Example sentences of "they had [adv] [adv] [verb] [to-vb] " in BNC.

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1	It was n't till years later that I realised they had n't even remembered to ask if f was a lesbian .
2	He waved a disdainful hand at her holstered gun , which they had n't even bothered to remove .
3	Revealing details of Iraq 's latest assurances delivered on March 20 , Rolf Ekeus , head of the joint UN and International Atomic Energy Agency ( IAEA ) special commission on Iraq , told a press conference in New York the same day that his commission was " satisfied there are undertakings that the Iraqis are willing to go along with the destruction [ of ] capabilities " which they had not previously agreed to destroy .
4	He said that the magazine was in good health and that they had not even had to obtain a ‘ medical opinion ’ on the subject ( it was of course supported partly by a subsidy from Lady Rothermere ) , but that he would look into the Radcliffe Camera question .
5	The Russian nobility were much less formidable than their counterparts elsewhere , they had not yet begun to export grain , and for the great landowners serfdom was not an unmitigated blessing : as long as there was still peasant mobility they were in a position to attract labour away from the estates of their weaker rivals .
6	They seemed not to be , but it was difficult to be sure that they had not simply managed to turn away again in time .
7	They had not long to wait to discover whether Edward was in earnest or not .
8	Observers were said to be surprised at the decision to hold elections during the Christmas holiday period , when most Kenyans with jobs in cities would have returned to their rural homes in areas where they had not necessarily registered to vote .
9	They had only just managed to get on the vessel in time .
10	Sweat from his hand began to soften the crisp white document that had been drawn up after many long night-time meetings when they had all finally agreed to form a co-operative .

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