Example sentences of "they [verb] not all " in BNC.
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| 1 | They did not all give up there and then , but presumably went on to take the test again and eventually to pass — many of them at the second attempt . |
| 2 | They did not all put it quite as bluntly as William 11 , but there existed a European society of kings which had real importance for its members . |
| 3 | Through conversation , it was soon realised that although consultants welcomed the concept of the educational supervisor theoretically , they did not all wish to be burdened with this increased responsibility . |
| 4 | Honest enquirers , like the lawyer who asked him about the greatest commandment , were impressed and attracted by his Bible-based teaching ( though , as with the rich young ruler , they did not all respond to it positively ) . |
| 5 | Unfortunately , they did not all take their studies very seriously and some of the bruising battle scenes , including a duel that went disastrously wrong on the first night , attracted misplaced laughter . |
| 6 | More precisely , lots of people have ideas , but they do not all agree . |
| 7 | ( They do not all have the same ! ) |
| 8 | They do not all live on the savannah , of course ; hippos prefer rivers and many of the antelope ( bongo , duikers ) prefer forest , as do elephants when it is available . |
| 9 | They do not all explain the decline in total , nor are they mutually exclusive , but collectively they raise many of the prime considerations . |
| 10 | However , one thing is certain : whatever the reason , they do not all return to their former host . |
| 11 | When the dye molecules are dissolved in another solid , transparent host material , they do not all absorb light at quite the same frequency . |
| 12 | And they do not all rotate in the same mode . |
| 13 | Hydrangea florets can be picked and pressed in the autumn when they are a lovely green shade with reddish tinges , although you may have to choose your bush carefully as they do not all have the same density of colour . |
| 14 | Every mental phenomenon includes something as object within itself , although they do not all do so in the same way . |
| 15 | Leaf-cutter bee There are many kinds of bee , and they do not all swarm and live in hive communities . |
| 16 | But they do not all offer equal value for money . |
| 17 | They do not all live in the same place , but in any one place there may be more than one , and perhaps half a dozen , species . |
| 18 | All languages have systems but they do not all use them for the same purposes ; what is an essential distinction in one language may be quite disregarded in another . |
| 19 | Academic councils , professional resource centres and curriculum " clusters " all acknowledge the need to diminish isolation , but they do not all look forward with the same clear-sightedness further into any young person 's life . |
| 20 | Obviously popular , it survives complete ( or nearly so ) in sixteen manuscripts many of which divide the text into chapters although they do not all agree as to how . |
| 21 | Well I mean how do all the rest of the pond they 've not all got bloody herons , plastic herons perched on the side have they ? |