Example sentences of "had [verb] they [vb mod] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had n't wanted to sign anything , but they had said they would n't give him any money unless he did , so he 'd pretended to read the papers carefully and then signed them . |
| 2 | Another , compiled in June , stated that no one believed any longer in an early end to the war in Russia , and that soldiers on leave had said they would not go through a second winter there . |
| 3 | Shares in Bond group companies were suspended on the Stock Exchange after the receivership decision but the group said other lenders had said they would not take immediate action . |
| 4 | The ANC had a court permit for the rally — but Ciskei ruler Brigadier Oupa Gqozo had said they would not enter his territory in eastern Cape province . |
| 5 | But she had thought they would still have tonight . |
| 6 | Mr Lang — who is coming into line with a decision already made by the Department of the Environment , for England and Wales — said that consultation on the proposed registers had shown they would not achieve their environmental objectives . |
| 7 | Nijaz and Sead Hukanovic had feared they might never see each other again after being parted in the savage purge of Bosnians callously dubbed ‘ ethnic cleansing ’ by the Serbs . |
| 8 | Ten soldiers had not been compelled to give evidence and had indicated they would not attend the inquest . |
| 9 | Fifty years ago they would have said this trip was impossible ; crouching on beaches , men in their teens and early twenties had believed they would never see another dawn . |