Example sentences of "they [verb] [adv] [vb infin] anything " in BNC.
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| 1 | And you just But as we were saying er talking to Janet afterwards there was another little one down at the side , erm mum was getting a bit irate with him , but you see they do n't take anything for the children to do . |
| 2 | Even if they did not do anything . |
| 3 | This was largely because the Dutch were conscious that they were operating on a narrow margin , and they did not want anything to distract them from their main purpose , which was to bring goods for trade and re-export to their great complex of ports , banks , and merchant houses around Amsterdam . |
| 4 | Once they heard her say , ‘ But Harry , you ca n't keep on — ’ And then she must have put a hand over the mouthpiece , because they did not hear anything else until , suddenly , another voice spoke . |
| 5 | The trustees claim they did not know anything about the clause , are a voluntary body on low income and would be unable to pay a market rent and become responsible for maintenance . |
| 6 | They did not see anything being stowed on the wagon for Ramsey . |
| 7 | They did n't wreck anything , they hardly disturbed anything , but they examined everything . |
| 8 | Aye , for and I still did n't , they did n't show anything . |
| 9 | It was like they did n't want anything that looked un-Derefield . |
| 10 | One print worker who was daubed and paraded on a trolley around Croydon in Surrey as an apprentice 25 years ago said : ‘ The worst thing was if they did n't do anything to you at all — it showed you were n't wanted . ’ |
| 11 | They probably did n't attend , but they did n't do anything to stop it . |
| 12 | There were other girls there who were on drugs , who were unhappy or sick , but still they did n't do anything . |
| 13 | ‘ They was always in a hurry , but they did n't do anything properly . |
| 14 | ‘ Are you sure they did n't do anything ? ’ |
| 15 | They did n't do anything really did they . |
| 16 | They did n't do anything . |
| 17 | They did n't do anything did they ? |
| 18 | and they did n't do anything for me , so anyhow I 've started taking two , they have helped a bit |
| 19 | It hurt , they did n't feel anything much about it , and it was not at all the way they had thought it would be . |
| 20 | ‘ At one point things got out of hand and we had to organise a group of MPs a Make-up Patrol crew to follow the actors around to see that they did n't eat anything or do anything that would affect the prosthetic face gear . ’ |
| 21 | They had orders to search every village in the area , but they did n't take anything . |
| 22 | ‘ They did n't see anything because they were working in their little tent , ’ she went on , ‘ but they did hear someone hurrying past and then a car starting up a little way away . |
| 23 | The beady little eyes stared up at her reproachfully , but they did n't see anything . |
| 24 | Course then he finished , they finished dredging at night on , at nineteen thirty two cos they said it was costing too much the did and erm they were building some new cranes down there , so I said to my father , and he was very friendly with the Harbourmaster , he said erm was there any chance of getting one of them cranes so when he went and saw the Harbourmaster he said no he said the boy do n't know nothing about electricity either so he said no nor did no other buggers he said they did n't know anything about it so he got the job . |
| 25 | because I 'm so surprised that and said they did n't know anything about it |
| 26 | I 've also instructed the secretary of Great Grimsby C L P to write to the Education Authority , to get us into schools and colleges and when we received a reply from the Education Authority , to my dismay , they did n't know anything about it . |
| 27 | Sorry , if I could just clarify , I was actually at the meeting of Women 's Sub , erm as was Robin in fact , and they , the Women 's Sub-Committee considered the minute of this committee , and endorsed erm , in fact , Amanda did n't write until the meeting of women 's sub , because it was being considered by them , but erm they did n't add anything substantial to what was this committee had said and they did . |
| 28 | But they did n't find anything wrong , so Mother came back home , and I was so happy . |
| 29 | They did n't get anything at all . |
| 30 | Police believe they did n't get anything near what they were expecting . |