Example sentences of "that they [adv] did " in BNC.
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| 1 | People who claimed that they generally did not dream , when woken from REM sleep , did in fact report dreams , but they were particularly prone to forgetting them — if woken after the REM period was over , they recalled even fewer instances of dreaming than those who claimed regularly to recall dreams in the morning.6 In another study generally confirming these findings it was also noticed that " non-dreamers " tended to report that they were awake and thinking when woken from REM sleep . |
| 2 | However , the appellants ' case in respect of that matter is that they simply did not realise that they were doing anything wrong . |
| 3 | We tried to hope that they were going to release Franky and that they simply did n't want the rest of us to get angry and depressed . |
| 4 | We expected that a number — perhaps an embarrassingly large number — of students would decide that they simply did not like our courses , and we were prepared to smooth the path of transfer . |
| 5 | It simply had n't occurred to him that her resistance to their becoming lovers might be rooted in the fact that they simply did n't love each other . |
| 6 | It was apparent to Theodora , if not to the Inspector , that they simply did not know . |
| 7 | There was not enough action and they were just too predictable , that they simply did not scare me but surely the point of a horror book is to scare you ? |
| 8 | It was a great satisfaction to him that they both did well , Toby at teachers ' training college , and Laura at polytechnic . |
| 9 | Mr Lindsey was predicting in early January that the majority of customers this year would probably opt for a variable rate , on the basis that they probably did not believe interest rates would drop very much further . |
| 10 | They probed and measured and cross-questioned Phoebe in the most condescending manner , made worse by the fact that they clearly did not have a clue as to what might have happened . |
| 11 | An officer said : ‘ It may be that they just did n't act quickly enough for him . ’ |
| 12 | No doubt you are among the many who have tried every diet around only to find that they just did n't work . |
| 13 | Even though objectively , he had all the strength on his side , and if he 'd only stubbornly insisted , the allies would have had to accept the fourteen points , because there was no way that they just did n't have any erm , any clout really when when finally settled in peace . |
| 14 | Moreover , the fact that they usually did not come from commercial backgrounds and were stationed in political capitals rather than commercial or industrial centres also tended to limit their effectiveness . |
| 15 | The pensioners complained on the eve of the first anniversary of the publisher 's death that they still did not know how long their pensions would be paid . |
| 16 | No doubt Harry 's family would also have replied in the affirmative , indicating that they really did not know what happiness was . |
| 17 | It seems an obvious assumption that these relatively simple organisms appeared very early in the history of life , but for a long time there was no proof that they actually did so . |
| 18 | And what I 've asked is that they actually did and not separate it . |
| 19 | Although clay crystals theoretically could store the same prodigious quantities of information as DNA or laser discs can , nobody is suggesting that they ever did . |
| 20 | And both , as a result of all of the above , provided unparalleled opportunities for the British to convince themselves and show the world — it was remarkable how often Indirect Rulers reported on the esteem in which their system was held by other nations — that they naturally did certain things very , very well . |