Example sentences of "they did [adv] [verb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Since they did not understand what the Sign of the Cross meant or the meaning of Our Father , he had started with a simple explanation of these and had told them how important it was to start praying together . |
| 3 | As the following sections show , however , case load problems were not as great as predicted ; and although the development officers continued to feel some lack of back-up services they did not consider it a severe impediment to their implementation of the project . |
| 4 | ‘ I 've since had quite a number of first division chairmen clearly indicating they did not consider it a final offer and that they want this thing settled , ’ said Taylor . |
| 5 | And those who said they did not find it a strain expressed themselves for example as follows : |
| 6 | At least they did not encounter what the builders of the Moscow Underground came up against many years later , a quicksand in their path . |
| 7 | They did n't tell him the girl 's name or where she came from . |
| 8 | She feels they did n't tell her the whole truth . |
| 9 | ‘ They did n't give me a house number . ’ |
| 10 | In my opinion , they did n't give him a chance . |
| 11 | And then , looking back at the pictures — sharp , full of insight , yet somehow slightly flashy — he wondered whether , indirectly , they did n't give him the best notion he yet had got of Walter Machin himself . |
| 12 | I , standing on my tiptoes I could n't see out the window to , to look out to the stage erm , and there was a huge step up , it was about that , which was great for people 's bad backs and if you got up on that , erm then you sat on top of a very high cocktail chair , in fact one of our people had to kneel on top of the high cocktail chair , to look , to see down , over the window , down to the stage and they did n't give us a sound feed which would sound familiar |
| 13 | I come off , like , but they did n't give you no treatment or anything . |
| 14 | Cos th er index-linked gilts were po were we very poor , because against interest rates they did n't give you a lot of guarantees obviously , you know , interest rates were high , index-linked gilts were er already languishing . |
| 15 | ‘ They did n't pay me no wages , not real wages , they just gave me a bob now and again , and me board and lodgin' , and some clothes . |
| 16 | take it in the end but erm anyway I got this diploma and er then I was quite annoyed because erm Social Services then erm pu the Welfare for the Blind was dealt with by the Public Health Department and a vacancy occurred in the Public Health Department for erm Blind Welfare Officer , or at least a Welfare Officer for the Blind and I applied for it and erm , they er did n't make an appointment because they did n't er get in other applications but they di they did n't offer me the appointment . |
| 17 | Obviously , if they did n't shoot someone every ten minutes they got on edge . |