Example sentences of "did [adv] [verb] they [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 ’ . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | But he did not want them to follow him under any false delusion . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Unlike the other men , Peter did not suggest they meet again . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . ’ |
| 13 | Neither of them was able to identify any they came away they did not feel they had been of much help . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | There was no way the police could hold Philip Drew , but this did not stop them following him . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | The fact that many of the twenty middle-class women did not say they disliked housework does not rule this explanation out of court . |
| 19 | Christina did not like them to receive such a bad impression of Crystal Springs . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Over 34% of pools with supervision kept no training records for lifeguards , while 43% did not allow them to concentrate solely on supervision . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | The farmers were efficient but the size of the unit did not allow them to make a full-time living . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | M and J always tidy up well , so did not let them do the washing/drying up . |
| 26 | We did not let them put us down easily . |
| 27 | and the furry monster was there and the church bells rang unceasingly , my muse was red with righteous anger , o my love , and her hound barked at the furry monster and her frankfurter but i did not let them see me for worshipping in silence is the artist 's choice , that is the way for growth . |
| 28 | We did not ask them to raise £250,000 to fund our project . ’ |
| 29 | Branson did not need them to tell him the damage that could be done to the airline 's reputation by a story appearing about engine failure on the day before the inaugural flight . |
| 30 | He claimed that this amount did have significant effects on the person 's capacity to remember ( though presumably it did not cause them to remember their past experiences as yeast cells ! ) . |