Example sentences of "[that] they [verb] [adv] [vb infin] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is an interesting monument because the architect , Rodolfo Vantini , who completed the work in 1828 , wanted to get away from the conventional Roman triumphal arch , ( a decision said to have been as much due to the local inhabitants complaining that they did not want their view of the Lombardian Pre-Alps blocked as to any creative urge ) . |
| 2 | ‘ They stated that they did not want him to exist in this fashion . ’ |
| 3 | It was vital that they did not think he had actually seen what he was about to say Robert had seen when the electric light flooded the converted attic . |
| 4 | Umpires David Shepherd and John Holder chivvied them several times , but although the players might deny it suited them tactically to keep as many of their batting overs in hand for the next day when better weather was promised , it is difficult to dismiss the thought that the level of fines was so derisory that they did not give it a thought . |
| 5 | In 1979 , about a half of the 830 respondents said that they did not evaluate their bibliographic instruction programmes . |
| 6 | He put his head as near the bars as he could so that they did not obstruct his view . |
| 7 | MPMR leaders stated in a news conference that they did not regret their past actions and believed they had assisted in the defeat of the Pinochet dictatorship and the restoration of democracy . |
| 8 | Alington allowed him and two other canons to introduce the daily sacrament on condition that they did not expect it to be part of the cathedral 's official usage . |
| 9 | ‘ He told them to leave the house immediately and it would appear that they did not take him seriously but laughed when he said this . |
| 10 | As ‘ London Transport ’ fleet name transfers did not become available until May 1934 , it is probable that they did not receive them until their next annual overhaul . |
| 11 | The more able in the group felt they ‘ could n't tell us anything we do n't already know ’ or they were ‘ depressing ’ , while the remainder said that they did not like them because they made them feel inadequate . |
| 12 | Such times , sometimes , Rubberneck would run with his fists clenched tight and his mouth snarled to bare his teeth ; yellow fangs , side incisors , and it was lucky for the teachers that they did not catch him . |
| 13 | The Government can not say , as an excuse , that they did not know what was going on and how it could escalate . |
| 14 | He admits that they did not trust him and avoided him . |
| 15 | It was only because mine was overdue that they did not cancel my pass . ’ |
| 16 | If their view of God is what they say , then it is more surprising that they did not reject it much earlier . |
| 17 | Governments which recognised the freedom of former slaves , they argued , had found that they did not abuse it . |
| 18 | THE family of Magheraberry life prisoner Bobby Corry have asked us to point out that they did not attend his wedding on Thursday to fellow prisoner Anna Moore and his brother did not act as best man as suggested in our report . |
| 19 | I want to tell the world tonight that they did not kill him in the name of Ireland . |
| 20 | Emboldened by their own good fortune , the Maronites even argued that they did not need their Syrian saviours in the streets of Christian east Beirut . |
| 21 | On the debit side the church also witnessed a high proportion of reversions , particularly among their young people through the secularising influence of their English education and the fact that they did not share their parents ' nostalgia . |
| 22 | IBM turned its first Unix system , the RT , into a child of the ghetto and told 90% of its customers that they did n't want it , it was n't for them . |
| 23 | Yes erm , it was very obvious from the word go that they did n't want us . |
| 24 | and odder still , if they knew , that they did n't ban it . |
| 25 | ‘ At one point things got out of hand and we had to organise a group of MPs a Make-up Patrol crew to follow the actors around to see that they did n't eat anything or do anything that would affect the prosthetic face gear . ’ |
| 26 | I could see that they did n't expect them to have much effect . |
| 27 | I am not surprised that they did n't tell me about it ; we had very little money in our house . |
| 28 | Because if we do n't we then run the risk of being injured ourselves erm somebody alleging that they did n't realise they were police officers and therefore shot at us because they thought we were invading their territory or something . |
| 29 | Are you saying that they did n't mean what they said then ? |
| 30 | in order to ha to achieve one 's goals , are you saying that how look well you 've just got to assume that they were wrong that they did n't mean what they said ? |