Example sentences of "and they [verb] [adv] [vb infin] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | no and they did n't pay much attention , they always seem intimidated of us |
| 2 | and they heard this crack , and they did n't think much about it , just as , Rita said what you doing ? |
| 3 | And they did n't do that for you . ’ |
| 4 | You did n't do very well over the weekend , did you , 'cos I was watching them and they did n't do that well . |
| 5 | Also Keith thought he could n't have any children because he 'd been out with a girl for a year before I started going out with him and they did n't take any precautions and she never got pregnant . |
| 6 | They were ill because their clothes were not warm and they did n't have much food . |
| 7 | national vocation I I really think that it 's worse because they 've not , whereas when I was a trainee you had your six weeks on produce , your six weeks on whatever in the branch of that now and they did n't have that , they have n't got any training plan , so they 've got nothing to say well career , branch branch need here and I need to be here and I need to be here . |
| 8 | That 's right erm and of course and they did n't have that little bit of luck perhaps . |
| 9 | And they did n't have all this er legislation about redundancy money or anything then ? |
| 10 | When I was a kid , I was very short-sighted and they did n't have compulsory eye tests at school until I was seven . |
| 11 | They were full of words and they did n't have any pictures . |
| 12 | I do n't normally but we went to Sainsbury 's and they did n't have any milk . |
| 13 | And they did n't have three days on and three days off , you used to go in this particular shop at eight o'clock and maybe finish at half past ten or eleven o'clock because there was no more skins coming through . |
| 14 | And they did n't have enough classes |
| 15 | ‘ We were doing certain things we felt were recommended by the Institute and they did n't understand that . ’ |
| 16 | Under rubble in bomb-sites and they did n't get any nice flat stone with writing either . |
| 17 | You know , rather like getting an adverse smear test , and before you know where you are you 've convinced yourself you 've got cancer when it was probably just a lousy smear and they did n't get enough cells . |
| 18 | As has been argued already , most students believed that there was an answer , that physics did provide certainty ; and they did not make philosophical connections between the ideas of modern physics and the existence or otherwise of absolute truths about the universe . |
| 19 | But they were never ones for the tilling of the soil ; and they did not make great hunters . |
| 20 | The two companies said the Ministry of Defence had been supportive of their approach and they did not anticipate any regulatory problems . |
| 21 | Defence lawyer Mr Gerry Trainor pleaded that others living there were not objecting and they did not intend any trouble . |
| 22 | At Cambridge she met her first husband , Sebastian Manning , who introduced her to a world in which socialism , far from being ridiculous , was natural , chic , colourful , confident , artistic : Sebastian 's parents were artists of some repute , one a painter , the other a potter , and they did not think much of the austerities of Dr Leavis . |
| 23 | Now he did and they did not seem absurd , they seemed like good reasons . |
| 24 | The Committee point out that a ‘ general ban on twin-tracking would deprive 3 million people of the right to be a councillor ’ ( Widdicombe 1986:112 ) and they did not believe this to be justified . |
| 25 | Many teachers from the south of Nigeria were employed and they do not speak good Hausa . |
| 26 | The patients realise this and they do not expect any effective help anymore : medicines , sutures , needles are all scarce or absent . |
| 27 | Their general health is better and they do not suffer repeated or unwanted pregnancies as a matter of course . |
| 28 | Receivers however always want to sell without giving any warranties and indemnities because their own knowledge of the business is limited and they do not want any continuing involvement with the buyer . |
| 29 | For lenders there is clearly a more desirable proposition in a public house that has a higher beverages or ‘ wet ’ side than a ‘ dry ’ side , because if someone wants to purchase a pub with a high ‘ dry ’ side , and they do not have much catering experience , then their turnover could diminish rapidly . |
| 30 | But in a statement , the Ministry of Defence says : Anti-nerve gas pills are not addictive , and they do not have any side effects . |