Example sentences of "the [noun] [vb past] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were cut to pieces by Watford , though the defence did not help itself by defending too deeply . |
| 2 | O'Leary can provide that , and the defence did nt look troubled at all when he was playing . |
| 3 | After three months , however , the response did not justify the effort from the bureau and the initiators had to rethink their approach to young people . |
| 4 | The income did not change its nature just because the trustees took their expenses from the same . |
| 5 | My own opinion — for what it is worth in view of the two cases above referred to — is that trustees are the proper persons to be assessed in all cases in which the income of the trust estate received by them , or to which they are entitled , is not tax-deducted at source ; and that — in the case of income of the trust estate which is tax deducted at source — they could not be heard to ask repayment of the tax on the plea that the income did not arise or accrue to them but to others , whether such others were income-beneficiaries or capital-beneficiaries . |
| 6 | When the advocates of a pro-Israeli policy happened to be Jewish , says the Jewish Mr Teicher , the Arabists did not hesitate to whisper ‘ dual loyalty ’ . |
| 7 | ‘ Listen to that Amy , that Jerry plane that crashed in the park did n't make as much bloody row as 'im . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ The opportunity did n't arise , ’ replied Martin . |
| 9 | But the opportunity did not arise : he waited in the corridors of the Old Bailey , but was never summoned . |
| 10 | I am certain they are not , and it is worth remembering that the majority did not vote Conservative on 9 April . |
| 11 | Supporters of the change were fortified by the knowledge , revealed by the Home Secretary in his speech , that of the thirty five judges in the Queen 's Bench Division ( including the Lord Chief Justice who conducted the poll ) , twenty-five were in favour of majority verdicts , provided that the majority did not fall below ten to two . |
| 12 | The mandroids did n't stir , so we were in . |
| 13 | But the story of the Gesta did not end in 1109. just as later monks came back to the Flemish comital genealogies to keep them up to date and to add new material , so the Gesta attracted amplification . |
| 14 | The Daurog did n't appear to blink , and streams of sap ran from the edges of the eyes . |
| 15 | The boiler did n't fill automatic , you had you had to fill it with water . |
| 16 | Supporters of the acts did not see the principles of state hygiene as contradicting the moral emphases of the public health movement . |
| 17 | Figures are hard to come by , but the recent report Trends in public library selection policies notes that 12 out of the 32 libraries surveyed kept ‘ some ’ information about allocations for stock revision ( suggesting that the remainder did not have any formal programmes of revision ) . |
| 18 | Forty-one farms , just over a quarter , had developed a specialised product but it was apparent that the remainder did not envisage identifying or exploiting such products in the future . |
| 19 | OD1 proved itself much more like the classic Marshall sound , with enough dirt to make things ballsy , but not so much that backing off the guitar did n't clean up the tone for real blues rhythm playing and crunchy Bryan Adams-type chords . |
| 20 | In the event the crowds did n't show . |
| 21 | But the crowds did n't show , and traders and exhibitors lost out . |
| 22 | On the plaintiffs ' originating summons for a declaration that the ombudsman did not have jurisdiction to investigate and determine the borrowers ' complaints : — |
| 23 | Infusion of the liquid bolus at a slow rate ensured that the isotope did not disperse beyond the first ileal segment ; the present results confirmed the effect of a cholinergic agonist and antagonist on transit in the ICJ and colon , suggesting that the model is valid . |
| 24 | The secretary-general of the former ruling party , the National Liberation Front ( FLN ) , Abdelhamid Mehri , said that the banning did not solve the two major problems facing Algeria , namely widespread demands for change " which the FIS has been able to channel to its advantage " , and the existence of a " well-rooted Islamic movement which must be taken into account in one way or another " . |
| 25 | The walls were white but the whiteness did n't look like paint . |
| 26 | The third bokra was a Friday , the Muslim holy day , when the labourers did not come at all . |
| 27 | Besides , the Prince did n't want us to go too far . |
| 28 | The Prince did n't turn himself to silver . |
| 29 | ‘ The Prince did not care what promises had been made to the Englishman ; forcing Sharpe to dance would demonstrate to the Rifleman that the Prince commanded this headquarters . |
| 30 | ‘ They were my idea , Inspector , in case , as proved to be so , the Prince did not like goose . |