Example sentences of "do [adv] [verb] they [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many of those who voted against the government would not have done so had they expected an election . |
| 2 | Charles Gorham , the deaf founder-secretary and editor of The Deaf and Dumb Times , within days of the foundation of the BDDA , registered his personal dissent in the issue of August 1890 : The Congress , in deciding that the title should be " The British Deaf and Dumb Association " , would have done better had they omitted the objectionable word " dumb " , which is really unnecessary and has proved very misleading to the public . |
| 3 | " Whatever you do do not let them take the book back without admitting that your name is in it . " |
| 4 | Although warning signs shout at you not to cross these fragile constructions , as you 're bound to fall off and die and do n't say they did n't tell you so , you 'd have to be a boring old git not to want to do a balancing act over them for thrills . |
| 5 | Doing so allows them to experience and interact with their environment and other people . |
| 6 | On second thoughts he also sent one of his aides to fetch blankets as well , for some of the ladies did not seem to be very decently attired and , although they did not look very enticing , he still did not want them to give his men ideas . |
| 7 | She assured the women she addressed that suffragists did not want them to give up ‘ one jot or tittle of your womanliness , your love for children , your care for the sick , your gentleness , your self-control , your obedience to conscience and duty ’ . |
| 8 | In fact , with his book of Spanish Civil War photographs , for the second edition he did not want them retouched ; he wanted the scratches , etc , left in because there was that feeling about it . |
| 9 | They visited the homes of the women , talked to husbands , fathers and fathers-in-law who did not want them to take part in any struggle , and they urged the women themselves to assert themselves . |
| 10 | But he did not want them to follow him under any false delusion . |
| 11 | But I did not want them to stay out in the cold all night , so I kept my window open to look out for them . |
| 12 | Rijkaard and Van Basten had travelled to Holland but Milan did not want them to play and both pulled out of the squad , Rijkaard with flu , Van Basten claiming he was tired after his trip to Tokyo for the World Club Championship . |
| 13 | Hopkins 's attitude to the publication of his poetry had always been ambivalent , but his habit of sending copies to Bridges indicates that he did not want them lost . |
| 14 | Unlike the other men , Peter did not suggest they meet again . |
| 15 | However , the five who rejected the appeal over the beating of a seven-year-old boy in an English boarding school stressed that that did not mean they condoned corporal punishment in principle . |
| 16 | This ignored , or misunderstood , the regular complaint of employers about the lack of good workmen , which did not mean they required ‘ skilled ’ workers , who were always available ; what they required were efficient workers . |
| 17 | Others are those who did not adventure themselves on the Crusade , but stayed to maintain the rights of their absent lords in their proper manors and castles , but as the years passed and their lords did not return they have been turned out from their posts of trust . ’ |
| 18 | Neither of them was able to identify any they came away they did not feel they had been of much help . |
| 19 | The Hygiene supervisors felt as though the planes would land on their heads , but this did not stop them carrying out a thorough and hygienic job . |
| 20 | There was no way the police could hold Philip Drew , but this did not stop them following him . |
| 21 | which I asked if they would stay , but they altogether refused , and seeing that they refused I did not hinder them to go , for I will press no man . |
| 22 | Callaghan seemed to be implying that it was not enough to offer young people a broad liberal curriculum in school , if such a curriculum did not prepare them to face the unthinking anonymity of the factory production line . |
| 23 | The fact that many of the twenty middle-class women did not say they disliked housework does not rule this explanation out of court . |
| 24 | Christina did not like them to receive such a bad impression of Crystal Springs . |
| 25 | Their education certainly suffered as the teachers did not like them interrupting the curriculum and sat them at the back of the class and told them to write home . |
| 26 | Over 34% of pools with supervision kept no training records for lifeguards , while 43% did not allow them to concentrate solely on supervision . |
| 27 | But constant complaints were made by the forest inhabitants that the Forest officers did not allow them to exercise these common rights unless they paid illegal and extortionate dues . |
| 28 | The farmers were efficient but the size of the unit did not allow them to make a full-time living . |
| 29 | In discussions with me , representatives of all the major brewing companies have admitted that the orders did not force them to take those actions against the tenants . |
| 30 | M and J always tidy up well , so did not let them do the washing/drying up . |