Example sentences of "did [adv] [vb infin] them [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She assured the women she addressed that suffragists did not want them to give up ‘ one jot or tittle of your womanliness , your love for children , your care for the sick , your gentleness , your self-control , your obedience to conscience and duty ’ . |
| 2 | But I did not want them to stay out in the cold all night , so I kept my window open to look out for them . |
| 3 | The Hygiene supervisors felt as though the planes would land on their heads , but this did not stop them carrying out a thorough and hygienic job . |
| 4 | And Ve Vera phoned this morning , Joe phoned this morning an all I did n't want them to go out , anyway I 've made arrangements to go round to see Vera on Friday afternoon and they they went out to where was it ? |
| 5 | Young Gareth did n't want them to give up , they said , but Mr Vickers senior told him you 'd be all right even if you had got lost . |
| 6 | We had very personal political views , but we did n't let them come through . |
| 7 | you know , just put it on a big table and just left it , we did n't have them sitting down |