Example sentences of "[vb past] they did not [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 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Krabbe and two other German women runners had admitted taking the drug Clenbuterol , but claimed they did not know it was banned . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | , 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 . |
| 11 | But social services decided they did not have sufficient information to justify removing him from the Roberts ' care . |
| 12 | But social services decided they did not have sufficient information to justify removing him from the Roberts ' care . |
| 13 | The girls admitted they did not go to discos , but said they had friends . |
| 14 | They were both speaking in the slightly lowered tone that meant they did not want to be overheard , and were only having the discussion at all because they believed Belinda to be safely out of earshot . |
| 15 | But the 200 miles separating them meant they did not meet until six months into the romance when Chris , 25 , came to see Heather , 32 , of Aberdeen Road , Darlington . |
| 16 | However , some members of his family were glad , because it meant they did not have to produce cattle . |
| 17 | These measures were welcomed , but many felt they did not go far enough . |
| 18 | They felt they did not know what services , nor how many , are available . |
| 19 | The Komsomols themselves knew they did not understand the instructions they got from the party cell , and said so , but received no advice as a result . |
| 20 | This time no expression came over their faces and he knew they did not have much time to live . |
| 21 | Only two per cent thought they did not exist . |
| 22 | Mrs Hirst , who is the chairman of a local disabled charity group , believed these steps were important , but she thought they did not go far enough . |
| 23 | Officials insisted they did not expect a Cabinet reshuffle . |
| 24 | It is apparent from the findings of fact that the justices made no findings , or if they did they did not record them , as to whether ( i ) the child was likely to abscond from any other description of accommodation , or ( ii ) that if he absconded he would be likely to suffer significant harm . |
| 25 | Few , if any , suspected the doctor or my father of being involved ; or if they did they did not say so . |
| 26 | As a young man he had been pursued by many women ; that he secretly despised them did not lessen his attractiveness but in later years his large family and increasing years had hung about him with a weight as great as any deformity : but he would never risk exposing himself as Rose had . |
| 27 | Then came the day of joy when doctors at Newcastle upon Tyne General Hospital said they did not expect any more problems . |
| 28 | System builders that Microprocessor Report spoke to at Comdex last month said they did not expect volume production of Intel Corp 's Pentium chip until mid-1993 at best , suggesting the part has slipped another few months . |
| 29 | On Aug. 1 , a Central Bank began operation , but the authorities said they did not intend to introduce an independent currency to replace the South African Rand until 1992 . |
| 30 | The weekly paper for the young and independent , published today , asked 500 12 to 15-year-olds how happy they were at home and 79 per cent said they did not want to leave before the age of 18 . |