Example sentences of "[vb past] they [vb mod] [adv] [vb infin] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Those who decided they could n't afford children struggled on . |
| 3 | While recognizing that poor local economic management was partly to blame for the region 's debt crisis , the report argued that what it described as the banks ' irresponsible lending practices meant they should also share responsibility and assume greater losses . |
| 4 | Although they knew they would never forget Jennie , the Girls wanted her to have a permanent memorial so they had a collection and made a most practical and fitting choice : a marble floor for the church of St Stephen on the Cliffs , Blackpool . |
| 5 | But if they needed it , they knew they could always get work with him . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Seeing that Hilary was n't taking it in , he added , ‘ Ryan and his partner thought they 'd easily get planning permission to build an estate on the land where your cottage stood . |
| 8 | ‘ The North said they would not hold talks during the … exercises , ’ the source said . |
| 9 | A potentially crippling problem arose last week when hundreds of policemen from the 17,000-strong security force said they would not take part unless they were guaranteed proper living conditions and pay rises . |
| 10 | Newspapers said they would not report matches and carried a barrage of irate letters . |
| 11 | People who said they would n't borrow money were excluded from this study . |
| 12 | He hung onto me and started crying , so they said they would only take Antonio to make a statement . |
| 13 | The family said they would never forgive Downey for what he had done to Suzannah . |
| 14 | He offered to buy them a tin of beer each , but they said they 'd rather have Coca-Cola . |
| 15 | Zuwaya said they should not watch television together ; sons should not smoke in their father 's presence , nor try to wheedle or coax money from them ; and mostly they did not do those things . |
| 16 | A police spokeswoman said they could not confirm reports of a second bag snatch from a another woman 's car just a few minutes later . |
| 17 | But Palestinians rejected the offer and said they could not resume peace talks until all the deportees were returned . |