Example sentences of "and [vb past] [adv] [vb infin] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | At one level , June Braithwaite attacked Robert about the time he spent away from home and what he did and did not do for the children . |
| 2 | Kadhafi said that the government had decided on this dual response because France — which did not seek extradition of its suspects — had acted " in conformity with international law and did not infringe upon the sovereignty of Libya " . |
| 3 | The hospital team again responded to this change and now once more talked to the new husband and did not talk to the parents . |
| 4 | ‘ In his profession he found a force stronger than the temperament he had inherited from his family ; instead of surrendering to his natural instincts he followed a clear , straight path , and did not slide into the wretched muddle in which all the other Rougons perished . ’ |
| 5 | The other diner was plainly downstairs in the bar and did not appear during the whole of the lunchtime and had still not appeared by the time I had finished and paid my bill . |
| 6 | ( After the fall of the Greek Empire , the knowledge of many arts , including the art of horsemanship , gradually disappeared and did not re-emerge until the sixteenth century . ) |
| 7 | He had supported Pennethorne 's design because it was the cheapest and did not encroach on the park , but if they abandoned that design they were bound to take the first prize design , ‘ but as there was some difficulty about that ’ , it should go to the second prize-winners . |
| 8 | In the primary levels ( two cycles of three years from age six to eleven ) , numbers enrolled showed a decline in the years after 1975 and did not return to the 1975 level until ten years later . |
| 9 | One , Catherine Barton , absconded after supper by climbing over the wall and did not return until the next morning after 7 o'clock . |
| 10 | In response to the charge and his name and address he merely nodded and did not speak throughout the hearing . |
| 11 | And he knew that the Financial Secretary was the junior of three Treasury Ministers and did not sit in the Cabinet . |
| 12 | Terry Long joined Crystal Palace on 12 May 1955 from Wycombe Wanderers — and did not leave until the autumn of 1973 , some 18 years later . |
| 13 | Berg 's claim failed because the company was not misled and did not rely on the report and because the facts did not raise a situation where G was acting in fraud of the company or its creditors . |
| 14 | Net secretion of potassium increased in acute diarrhoea , and did not change in the presence of SCFA . |
| 15 | So the company decided , after a few months of running in service , to adopt a 1 in 100 coning which was reputed to give almost as good riding qualities at high speed , and did not suffer from the disadvantage of excessive flange wear . |
| 16 | He paid a brief homage to the Gnomes , who had journeyed all the way from the Gallan Mountains to bring their ideas for the new Queen 's Crown Jewels and did not refer to the fact that they were four days late on account of getting lost on the way . |
| 17 | A joint communiqué issued after the meetings was couched in general terms and did not refer to the cessation of hostilities . |
| 18 | They were buccaneers , not careerists , and did not belong to the City proper . |
| 19 | When the deposit was received , it was an advance part payment received by the business and did not belong to the customer . |
| 20 | Evidence from the period is confused but it is likely that Newcomen worked independently and did not know of the ideas of Papin and Savery . |
| 21 | Bouch 's bridge was made mainly of wrought iron and did not allow for the movement so essential in bridges of that type . |
| 22 | She was often out all evening and did not reappear until the small hours , so that it was not until the next day , not until the next evening , that Anna began to be alarmed at her absence . |
| 23 | But those were small matters and did not impinge upon the freedom of others . |
| 24 | Stanhope had some important business in Manchester and did not attend on the last two days , as neither did Roberts , who was ‘ not very well ’ . |
| 25 | Certainly it is true that No 506 failed and did not operate on the Saturday . |
| 26 | Yet , although the leaders of both sides of industry worked hard to achieve a common agreement on policies to present to the government the talks , and the influence they exerted , began to wither away after a couple of years , and did not survive into the 1930s . |
| 27 | Arsenal won their first five matches and did not lose until the tenth . |
| 28 | All Cluniac abbeys and priories were directly subject to the abbot of Cluny and to the pope and did not come under the supervision of the diocesan . |
| 29 | Mr Ron Birkett , representing the two Kinsellas , made no application for bail and did not object to the remand date . |
| 30 | Meanwhile in a speech to the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants Sir Adrian Cadbury said the view among some critics that his committee 's proposals on non-executive directors were divisive for boards stemmed from a misunderstanding of its terms of reference which were limited to financial aspects and did not touch on the wider responsibility of all directors for general governance . |