Example sentences of "they did [not/n't] [det] " 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 | I mean seven years continual dredging for seven years apart from a month they in dock and you were taking out eight hundred tonne every hopper load and some days you were doing five loads and sometimes four loads , was a lot of mud we dumped so much mud out at erm near the Cork Lightship , now you would think they would level theirself off would n't you and if they did n't that up . |
| 7 | Besides , those old Junker — ’ she was about to say all those Junker but in deference to Omi did not — ‘ they did n't all look nice . |
| 8 | They did n't all let go at once but only when they could hold on no longer . |
| 9 | In other words while the public may have all watched the same news they did n't all see it in the same way . |
| 10 | She wondered why they did n't all run together in the middle . |
| 11 | They did n't all desert their girlfriends when they became pregnant , some have remained to provide crucial emotional and practical support . |
| 12 | The fact that no one laughed out loud at this remark suggested to Charles that they did n't all share his view of the man . |
| 13 | Well they did n't this year . |