Example sentences of "they do not [vb infin] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They did not waste a moment , but started quacking at her . |
| 2 | Figures produced by the Council for Mortgage Lenders suggest that of the 36,610 properties repossessed in the first half of this year 45 per cent were voluntary , in the sense that they did not involve a court order . |
| 3 | Their play lacked bite and they did not manage a shot at goal until Clough 's attempt in the 62nd minute . |
| 4 | Officials insisted they did not expect a Cabinet reshuffle . |
| 5 | Well in the in the final analysis of the of the er the er considerations of these two sites the er area of Ske Skelton in general , erm it was considered that they that they did not perform a greenbelt function . |
| 6 | Although they did not score a try , every time they moved the ball the Welsh defence was in trouble . |
| 7 | They did not demand a search for set words ; they demanded instead that a disposition be scrutinized to see if it satisfied the law of trusts ( the principles of benefit and intention were the minimal requirements ) . |
| 8 | Although Australia remain one of the few countries to have taken part in every Summer Olympiad ( Greece , Switzerland and Great Britain are the others ) , they did not bring a cricket team to Paris . |
| 9 | Even among senior players , outside pursuits were tolerated only so long as they did not affect a player 's performance or make football of secondary importance to him . |
| 10 | ‘ They had talked openly of their respective marital difficulties at Sandringham last Christmas , although the Duchess insists that they did not make a pact by which they would both end their marriages this year . ’ |
| 11 | However such farmers were necessarily exceptions within a farming community where shortening bush/fallow cycles were retained ; they did not provide a solution to the underlying problem . |
| 12 | According to the Swedish authorities they did not pose a risk to the safety of the plant . |
| 13 | They became so engrossed in their chattering , that they did not notice a customer who came up behind them . |
| 14 | They did not say a word but looked me up and down . |
| 15 | AEEU 's regional officer , Alwyn Rowlands said workers are angry that they did not get a cost of living increase in April despite the company making a healthy profit . |
| 16 | They said they had come to Britain because they did not need a visa and because they thought it was a free country . |
| 17 | The Home Office sent a detective to report on the movements of ‘ the French people ’ — they were assumed to be foreign as they did not have a Somerset accent . |
| 18 | Essex have been practising outdoors at Chelmsford since April 1 , which gives them a week 's start on Durham , although they did not have a winter tour . |
| 19 | Union leaders should take immediate steps to ensure that no one was ever denied a job because they did not have a union card . |
| 20 | Some authorities made a point of saying that they did not have a training programme because they depended on courses that presented themselves , e.g. : ‘ We always hope to send staff on courses as they are advertised ’ . |
| 21 | If for example women were turned down more often than men because their employment history was shorter , they were not in a skilled job , and they did not have a bank account , this would not constitute discrimination against women — as the conditions , only part of an overall scoring system , would not be absolute . |
| 22 | Lucky they did not have a dog , indeed , but still completely dangerous . |
| 23 | In England even when Botham was working one of his miracles people at work did not stop ; if they did not have a radio they just rang the Test score , on the works phone of course , a bit more frequently . |
| 24 | The two social groups had almost nothing in common : they lacked any common shared sense of a Polish past ; they did not share a sense of common identity ; and historically and geographically Warsaw was far too remote , and contact with it too inconsistent , ever to exert any power over the Pomeranian peasant imagination . |
| 25 | In the face of Queeensrÿche they did n't stand a chance . |
| 26 | In the face of Queeensrÿche they did n't stand a chance . |
| 27 | They did n't stand a chance . |
| 28 | And in fact , I think they only la they did n't last a week . |
| 29 | It was principally because they did n't perform a greenbelt function . |
| 30 | But on the other hand , he gave fans exactly what they did n't want a plan for all-seater stands . |