Example sentences of "those [noun pl] they did [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cos in those days they did n't . |
| 2 | Er and of course you , you 'd get er , those days they did n't have cots the mother had the baby in bed with her . |
| 3 | In those days they did n't use mileometers , what they did was they took any particular route number and the number of journeys they did , because in those days a bus kept on a route which applied , say between Witton and Rushmere Heath all day , did n't run around like they do nowadays and erm when the schedules were prepared , each bus had got a route number or was placed on a route number , say one Witton , two Witton , three Witton and a copy of its schedule was recorded on another sheet and the mileage , having known what the mileage was and we 'd used to obtain that from the Borough Surveyor 's Department , er I think it was about nine point one four miles a return trip Witton and Rushmere Heath , er you 'd work out how many journeys they did there and say well that bus was due to run a hundred and twenty six miles during the day . |
| 4 | Well , you were talking flying the horses around putting them in horses boxes well in those days they did n't have many vehicles did they ? |
| 5 | Well they can do now , in those days they did n't . |
| 6 | Even if it had been otherwise , it still would not have followed that the unions should as of right share in the control of those resources they did not own : land and buildings , plant and equipment , and finance . |