Example sentences of "[n mass] [Wh pn] did [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anne Besant , as a socialist member of the London School Board in the 1880s , was acutely distressed by the problems she saw of ‘ gaunt hunger-pinched men and women … decent folk who did n't want to keep their children ignorant , but sometimes there were no boots , sometimes there was a baby to feed , sometimes there were no food . ’ |
| 2 | Of the 23% who did not approve of the devolution , some commented on the speed with which the new system had been introduced and of the lack of opportunity for staff development ; others were concerned that localised development meant duplication of effort . |
| 3 | With a little group of people who did n't give up hope . |
| 4 | So Hanson went ahead and brought in outside touring companies that offered simple sets , and a cast of up to ten people , who could stage a place that found its own level in front of people who did n't think twice about live theatre apart from taking their youngsters to the pantomime at Christmas . |
| 5 | The Kwanggu prints moved me to tears , and to wish that all the people who did n't vote were made to view these simple but powerful images . |
| 6 | A large aerial had appeared , projected from the roof , an aerial similar to those used by Post Office vans detecting people who did n't pay their TV licence . |
| 7 | As Christmas and birthdays brought more Gortex , my confidence grew and developed into mild snootiness about people who did n't wear the right things on the hill . |
| 8 | When you sat your qualifying exam to go to the high school , er what happened to the people who did n't pass ? |
| 9 | I used to come up quite often and stay for a couple of days and just revel in meeting high-spirited people who did n't care about university politics . |
| 10 | They were simple people who did n't go far from Cornwall . |
| 11 | Nor with the grumbling of people who did n't want to stand up when they 'd just sat down . |
| 12 | ‘ I just got used to being in her shadow and I still thought there were people who did n't reckon I was better , ’ said Smith . |
| 13 | well we always had entertained friends but we 'd never been in a position to put them up so that erm most of our friendly visits were from people who did n't live very far from us , it meant that families , nieces , nephews etcetera were difficult to accommodate because they had to sleep on a couch or a settee in the living room with all its diff difficulties , especially when it meant in the morning for breakfast you had to get them up and dressed before you could start thinking about breakfast , and I think that those sort of things are things that er people ought to take into consideration when thinking about new housing . |
| 14 | No I 'm not sensible , I 'm even I 'm even less sensible than people who did n't take a ticket back . |
| 15 | Ianthe went over to the window and flung open the shutters and it occurred to Penelope that she was probably one of those people who did n't approve of smoking in bedrooms . |
| 16 | In the late Sixties , Kasmin swallowed his pride and set off as a travelling salesman on behalf of the gallery to America , travelling the States with a bagful of transparencies , finding out who was interested in art from the local museums , and visiting people who did n't get to New York . |
| 17 | The real April Fools were the people who did n't join in , ’ said Colin Gregg , administrator for the Yellow Brick Road . |
| 18 | ‘ The real April Fools were the people who did n't join in , ’ said Colin Gregg , administrator for the Yellow Brick Road . |
| 19 | Man : ‘ Those were people who did n't have enough for dinner , got excited and fainted . ’ |
| 20 | Yeah but there were some people who did n't realize that . |
| 21 | People who did n't like him said he was very sarcastic , but he always seemed to me to be a most sensitive and competent man . |
| 22 | Even people who did n't like country liked Johnny Cash . |
| 23 | It seems that the only people who did n't like him were his own family . |
| 24 | There were odd moments when , for no reason , the two voices lifted off , as though they were nothing to do with the two people who did n't like one another . |
| 25 | ELECTION candidates are renowned for kissing babies Labour leader Neil Kinnock said last week there was no place in politics for people who did n't like them . |
| 26 | The well-being of 71 dog and cat owners was monitored for ten months , and then compared to the health of 26 people who did n't own any animals . |
| 27 | She used it with people who did n't know her very well . |
| 28 | If all the people who did n't know Keller left his party the waiters would have to serve each other . ’ |
| 29 | She wished that people would not interfere , would leave her alone , especially people who did n't know all the facts . |
| 30 | She was longing to go somewhere away from all this , among people who did n't know her , quiet and dark where nothing happened . |