Example sentences of "they [vb past] not go [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was considered by Nether Wyresdale Parish Council at their recent meeting but they decided not to go ahead and place an order because the prices were far too expensive . |
| 2 | Some time during the afternoon they decided not to go back but to stay overnight . |
| 3 | It would seem that there is a demand for such assistance as 1 in 5 of all applicants said that they did not go on to take the course because of financial difficulties . |
| 4 | They did not go back to ‘ living together ’ even in the purely conceptual sense of many academic couples they knew , separated by their jobs . |
| 5 | Even the otherwise haughty Surrey committee was moved to complain about this lack of common courtesy , though naturally they did not go so far as to suggest meals should be taken in common . |
| 6 | They did not go so far as to learn the language of the peoples they studied , but they did spell out for later writers the ground rules of such research . |
| 7 | They did not go out giving intellectual addresses saying : ‘ Come to our seminar and we 'll discuss the epistemological significance of the empty tomb . |
| 8 | The Lords of Trade asked merchants and other interests to give their opinions about policy ; a number of ministers had grants of their own for settlements in North America and clearly expected to benefit as landlords , though they did not go out like the Penns and the Baltimores to take an active role in running their properties . |
| 9 | So they did not go anywhere near the doctor . |
| 10 | Mrs Hirst , who is the chairman of a local disabled charity group , believed these steps were important , but she thought they did not go far enough . |
| 11 | These measures were welcomed , but many felt they did not go far enough . |
| 12 | The number of responses opposed to the proposals on the grounds that they did not go far enough towards independence was very small — only a few academic boards of institutions had expressed that view . |
| 13 | And when , to show what a good little wife I had become — Nonni thought that my aunts did not ‘ appreciate ’ me , meaning that they did not go in for endearments or tell me how pretty I looked — she pointed out , one Sunday lunchtime , how well I had starched the table napkins , Aunt Lilian said , ‘ But why ? |
| 14 | Andrew said : ‘ Everybody had to go through a medical before the show and if they were not up to it , they did not go in — we had to be very careful because of their health and safety . ’ |
| 15 | On the other hand , when you resurfaced , there were the memories and the truths still ; they had not gone away , and the only difference was that one was now less equipped to deal with them than before . |
| 16 | He left her at her door ; they had not gone down as far as the Green that day . |
| 17 | They had not gone very far when a great brightness showed over the mountains beyond the forest , and suddenly in front of them they saw a beautiful young man , all dressed in gold , with a scarlet lining to his cloak . |
| 18 | They had not gone far before the leading vehicle halted at a metal pole stretched across the road , and the rest of the convoy bunched up behind . |
| 19 | They had not gone far when again the clerk heard that long , moaning howl . |
| 20 | They had not gone far , when they had stepped into a small clearing . |
| 21 | They had not gone overseas out of a belief in religious toleration . |