Example sentences of "they [vb past] [pers pn] [verb] not [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the 200 miles separating them meant they did not meet until six months into the romance when Chris , 25 , came to see Heather , 32 , of Aberdeen Road , Darlington . |
| 2 | Both the head and the educational psychologist stressed the positive value of Cedars and the likely problems for Balbinder if he stayed on at his present school , which they told her did not have the expertise to cope with his needs . |
| 3 | While they acknowledged they did not feel themselves to be happy at work — their lot was ‘ to work ’ — they felt that nothing could be changed because they did not have the knowledge . |
| 4 | Software602 sales manager Jan Muhlfeit said that the teenagers , all aged between 16 and 18 , had written a letter to the Alliance apologising for their actions — they claimed they did not know that they were doing anything wrong . |
| 5 | How much enlightenment they obtained I do not know , but the details about ‘ exploring hands ’ were , in those days in contrast to the present , unusual . |
| 6 | They felt they did not know what services , nor how many , are available . |
| 7 | It is apparent from the findings of fact that the justices made no findings , or if they did they did not record them , as to whether ( i ) the child was likely to abscond from any other description of accommodation , or ( ii ) that if he absconded he would be likely to suffer significant harm . |
| 8 | Few , if any , suspected the doctor or my father of being involved ; or if they did they did not say so . |
| 9 | ‘ At one point we thought we had got an agreement but then they said they did not want any conditions at all attached to the application . ’ |
| 10 | Also , according to Aszal , they said they did not doubt that she was his wife . |
| 11 | But there was a setback on Saturday when the French National League 's ( FNL ) disciplinary committee failed to make any ruling at a nine-hour meeting in Paris because they said they did not have enough evidence . |
| 12 | One angry worker explained : ‘ They said they did not have sufficient money to sustain capital investment and pay shareholders , so somebody had to draw the short straw and it was us . ’ |
| 13 | They said he did not qualify for the money — a desperately-needed £75 — because his absence from Britain meant he was not available for work . |
| 14 | The human members of the community are here mainly because out in the commercial world , they had been doing things they did not want to do , using skills they wished they did not have . |
| 15 | which I asked if they would stay , but they altogether refused , and seeing that they refused I did not hinder them to go , for I will press no man . |