Example sentences of "[verb] they did [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were the school caretakers but my job helping them did n't last long . |
| 2 | she did well to of got them did n't she ? |
| 3 | As for the countryside , the main complaint of the wage labourer was of underemployment and at certain seasons of the agricultural calendar many of them must have wished they did not have time on their hands . |
| 4 | Pity they did n't award the Order of the Garter to cooks . |
| 5 | I think they 've filled it in yeah and they did it quite smooth , pity they did n't do this one as well while they were I did n't quite understand it |
| 6 | Pity they did n't do other stuff besides |
| 7 | Pity they did n't postcard ones were n't it , so they gave it . |
| 8 | I 'd go for a night out and I 'd be praying they did n't take off my trousers . |
| 9 | Er you , you s a lot of them people did apply but er they just did n't you know they did n't get in . |
| 10 | ‘ I expect they did n't . ’ |
| 11 | Those who had come to New England to have an opportunity to practice their own approach to religion , and then found they did not agree with the views held by those who were in power , had a more serious problem . |
| 12 | Francis Galton had investigated the efficacy of prayer by seeing whether members of the Royal Family , often prayed for in church , lived longer than other aristocrats ; he found they did not . |
| 13 | Parson Woodforde , visiting a Norfolk warehouse containing 380 poor in 1787 , found they did not look " either healthy or cheerful " . |
| 14 | Very likely he expects a bambina — even Constanza found they did n't speak the same language any more . |
| 15 | We found they did n't really get jumping until closer to midnight . |
| 16 | But the last time I tried they did n't want to know because well nobody will take responsibility . |
| 17 | Shame they did n't just lock the band up and throw away the key … |
| 18 | Despite being very nicely presented in a slip binder with well printed manuals , shame they did n't follow the ‘ industry standard ’ for size , the first thing the new user sees is a license agreement that effectively disclaims all responsibility for anything . |
| 19 | The older generation say They did n't do the job this way . |
| 20 | They say they did n't tell the owners because it 's their policy not to do so . |
| 21 | Durham County Council say they did not know the source of the waste , nor the company responsible for dumping it , and they admitted it is too late to find out . |
| 22 | Well you ate them did n't you ? |
| 23 | She says they did n't bother that they were pensioners . |
| 24 | She says they did n't bother that they were pensioners . |
| 25 | The document which has been leaked says they did n't spot the danger in time , and the noise from the disco on the Marchioness prevented the alarm being raised . |
| 26 | The document which has been leaked , says they did n't spot the danger in time and the noise from the disco on board the Marchioness prevented the alarm being raised . |
| 27 | I imagine they did n't even cross your mind ? ’ |
| 28 | ‘ It was felt they did n't really measure up . |
| 29 | I think they told they did n't have any money for it . |
| 30 | Let it get gamey and he 's erm Chinese assistant the person who has been assigned to sort of look after him and do his do his translating and things like that took it down and buried it cause they did n't eat rotten meat they did |