Example sentences of "[vb past] they did [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 had looked forward to seeing her but when she came they did n't know what to say . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ 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 . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Krabbe and two other German women runners had admitted taking the drug Clenbuterol , but claimed they did not know it was banned . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | , 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 . |
| 20 | But social services decided they did not have sufficient information to justify removing him from the Roberts ' care . |
| 21 | But social services decided they did not have sufficient information to justify removing him from the Roberts ' care . |
| 22 | 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 ! |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | And so they decided they did n't want their house any more and they would lease it to citizen . |
| 25 | The ones who decided they did n't wan na |
| 26 | I suddenly realised they did n't like each other ; that they were rivals . |
| 27 | As they drove along Three Springs Road , Juliet suddenly realised they did n't know Miss Rose 's address ! |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | The girls admitted they did not go to discos , but said they had friends . |
| 30 | That 's where I went they did n't have any . |