Example sentences of "and they [verb] not [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The petty officers said men of 72 nationalities were serving on the Red Crimea as ‘ one big happy family ’ and they did not want to be split up . |
| 2 | They decided , however , that they could not do this during the coming festival of Passover because Jesus was still popular among the people and they did not want to cause unrest . |
| 3 | For them , the change in leadership and the promise of reform opened up opportunities denied to the Red Guard generation and they did not want to jeopardise them by becoming too involved in a politically orientated movement . |
| 4 | This was largely because the Dutch were conscious that they were operating on a narrow margin , and they did not want anything to distract them from their main purpose , which was to bring goods for trade and re-export to their great complex of ports , banks , and merchant houses around Amsterdam . |
| 5 | Everyone had come for a good time , and they did not want it spoiling by some wildmen . |
| 6 | erm One of our buyers , Spain , er was not in favour of that solution because they were not a member of the tornado team and they did not want to see some kind of old boys club er running this project which was very important to them . |
| 7 | They connected him up , but there was nowhere to hang the bag of saline solution , and they did not want someone blocking the aisle holding it . |
| 8 | Hindley did not care what they did , as long as they kept out of his way , and they did not care even if he punished them . |
| 9 | Lloyd George disarmed his opponents on Ireland with his Russian policy , and his opponents on Russia with his Irish policy , and they did not combine to oppose him . |
| 10 | They did not look at each other and they did not eat much . |
| 11 | Although the American team eventually achieved good control , various circumstances curtailed the project and they did not succeed in eradicating the anophelines . |
| 12 | The apples produced all the weight-control benefits of low ingestion , high bulk and a lengthy period in the stomach and they did not lead to rebound hunger . |
| 13 | As has been argued already , most students believed that there was an answer , that physics did provide certainty ; and they did not make philosophical connections between the ideas of modern physics and the existence or otherwise of absolute truths about the universe . |
| 14 | But they were never ones for the tilling of the soil ; and they did not make great hunters . |
| 15 | Until recently very few Europeans and hardly anyone from England had visited this area and they did not appear to have had any previous requests from foreign visitors for information , visits to courts or access to their prisons . |
| 16 | The open semi finals promised to be two very tight games and they did not disappoint . |
| 17 | For the Windies , much depended on overnight pair Brian Lara and Keith Arthurton and they did not disappoint . |
| 18 | The two companies said the Ministry of Defence had been supportive of their approach and they did not anticipate any regulatory problems . |
| 19 | They had no need to speak and they did not do so . |
| 20 | Defence lawyer Mr Gerry Trainor pleaded that others living there were not objecting and they did not intend any trouble . |
| 21 | People were nevertheless quick to identify an interested argument and they did not feel disagreements less keenly because they understated them . |
| 22 | Their play lacked bite and they did not manage a shot at goal until Clough 's attempt in the 62nd minute . |
| 23 | At Cambridge she met her first husband , Sebastian Manning , who introduced her to a world in which socialism , far from being ridiculous , was natural , chic , colourful , confident , artistic : Sebastian 's parents were artists of some repute , one a painter , the other a potter , and they did not think much of the austerities of Dr Leavis . |
| 24 | And they were half a good smile , and they did not tell who 's ninety two . |
| 25 | She met Bill coming back up the steps , and they did not waste time on speech . |
| 26 | And always , always , however she killed , the moment of agonising red pleasure that was awareness of non-existence , the I stilled , the beautiful blissful moment when she did not exist and they did not exist and They did not exist and the whole dusty lightless World was not — only the certainty of not-existing never lasted and soon she would have to kill again . |
| 27 | And always , always , however she killed , the moment of agonising red pleasure that was awareness of non-existence , the I stilled , the beautiful blissful moment when she did not exist and they did not exist and They did not exist and the whole dusty lightless World was not — only the certainty of not-existing never lasted and soon she would have to kill again . |
| 28 | They had seen her frolic with Sergeant and they did not like it . |
| 29 | Where the reformers did start to understand , they perceived that those aspirations were to something much more even than that complete political democracy which required no property qualification ; and they did not like the perception . |
| 30 | EVERTON became the latest side to get a taste of the Ian Wright magic — and they did not like it one little bit . |