Example sentences of "they [vb past] not do [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said that the agreement was on its face unduly restrictive having regard to : ( a ) its likely duration ; ( b ) the publishers ' right to assign copyright in songs which they had acquired in full under the agreement , so that it could not be argued that they would be unlikely to act oppressively and so damage their goodwill ; ( c ) the fact that the publishers were not bound to publish or promote the songwriter 's work if they chose not to do so , so that he might earn nothing , and his talents be sterilised , contrary to the public interest ; and ( d ) the absence of any provision entitling the songwriter to terminate the agreement . |
| 2 | They did not do so . |
| 3 | They had no need to speak and they did not do so . |
| 4 | Kellmer Pringle , for example , attacks the idea ( presumed still commonly held ) that children are comparable with other possessions over whom parents may exercise exclusive rights ; Tizard objects to the way in which parents were able to prevent others from providing permanent care for their children , although they did not do so themselves . |
| 5 | Not only is there no evidence that the inhabitants of Jerusalem did the same , but the petition of the Samaritans clearly implies that they did not do so . |
| 6 | Although Attlee and Greenwood were ready to accept the invitation , they did not do so at once but made sure that both the National Executive and the annual Conference , which were conveniently meeting at the same time , it being the Whit weekend , were fully consulted and in agreement with their acceptance of office . |
| 7 | And stated that if they did not do so , we would an injunction to stop the proposals going through . |
| 8 | Despite all their expectations ( and ample campaign funds ) they did not do much better than the GCP in 1954 . |
| 9 | By late September , the local doctor concluded that the lad was sinking fast , and told him ( according to the diary ) ‘ that notwithstanding all the efforts which have been made to check the disease , they had not done so … and advised him to look to God to prepare him for whatever might be the event of the disease . |
| 10 | When I asked Roger Forster whether they had ever started a new congregation without a full-time worker he replied that it was not that they were in principle against it , but in practice they had not done so . |
| 11 | Dr. Kerr had said that they had not done so — but he was ‘ too wordy and declamatory for a witness ’ . |
| 12 | They made slow progress and as there was no reason for haste they soon made camp again and this time were particularly careful to conceal themselves and their horses among the trees well away from the ride ; they also arranged for watches through the night which they had not done before . |