Example sentences of "they [vb past] they did [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think they told they did n't have any money for it . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ The judge granted AMD a new trial based on the fact that they claimed they did n't see a Business Wire report when we announced that we sued them , ’ Intel general counsel Tom Dunlap told Reuters . |
| 5 | ‘ The judge granted AMD a new trial based on the fact that they claimed they did n't see a Business Wire report when we announced that we sued them , ’ Intel general counsel Tom Dunlap told Reuters . |
| 6 | Then because of another mix up with their concert promoter in England , they discovered they did n't have enough other venues booked to pay for their stay . |
| 7 | Cos they worked they did n't bash er ham sledge hammers and things like a shop and the gear for the quarry men as such , they Cos that was the usual work of the erm the blacksmiths outside in the quarry itself you know , in the b on the in the various banks . |
| 8 | And so they decided they did n't want their house any more and they would lease it to citizen . |
| 9 | They felt they did not know what services , nor how many , are available . |
| 10 | The band were very supportive and they knew they did n't have to do anything untoward . |
| 11 | ‘ Anyway , they knew they did n't have to dissaude you . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Few , if any , suspected the doctor or my father of being involved ; or if they did they did not say so . |
| 14 | We went back to the villa hand in hand and no one ever knew we had been out , or if they did they did n't say . |
| 15 | ‘ I offered to coach them for nothing but they said they did n't want me , ’ he added . |
| 16 | They checked with the firm and they said they did n't repair it , so he got the sack . |
| 17 | ‘ They said they did n't think it was Brian but asked if forensic could come to take some prints from his toys and school books . |
| 18 | ‘ I told them my brother could be lying dead somewhere and they said they did n't care and that I was mucking them about , ’ said 18-year-old Joanne , of Stoneleigh , Surrey , yesterday . |
| 19 | They freely admitted using the drug , which is used in the treatment of asthmatic and bronchitic conditions , because they said they did n't realise it was a banned substance . |
| 20 | They said they did n't have strong views on intensive farming . |
| 21 | They said they did n't know . |
| 22 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 23 | Also , according to Aszal , they said they did not doubt that she was his wife . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . ’ |
| 26 | 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 . |