Example sentences of "[adj] they [verb] not [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This they did not do . |
| 2 | This they did not do and they should have ascertained by sticking writing into the National Westminster Bank to confirm that sufficient funds were available for the completion of the proposed transaction and that the terms upon which this finance was to be made available had been agreed . |
| 3 | But in doing this they do not wield a power which is independent of the class struggle . |
| 4 | Gagnon and Simon ( and Plummer ) seem to accept the existence of bodily potentialities on which ‘ sexuality ’ draws , and in this they do not seem far removed from Foucault 's version that what ‘ sexuality ’ plays upon are ‘ bodies , organs , somatic localisations , functions , anatamo-physiological systems , sensations , and pleasures ’ , which have no intrinsic unity or ‘ laws ’ of their own . ’ |
| 5 | Arguments have arisen over proposals to introduce automatic parole for short-term prisoners ; also over the possibility of dividing every sentence of three years or under into three parts : imprisonment , supervised release , and remission ( which Lords Justices on the criminal side of the Court of Appeal made clear they did not like ) . |
| 6 | As Martin ( 1983 , p. 22 ) suggests : ‘ When full-time working women become unemployed they do not move from one role to another , they simply lose one — like men . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ It will appeal to all those people in any discipline who are knowledgeable enough to know that there is much they do not know , and that learning and re-learning is worthwhile . |
| 8 | As the fibres of the nets are synthetic they do not break down so this dreadful destruction continues . |
| 9 | A crowd of farm workers had seen the fire and run into the field to help save the wheat , but they were so confused they did not know what to do . |
| 10 | John CW Symon ( Points of View , today ) writes : ‘ It would seem obvious that young hooligans do not think of the consequences of their actions … quite likely they do not think of what they are doing as ‘ crime ’ at all … |
| 11 | Lucky they did not have a dog , indeed , but still completely dangerous . |
| 12 | I suppose I was lucky they did not kill me . |
| 13 | Two psychiatrists said that although Bourgois was mentally ill they did not believe he needed to be detained further . |
| 14 | However , despite some change in secondary selection , it remains the case , most remarkably , that though wartime and free education made the arguments of economy , fairness and impartiality more applicable they did not make them universally acceptable . |
| 15 | The piazza is huge , and roads meeting there are wide and not easy to cross ; you need one eye on the traffic , one on the trams and another on the tramlines to make sure they do not send you sprawling . |
| 16 | ‘ Any businesses or land owners with interests in the City Challenge Initiative bid should give urgent consideration to this matter over the next few days to make sure they do not miss out on this important opportunity , ’ said Mr Checkley . |
| 17 | Ignore them , but make sure they do not dry out completely . |
| 18 | They are at Westcliff today and Kevin Lander 's team still need one point to make sure they do not exit London Division Three North East instead of Canvey Island . |
| 19 | I am sure they did not like each other . ’ |
| 20 | For instance , it has been noted that when ‘ parents are depressed and irritable they do not take it out on all their children to the same extent : often one is more or less scapegoated . |
| 21 | Moray and Robert Stewart had similar tales to tell of the poor leadership and rash foolishness at Halidon Hill , although being themselves young and inexperienced they did not see it in quite the same terms as had the veteran Keith . |
| 22 | An elderly parent living alone invariably has problems to cope with , though , in some area of life , and ideally the people to help them should be members of their own family ; people who know their character and understand their needs , those they do not have to make an effort to relate to and trust , and who can move around freely in their homes , to sort through the various ‘ pockets ’ of their anxiety more easily than any stranger can do . |
| 23 | The latter increasingly seek to influence housing opportunities of all kinds in their areas , and to give advice to those they do not house themselves . |
| 24 | Alternatively it could be that all subjects perform differently on junctions they previously knew well compared to those they did not know well . |
| 25 | Though they were alone they did not embrace or kiss . |
| 26 | These patients may be at or below their ideal bodyweight so it is important they do not lose more weight . |
| 27 | I call them Billies regardless of sex , using an amiable tone of voice since it is important they do not become involved in or suffer any hostility of any sort . |
| 28 | But whether high or low they did not change throughout the reign . |
| 29 | The three found so much to talk about that they did not think of tea till nearly five o'clock . |
| 30 | In initial discussion Mr and Mrs Smith expressed their main problem in broad terms as being that they did not seem to get on well : they were always ‘ at each other 's throats ’ . |