Example sentences of "they [vb past] [adv] belong to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes , it is true , but I must add the following : even her hand-outs to beggars were based on negation : she gave them money not because beggars , too , belonged to mankind , but because they did not belong to it , because they were excluded from it , and probably like her , felt no solidarity with mankind . |
| 2 | Gaily picked them — they did not belong to any grave — to take to Ma . |
| 3 | Sometimes she dreamed fretfully of trees that came right up close , like gnarled old men walking , but they did not belong to any patch she recognized . |
| 4 | Jews despised and hated Gentiles : despised them because they did not belong to the elect ; and hated them because they lorded it over God 's chosen people . |
| 5 | On Aug. 7 , Prime Minister Hanna Suchocka , addressing a public meeting in her native Poznan a month after taking office [ see p. 39017 ] , was applauded when she criticized striking workers , saying that they did not belong to the groups which earned least . |
| 6 | On Aug. 7 , Prime Minister Hanna Suchocka , addressing a public meeting in her native Poznan a month after taking office [ see p. 39017 ] , was applauded when she criticized striking workers , saying that they did not belong to the groups which earned least . |
| 7 | Again the boy looked down at his hands , staring at his arms and legs as if they did n't belong to him . |
| 8 | He would spend a great deal of time trying to fit in fresh pieces only to find that most of them did n't belong to his picture . |