Example sentences of "[noun pl] [coord] did [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Julia smiled at him and then looked across the round table at Anthony as though to persuade him to get Comfort to behave better , but either he misunderstood her signals or did not care enough , for he sat , watching his sister , laughing at her jokes and joining in her reminiscences . |
| 2 | Many of his fellow British actors — throughout the years — only affected to despise the movies : they themselves were not asked to do them or , if asked , played minor roles or did not get the hang of it at all . |
| 3 | On Jan. 28 Uri Lubrani , Israel 's co-ordinator of government activities in Lebanon , said in an interview with Middle East Television that Israel did not object to the Lebanese government deploying its army in southern Lebanon on condition that it took action against terrorist organizations and did not support them . |
| 4 | The King closed his eyes and did not speak again . |
| 5 | The men milked with their hats low over their eyes and did not see her . |
| 6 | Then he looked at her scarlet face , at the awful misery in her eyes and did n't want to laugh any more . |
| 7 | Ensuring that all children studied a broad range of subjects and did not drop at too early a stage in their school careers subjects which might be useful to them later . |
| 8 | In France ‘ unions were kept at a distance by the system of industry-wide bargaining which dealt with limited subjects and did not endanger the day-to-day power of management to make operating decisions ’ ( Meyers , 1981 , p. 191 ) , although a union presence in the plant was later forced upon management by legislation as one of the consequences of the 1968 strikes . |
| 9 | I was in and out of relationships and did n't feel any particular urge to use prostitutes . |
| 10 | He has no time for interfering adults , but I was not to be daunted ; I stuck to him until I saw for myself that he had no methods and did not teach , or rather , did not impose . |
| 11 | Meanwhile in a speech to the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants Sir Adrian Cadbury said the view among some critics that his committee 's proposals on non-executive directors were divisive for boards stemmed from a misunderstanding of its terms of reference which were limited to financial aspects and did not touch on the wider responsibility of all directors for general governance . |
| 12 | The result was a whiplash neck that required him to wear a brace between performances and did not heal completely for three years . |
| 13 | The difference between the 13 C of atmospheric CO 2 and leaf carbon of maize ( and certain other C4 species ) is conservative across environments and did not vary significantly with [ CO 2 ] ( B.D.M. et al. , manuscript in preparation ) , enabling us to use the 13 C of C4 leaves as a proxy for the 13 C of chamber air . |
| 14 | People got in and out of the lifts and did n't give him a second glance . |
| 15 | It held 250 books and did n't attempt to divide them by author , title or illustrator . |
| 16 | But Peter was already hurrying down the steps and did n't give a backward glance . |
| 17 | Underlying cardinal faults were the management who failed to consider safety on the vessels and did not listen to masters ' complaints . |
| 18 | She put back her ears but did not move . |
| 19 | He just collected animals but did n't know how to look after them . |
| 20 | Mr Keys was minister during the building of the 1954 church and Mr Aiken saw the planning and the beginning of the new church halls but did not live to see their completion . |
| 21 | I listened to others ' crises but did n't want to accept that I was in the middle of my own . |
| 22 | Elisabeth heard the words but did not take them in consciously . |
| 23 | She caught a few words but did not hear Fru Gertlinger say , ‘ It would be best to say nothing , I think . |
| 24 | I listened to his words but did n't believe them . |
| 25 | The extra name was written by hand on the scorecard , which cost 10 centimes but did n't disclaim responsibility for the last wicket to fall ! |
| 26 | She wanted to make amends but did n't know how to . |
| 27 | For reasons which are not stated the legislature in 1988 made it essential for a successor to live in the dwelling house during the period of six months but did not amend the Act of 1985 so as to impose either a six months ' period or residence in a particular dwelling house in the case of a council house . |
| 28 | He 'd seen patients in calipers but did n't know how to do it himself . |
| 29 | Clive , descended from Clive of India , together with Stokes developed close personal working relationships with a number of blue-chip companies and did not plan to expand the firm . |
| 30 | The team thus took a much more radical , class , view of the problems facing residents in working-class communities and did not see themselves simply responding to any educational need or demand : ‘ … the educationalist should be forced to recognise his responsibility to intervene positively and constructively not just respond to any demand ’ . |