Example sentences of "they [vb past] [not/n't] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They sought not the abolition of hired labour , private enterprise and the commodity market but the abolition of the many semi-feudal bonds which survived the Edict of 1861 ; and they sought the transfer of noble land into their own hands . |
| 2 | However they were threatened that if they did not the Abbey would be burnt down . |
| 3 | But in fact they did care , because if they had n't the traumas that afflicted Welsh rugby at about this time would have had not effect . |
| 4 | Frequently they had n't the money . |
| 5 | Perhaps they had n't the confidence they always seemed to have . |
| 6 | ‘ And I 've been stung by nettles , ’ he said , injured , and pretended not to hear Dorrainge who said it was a mistake to pamper nettle stings , and they had n't the time to soothe people 's silly imagined injuries . |
| 7 | But in the end it was n't enough because they had n't the courage to confront and defy the handful of men who control the trade union bureaucracy . |
| 8 | They had n't the appeal of the stinking lanes fitfully lit by naphtha flares in the souks when a fair went on long into the night . |
| 9 | When proprietors sold , at any stage , whether antici-pating amalgamation ( like the News Chronicle and Daily Mail ) or a continuing future , they did so because of flagging interest or energy , or because they had not the resources to turn round a weak paper in an increasingly competitive market . |
| 10 | Although Glasgow District Council ( GDC ) supported Heatfest , they made it clear that they had not the resources to implement any radical outcome . |
| 11 | But now , we said to our people , if anybody has something about Eismark that they had not the money to explore , now we can unlock the money . ’ |