Example sentences of "but they did n't [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 But they did n't start it .
2 ‘ I saw the pictures in the newspapers , but they did n't give the overall extent of the damage , ’ Laura said as they walked along .
3 ‘ Well , she went to the factory to make buttons , but they did n't give her enough money .
4 Presenting the final 1992 results ( figures , page seven ) , Ing C Olivetti & Co SpA said that sales in lire terms rose 5.5% in the first three months of 1993 from a year earlier , but they did n't give any absolute revenue figures ; in terms of volume , Olivetti said personal computer sales in Europe jumped 72% in the first quarter from a year earlier , printer sales rose 42% ; the firm will break even at the operating level this year but will not return to profit until 1994 , chairman Carlo De Benedetti said .
5 I come off , like , but they did n't give you no treatment or anything .
6 Virtually all the way out to park but they did n't give his name either .
7 But they did n't give a did n't issue any documents of reassurance to the rich
8 But they did n't change it because the only one of similar age available to them had been used in the previous match when Waqar took seven for 87 against Gloucestershire .
9 The big Christmas , big Christmas card company , erm , and it is big , er , is American , and wholly owned American , and that 's not , but they did n't build a factory , they took one over that 's already ,
10 This was obviously the cue for the appearance of the three councillors , but they did n't appear .
11 But they did n't appear to be causing him much in the way of alarm .
12 I left it a while but they did n't break up , so I went over to see what was going on .
13 Rangers buckled under the pressure , but they did n't break .
14 A physiotherapist recalled : ‘ They were n't obstructive , but they did n't go out of their way to be helpful either . ’
15 But they did n't go in a book ; they were only for his friends to read .
16 They they when when I was younger used to go regular but they did n't go regular you know as years advanced .
17 So I thought well they had some white napkins but they did n't go , the did n't go with it .
18 er , but they did n't go in for food like er you 're talking about
19 No , yes , but they did n't go , did she tell you ?
20 The team were in Iraq during the recent allied bombings , but they did n't witness any damage .
21 But they did n't leave the room ; instead , Fiona and Fergus , still breathless with giggles , still chattering excitedly away , started to turn the furniture in the room upside down .
22 Because they were overthrown and the others were taken off into captivity into battle life , and what a life they had , the one of slavery , so at that time because they took no note , because they were destiny instructions to Jehovah for his word and again want to see , they had eyes , but they just did n't want to see it they knew , all the whys and wherefores and what the responsibilities were , but they did n't measure up to them and because of that many of them lost their lives , and if they did n't they were taken into captivity , Jeremiah four , in verse twenty two , again another prophecy sent to them exactly over the same message , the same reasons describes to them as being a , er people that is foolish and of me they have taken no notice Jeremiah four and verse twenty two .
23 But they did n't realise how racist they were being to me .
24 But they did n't realise that the bronze-winged Pionuse parrot has just discovered how to talk .
25 The fattys were all trying their best to eat more and more but they did n't realise that the pills they were eating were actually eating all the food for them .
26 Madness runs in her family , but they did n't tell me that .
27 ( Years later , I discovered that those flats were actually owned by the College , but they did n't tell me that . )
28 But they did n't tell me about this .
29 But they did n't care , tending to the view that the City was a viper 's nest of scheming capitalists , whose sole reason for investing would be to take the paper over .
30 And they expected a lot of but they did n't expect that many .
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