Example sentences of "[noun pl] they did n't [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Trade unions began , if slowly and unadventurously , to assert that they did n't give a hoot : their members were not going to run risks they did n't like . |
| 2 | I asked them about the war , and they said it was okay , but you could see in their eyes they did n't mean it . |
| 3 | They exposed strengths and weaknesses they did n't know were theirs . |
| 4 | In those days they did n't use mileometers , what they did was they took any particular route number and the number of journeys they did , because in those days a bus kept on a route which applied , say between Witton and Rushmere Heath all day , did n't run around like they do nowadays and erm when the schedules were prepared , each bus had got a route number or was placed on a route number , say one Witton , two Witton , three Witton and a copy of its schedule was recorded on another sheet and the mileage , having known what the mileage was and we 'd used to obtain that from the Borough Surveyor 's Department , er I think it was about nine point one four miles a return trip Witton and Rushmere Heath , er you 'd work out how many journeys they did there and say well that bus was due to run a hundred and twenty six miles during the day . |
| 5 | Er and of course you , you 'd get er , those days they did n't have cots the mother had the baby in bed with her . |
| 6 | Well , you were talking flying the horses around putting them in horses boxes well in those days they did n't have many vehicles did they ? |
| 7 | She went from room to room , praising the decor , and if she noticed the paintings they did n't appear to do her any obvious mischief . |
| 8 | Almost £500,000 is owed to customers who paid for goods they did n't get . |
| 9 | There are times when mistakes are made in school and things go wrong : children blamed for things they did n't do , events may be cancelled at short notice , cardigans and coats lost or , even worse , end up in the toilet bowl . |
| 10 | they 'll get into the , they 'll get into that garage right , so they look and see things they did n't know that they can make money on |
| 11 | The majority of people that went through that service all had some recollection of things they did n't enjoy very much but they by and large thoroughly enjoyed their experience in the Army , it livened them up , it made them better men and we have got after all one of the best armies if not the best army in the world , it 's got to come from |
| 12 | And we would not be asking the parents to say things they did n't believe or make promises that they had no intention of fulfilling . |
| 13 | I went to as many classes as I could , although as they worked college terms they did n't start until September and I arrived in July . |
| 14 | Fiancés in these flatties were always zomboids with thin moustaches , always being arrested for murders they did n't commit . |
| 15 | Cos th er index-linked gilts were po were we very poor , because against interest rates they did n't give you a lot of guarantees obviously , you know , interest rates were high , index-linked gilts were er already languishing . |
| 16 | The women not only carried all the possessions they did n't want to risk losing in large baskets on their heads but also had to control their children and often had to sling them over their backs as they were too weak to walk themselves . |
| 17 | Some doctors have even put their patients through operations they did n't need . |
| 18 | They 're made to pay taxes they did n't vote for . |
| 19 | He now came in so many shapes and sizes they did n't know quite where they were with Him . |
| 20 | In the pits they did n't shut down they put their own breed of managers , under-managers and deputies … . |
| 21 | Clients settled for amounts they did n't have . |
| 22 | The county at first stage did try of course to produce some exceptions and and I think all the districts found ones they liked and ones they did n't like and I think quite reasonably the county said well er possibly the role of E two is simply to produce this broad policy goal and er this will er and as Richmondshire see it it 'll be er for us to refine it as we see fit at district level . |
| 23 | No inquiries have been made into the 240 Ulster soldiers who sacrificed their lives for their country instead we see them being framed by our so called police force and left to spend their lives in a prison cell for crimes they did n't commit . |
| 24 | Also do n't forget the references they did n't give you . |
| 25 | Ninety five percent of American political scientists are liberal democrats they did n't like that , so they wrote books criticizing congress and saying the president ought to have more power . |