Example sentences of "[vb past] they [verb] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 Parson Woodforde , visiting a Norfolk warehouse containing 380 poor in 1787 , found they did not look " either healthy or cheerful " .
2 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 .
3 Very likely he expects a bambina — even Constanza found they did n't speak the same language any more .
4 But the last time I tried they did n't want to know because well nobody will take responsibility .
5 I think they told they did n't have any money for it .
6 They played I mean all sorts of games that we played they do n't play today .
7 They had looked forward to seeing her but when she came they did n't know what to say .
8 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 .
9 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 .
10 ‘ The judge granted AMD a new trial based on the fact that they claimed they did n't see a Business Wire report when we announced that we sued them , ’ Intel general counsel Tom Dunlap told Reuters .
11 ‘ The judge granted AMD a new trial based on the fact that they claimed they did n't see a Business Wire report when we announced that we sued them , ’ Intel general counsel Tom Dunlap told Reuters .
12 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 .
13 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 .
14 Krabbe and two other German women runners had admitted taking the drug Clenbuterol , but claimed they did not know it was banned .
15 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 .
16 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 .
17 Women suddenly discovered they did n't want to stay at the kitchen sink all day ; they wanted the fulfilment that comes from work , too .
18 Then because of another mix up with their concert promoter in England , they discovered they did n't have enough other venues booked to pay for their stay .
19 Cos they worked they did n't bash er ham sledge hammers and things like a shop and the gear for the quarry men as such , they Cos that was the usual work of the erm the blacksmiths outside in the quarry itself you know , in the b on the in the various banks .
20 , writes : AMERICAN friends saw the marker stone of the centre of England in Warwickshire and confessed they did not know U.S.A. 's centre .
21 But social services decided they did not have sufficient information to justify removing him from the Roberts ' care .
22 But social services decided they did not have sufficient information to justify removing him from the Roberts ' care .
23 Originally a Dizzy game , the Codies decided they did n't want to put our ovoid chum in a real-world adventure and created a new character instead — Seymour was born !
24 Part of the audience decided that this was n't what they wanted to see , another part decided they did n't want to hear about politics anymore .
25 And so they decided they did n't want their house any more and they would lease it to citizen .
26 The ones who decided they did n't wan na
27 You will almost certainly come up against the person who has ordered something and then decided they do n't want it .
28 I suddenly realised they did n't like each other ; that they were rivals .
29 As they drove along Three Springs Road , Juliet suddenly realised they did n't know Miss Rose 's address !
30 Finding a new childcarer is so traumatic that 80% of the mothers surveyed admitted they did n't have the courage to give an inadequate nanny the sack immediately ; 60% of those who were unhappy carried on with their carer for a month , and 35% for up to six months .
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