Example sentences of "they [adv] [vb past] not [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A lot of parents were refusing to sign she said , ‘ because they admitted they just did not understand the new selection procedure . |
| 2 | They generally did not promote the sale of fires through showrooms or canvassers , and in the Eastern Board even banned their sale for several years until the peak capacity shortage eased . |
| 3 | They probed and measured and cross-questioned Phoebe in the most condescending manner , made worse by the fact that they clearly did not have a clue as to what might have happened . |
| 4 | Gatting made the point that they had to win the final two games as after so much cricket they simply did not have the strength left for a third . |
| 5 | ‘ Television rarely showed human casualties , and although over 200,000 Iraqi soldiers and civilians died , these statistics gained very little mention in the press , and they certainly did not penetrate the conscience of the rest of the world . |