Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] they [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 or did they want five pounds for him ?
2 Nor did they want equal non-protection from the law — they wanted censorship .
3 Nor did they see any future in piecemeal political reform of the autocracy .
4 As it was , the Pistols were not together long enough , nor did they sell sufficient records , to make the profits for Virgin which Branson had always anticipated .
5 Nor did they lack ethical principles — contrary to much biased misunderstanding on the part of Russians with their Christian European prejudices , especially in the field of sexual mores .
6 Briggs and Nebes ( 1976 ) found no effect of familial handedness but nor did they find any effect of handedness per se .
7 Nor did they have any preconceptions about his personality or politics .
8 Pc Kelly told the jury he questioned the driver and passenger about their identities and noticed they had Irish accents .
9 He told the jury that he had questioned the driver and passenger about their identities and noticed they had Irish accents .
10 If the child 's genius is not recognised and nurtured they face boring lessons way below their intellectual potential and run the risk of becoming disillusioned and ‘ problem ’ pupils .
11 And did they do good business at the er Longeaton
12 In the latest they were called to the home of a man in his early 20s in Frenchgate , Richmond , but found they needed more equipment so took him back to the Richmond Fire Station and released the cuffs with a hacksaw and vice .
13 In the last month before war was declared , families who were still on the waiting list for places on the Kindertransporte , but knew they had little chance of moving up the queue , took to waiting at the main rail stations , watching and hoping .
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