Example sentences of "[verb] they [verb] not [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | It is a situation of great humiliation for women when they realise they do not possess their bodies except in relation to a man who might give them something — either children or some economic advantage . |
| 3 | Parson Woodforde , visiting a Norfolk warehouse containing 380 poor in 1787 , found they did not look " either healthy or cheerful " . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The father of seven has called for the teacher to be suspended but education officials say they do not plan any drastic action . |
| 6 | They say they do not understand why their headmaster is so intent on persecuting them when 20 Jewish students do not attend school on Saturdays , a normal part of the school week in France . |
| 7 | The Serbs say they do not object . |
| 8 | For his part , Mr Gaunt claims that 38 of the 50 members who have signed the exemption order saving them from the full rigour of the CFTC 's rules say they do not like the agreement . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | He explicitly says they do not constitute ‘ knowledge ’ but what he calls ‘ belief ’ or ‘ opinion ’ . |
| 11 | The parents have said they do not want their schools to be self-governing but they see the legislation as the only way to avoid closure . |
| 12 | Britain and other European countries have said they do not accept parts of legislation passed by the US Congress last October , which tightened the US embargo by banning foreign subsidiaries of US companies from trading with Cuba . |
| 13 | From each standard the rays of twenty powerful lamps were thrown across the pitch at different angles , and as they intersected and spread they did not leave a dark or even a dull patch … |
| 14 | I present five extracts from the college 's aims to give a flavour of our determined commitments , but we recognise that anyone can write rhetoric , so I hope they do not engender cynicism : |
| 15 | Historically , these gases were called inert because it was thought they did not form any chemical compounds . |
| 16 | The liquidator does not know of the existence of stock records in support of £50,620 , and XY Ltd , in taking over the stock , stated they did not have schedules/lists which would enable them to identify what they took over . |
| 17 | I suspect they did not realise that words such as ‘ grammar ’ or ‘ progressive ’ reflect very different meanings according to context , or that the language of educational discussion had changed radically since they were at school . |
| 18 | While they acknowledged they did not feel themselves to be happy at work — their lot was ‘ to work ’ — they felt that nothing could be changed because they did not have the knowledge . |
| 19 | More than four out of ten men gave this as their reason for taking temporary work and only 16 per cent claimed they did not want a permanent job . |
| 20 | The policy U-turn has been welcomed by local authorities , who claimed they did not have the resources needed to draw up the registers , and by building and property groups . |
| 21 | Krabbe and two other German women runners had admitted taking the drug Clenbuterol , but claimed they did not know it was banned . |
| 22 | Software602 sales manager Jan Muhlfeit said that the teenagers , all aged between 16 and 18 , had written a letter to the Alliance apologising for their actions — they claimed they did not know that they were doing anything wrong . |
| 23 | But shortly before the general election , local authorities throughout Britain were told they did not have to go ahead and that a second period of consultation was to be held . |
| 24 | They had been told they did not qualify for 13 weeks ' money under benefit regulations . |
| 25 | I know they do not hold me in high regard . |
| 26 | This was done with the frigid politeness of two people who do not like each other , know they do not like each other , but have never let that dislike come out into the open . |
| 27 | After the end of the hearing yesterday , Det Insp Young , 33 , said : ‘ As far as I know they did not base the character on me . |
| 28 | City sources indicated they did not want a wide-ranging Budget that would tackle much-needed reforms such as mortgage tax relief and that it would be better for the Chancellor to do as little as possible . |
| 29 | Learners require opportunities for both form-focused and function-focused practice in the development of particular skill areas , and if one or the other is lacking they do not appear to benefit as much … |
| 30 | Few towns can boast they do not have a problem with dogs being allowed to roam the streets and Darlington is no exception . |