Example sentences of "they did not [verb] [pron] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Our fathers in Egypt took no account of thy marvels , they did not remember thy many acts of faithful love , ’ wrote the Psalmist . |
| 2 | The listeners tuned in to the German wavelengths because they found Joyce amusing unintentionally or for his anecdotes , or else because they wished to hear both sides of the argument , or even because they did not trust their own authorities to tell them the whole truth . |
| 3 | The national gallery told the Minister 's predecessor , the right hon. Member for Shoreham — no doubt the arguments were repeated to the Minister personally by many of the trustees and directors of the museums — that they did not want powers of disposal — not because they did not trust their own intellectual judgment , but , following the line set down in the Museums and Galleries Commission 's 1988 report on the national gallery , because those powers should not be forced on the galleries . |
| 4 | Mr Coleman , referring to Cabra 's latest proposals for Craven Cottage , said : ‘ We rejected the proposals because they did not follow our own guidelines for the future devlopment of the site , based on recommendations made by the government inspector following the public inquiry in February 1990 . ’ |
| 5 | They did n't injure anyone that time — not physically , at any rate — but there must be mothers in Yorkshire who are still wondering if the babies were really sorted out correctly . ’ |
| 6 | Madness runs in her family , but they did n't tell me that . |
| 7 | ( Years later , I discovered that those flats were actually owned by the College , but they did n't tell me that . ) |
| 8 | I need these log sheets cos they did n't leave us any log sheets . |
| 9 | It hurt , they did n't feel anything much about it , and it was not at all the way they had thought it would be . |
| 10 | When I came out , one time , they did n't give me any money because I was on remand . |
| 11 | Christy O'Connor Jnr played on the second morning and Jose Maria Canizares in the afternoon and although they did n't give me any points I felt it was important that they got a chance to taste the atmosphere and feel a part of the proceedings , as I thought that it would help them going into the singles . |
| 12 | ‘ They did n't give them that , ’ says Felicity . |
| 13 | ‘ Well , she went to the factory to make buttons , but they did n't give her enough money . |
| 14 | We had to take jobs with Del Monte , but they did n't pay us enough money to buy medicines as well as food . |
| 15 | Much to the amusement of two American girls who stayed with us because they did n't know what this phrase was I mean they could n't have sort it out in the first place of what it meant . |
| 16 | They have a sweet or a starters , but they did n't have them both . |
| 17 | I 'd met the best , the most famous , and the richest , and they did n't have what this guy had , and I wanted it . |
| 18 | If they did n't have their own hair they 'd kn they 'd know the emotional effect of hair loss . |
| 19 | They did n't have it all their own way at the Royal Variety Show last night . |