Example sentences of "they [vb past] not [verb] where " in BNC.
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| 1 | Brandishing a knife taken from the kitchen , the gang took all three to separate bedrooms and told them they would be stabbed if they did not reveal where their valuables were . |
| 2 | Masked and armed , they tied up 52year-old John Bayles and his wife , Elizabeth with a washing line , threatened to burn their home down if they did not reveal where their money was and ransacked the house . |
| 3 | Yet how could it be otherwise when they did not know where she was ? |
| 4 | The Lebanese delegation at the Middle East peace talks in Washington [ see p. 39119 ] informed their Israeli counterparts on Sept. 22 that Israeli airman Ron Arad was definitely alive , but that they did not know where he was being held . |
| 5 | So my answer to the question A is , I am not against a new settlement , of the right scale in the right location , but it is not a panacea , it is not an answer to all the questions , now it 's being offered in terms of a balanced strategy , I say that balanced strategy as put forward does not work , certainly beyond two thousand and six , and may grind to a halt well before two thousand and six if rates of development proceed er as they have done in certain years in the past , so it 's very important to look at that , can we just revisit the public acceptance of the new settlement , of course the public have accepted it and welcomed it , it has certain attractions , I support those attractions , however it 's easy for the public to accept that when measured against certain sites specific proposals that were put to them when they did not know where the new settlement would be , and still do not know , when new settlement locations are put forward it will be quite a different scenario . |
| 6 | The officer had not seen the girl 's boyfriend and was told that they did not know where he was . |
| 7 | Said Mr Duffield : ‘ A threat was made to burn the house down if they did not say where the money was . ’ |