Example sentences of "[vb infin] [conj] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or did he think Or did he think it was pneumonia ? |
| 2 | We left as darkness was descending on that foreboding place and nothing could have made us stay or convinced us that there was not something awful waiting in the station . |
| 3 | Simon , did Steve stay or did he just leave you there ? |
| 4 | Many users modify existing style sheets but this can bring along huge amounts of excess styling information that you either do n't want or had forgotten was in there . |
| 5 | However , many of the securities supposedly backing the receipts did not exist or had not been purchased . |
| 6 | ‘ Nothing much we did n't know or had n't guessed , apart from on the human side . |
| 7 | Mick disapproved of Memet as strongly as did the rest of her family , but Memet either did n't know or did n't care . |
| 8 | You see , you know I was talking to you earlier about , about punchlines basically , but I ca n't remember the words I was using for it , times like by the way , right right , or did you know or did I mention to you do you follow me , a lot of key lines that you can think on that you use |
| 9 | er we both met him to try and make a plea to him to try and change his views and it 's fair to say that he does n't know or did n't know what was going on in his own backyard and John Patten I feel is the same as is the rest of the M P's in the Oxfordshire area . |
| 10 | According to the court , it was not enough that the defendant deliberately did some act that had the effect , objectively assessed , of obstructing the police . |
| 11 | I did n't even know that existed . |
| 12 | And you did n't know that did you ? |
| 13 | One of my favourite presidents , Theodore Roosevelt , president from the early part of the twentieth century and known as the damned cowboy erm you might be interested to know how people become president erm Theodore Roosevelt was an arch imperialist and got very excited about the er war with Spain er America had a s little brief war with Spain at the end of the nineteenth century erm over the possession of Cuba , and erm in eighteen ninety eight , and this aroused great patriotic feelings in all red blooded Americans and especially in Theodore Roosevelt and er er Roosevelt formed his own company of cavalry called the Rough Riders and erm Roosevelt wore glasses and was asthmatic but he had this group called the Rough Riders , sort of early kind of Clint Eastwood stuff , and erm anyway he g he was engaged in the war with Spain er and there was one wonderful moment in the war Spain in which the Spaniards were at the top of a hill called the San Juan hill er and er Teddy , as he was known , of course he gave his name to the teddy bear , did you know that did you ? |
| 14 | You do n't know that did you ? |
| 15 | I did n't know that did I ? |
| 16 | ‘ I should rather say it was something he inadvertently let fall that led me to believe there might be a legal case to answer . ’ |
| 17 | The next day he went to work , but found he could not concentrate and returned home without telling anyone . |
| 18 | They did not waste time there but headed downhill , taking the shepherds ' road that slanted luminous green between clusters of birches , their shadows stretching ahead like gawky giants so that the children jigged to make the shadows jump and curved their fingers from their heads to give the giants silhouettes like devils . |
| 19 | ‘ If a person presenting or directing the performance is not shown to have intended to stir up racial hatred , it is a defence for him to prove — ( a ) that he did not know and had no reason to suspect that the performance would involve the use of the offending words or behaviour , or ( b ) that he did not know and had no reason to suspect that the offending words or behaviour were threatening , abusive or insulting , or ( c ) that he did not know and had no reason to suspect that the circumstances in which the performance would be given would be such that racial hatred would be likely to be stirred up . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ If a person presenting or directing the performance is not shown to have intended to stir up racial hatred , it is a defence for him to prove — ( a ) that he did not know and had no reason to suspect that the performance would involve the use of the offending words or behaviour , or ( b ) that he did not know and had no reason to suspect that the offending words or behaviour were threatening , abusive or insulting , or ( c ) that he did not know and had no reason to suspect that the circumstances in which the performance would be given would be such that racial hatred would be likely to be stirred up . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ If a person presenting or directing the performance is not shown to have intended to stir up racial hatred , it is a defence for him to prove — ( a ) that he did not know and had no reason to suspect that the performance would involve the use of the offending words or behaviour , or ( b ) that he did not know and had no reason to suspect that the offending words or behaviour were threatening , abusive or insulting , or ( c ) that he did not know and had no reason to suspect that the circumstances in which the performance would be given would be such that racial hatred would be likely to be stirred up . ’ |
| 22 | So far as the performer is concerned , he has the defence that he did not know and had no reason to suspect that a programme involving the use of the offending material would be included in a cable broadcast , or that the circumstances in which such material was included would be such that racial hatred would be likely to be stirred up . |
| 23 | Did n't know and had n't wanted to ! |
| 24 | In the case of innocent infringement ( if the defendant did not know and had no reason to believe that the semiconductor design right subsisted in the article ) damages are not available although other remedies may be , such as an account of profits . |
| 25 | Mentally abnormal people can not consent , though the accused has a defence to indecent assault if he did not know and had no reason to believe that his victim was defective : see ss.14(4) and 15(4) of the Sexual Offences Act 1956 . |
| 26 | Gary 's line was ‘ To act in the memory of the men I know , did know and wished to have known . ’ |
| 27 | And like I started doing it , I 'll read it out in English I started writing it in French came to a word I did n't know and thought ah leave it ! |
| 28 | She told her story to an officer she did not know and gave him the number of the Bristol callbox . |
| 29 | Do n't ask me how , I did n't know and did n't want to . |
| 30 | She laughed delightedly , whether at her own linguistic skill or happy memories of Rune 's electrifying performances beneath the duvet , Gina did n't know and did n't want to find out ! |