Example sentences of "[verb] they [vb past] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Peter Prescott QC told a packed London court that Silvertone had taken a ‘ big risk ’ signing the band in 1988 and that attempts to poach them had only occurred after the label had played its part in engineering their success . |
| 2 | They were the school caretakers but my job helping them did n't last long . |
| 3 | Colwyn , who requested the match to be brought forward a week to avoid clashing with this weekend 's important game between Glamorgan and Durham at their Rhos on Sea ground , must have wished they had n't bothered . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 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 award the Order of the Garter to cooks . |
| 8 | I 'd go for a night out and I 'd be praying they did n't take off my trousers . |
| 9 | Heaven send they had not given up on her ! |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Anne , 33 , was first on the scene at Burnaby Dun , Yorks , after worried neighbours reported they had not seen the woman for some time . |
| 12 | A trip to the local agent found they had not got one in stock , but I managed to get one for a P6 car . |
| 13 | Parson Woodforde , visiting a Norfolk warehouse containing 380 poor in 1787 , found they did not look " either healthy or cheerful " . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Very likely he expects a bambina — even Constanza found they did n't speak the same language any more . |
| 16 | But the last time I tried they did n't want to know because well nobody will take responsibility . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Only a small proportion , however , ( 12 per cent ) of Oxfordshire teachers say they felt personally threatened to any great extent by the requirement to undertake their review . |
| 19 | The company has been trading since 1876 and staff say they 'd always thought the firm was financially successful . |
| 20 | They say they did n't tell the owners because it 's their policy not to do so . |
| 21 | The older generation say They did n't do the job this way . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Not surprisingly , they believed they had only made a stab at it , From the start Wave and HHCL were determined to build the campaign around an organisation with a sound commercial and practical justification for funding such advertising ; someone with a vested interest in curbing consumer greed . |
| 24 | A number of callers who believed they had recently seen the man telephoned the London headquarters after the programme and several called the Durham police headquarters at Akeley Heads . |
| 25 | However the agency says they 'd always intended to make a radical redistribution of wealth between fathers and their first families . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | She says they did n't bother that they were pensioners . |
| 29 | She says they did n't bother that they were pensioners . |
| 30 | It would appear they carried on trading from a different address some time beyond that date , though exactly when they stopped has yet to be established . |