had complained about the waste , and said they should n't have to burn books to keep warm ; it offended her . |
| 10 | ‘ Lille ’ , wrote a local observer in 1869 , ‘ is not a capitalist town , it is first and foremost a great industrial and commercial centre ’ where men put their profits back into the business , did not play about with them , and hoped they would never have to borrow . |
| 11 | If the eagle did nothing and waited they would not get him . |
| 12 | They were so free in expression she wondered if they had been read at all by his parents but presumed they could hardly have escaped their eye . |
| 13 | As Coote himself protested , both men were privately committed to legislation but believed they could not involve the government on the issue . |
| 14 | Shadow National Heritage spokesman Ann Clywd was also pleased with the Government 's plans but warned they must not put pools staff out of work . |
| 15 | In a statement this evening , Thames Water apologized for the inconvenience caused , but said they must always give the welfare of their customers the highest priority . |