Example sentences of "they [vb past] [coord] do not [verb] " in BNC.

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1 They would admit nothing ; they sat there like stones , and their one aim was to sit there like stones , so that no one could tell if they cared or did not care , so that there should be no difference between caring and not caring .
2 In giving to their children what they felt they needed and did not have themselves , they obtain gratification and solace .
3 Callaghan 's mistake may have derived from his own inability to grasp the significance of media images irrespective of how closely they did or did not correlate with some other version of ‘ reality ’ .
4 For many groups , public-pressure group activity was no sign of their power , but it was a testament to the frustrated powerlessness of those who could not get the ear of government , still less their positive action — no matter what they did or did not do .
5 Perhaps the observation of particular teachers over a prolonged period combined with the charting of individual pupils ' learning experiences — including visits to the library — and the ways in which they did or did not use project-purchased resources would achieve this end , but there are clearly practical and methodological objections to such activities .
6 Thus , in the present study we evaluated gastric clearance of indigestible markers , orocaecal transit time , colonic transit time , and gall bladder contraction in two groups of diabetic patients who differed as to whether they had or did not have signs of autonomic neuropathy affecting the cardiovascular system .
7 If the Masai had an educational system of their own which was functioning well according to their own criteria , there was no reason for them to view with favour the introduction into it , by people whose hegemony they accepted but did not welcome , of alien elements .
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