Example sentences of "[vb past] n't [vb infin] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Striving hard for some normality , she pulled her head back and told him , ‘ I d-did n't say a word to anyone about — about us . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm so excited , ’ said Elaine , ‘ I did n't think a style like this would suit me but it does . ’ |
| 3 | Though I 'm afraid Miss Lilian and 1 did n't think a lot of them , did we , Lilian ? |
| 4 | It hurt a bit at the time , but I got myself free and did n't think a lot about it just then . |
| 5 | ‘ Funnily enough , they did n't think a great deal of you ! ’ he snarled . |
| 6 | Well David did n't sleep a lot and got thinner and thinner . |
| 7 | I did n't sleep a wink . |
| 8 | I did n't sleep a wink last night . " |
| 9 | He did n't sleep a wink during the journey . |
| 10 | It was obvious that he did n't care a fig what she looked like , but that was no reason for him to tighten the purse-strings . |
| 11 | No one can sack us , no one can take our pensions away , in Spycatcher three of us decided in favour of Mrs Thatcher and against the editor of The Sunday Times , and those three of us did n't care a damn for the editor of The Sunday Times . |
| 12 | Personally , I did n't care a lot at all for the more dramatic kind of preachers , those who would shout and thump the pulpit . |
| 13 | Jill would work for me if Uncle was n't around but as soon as he appeared she did n't care a fig for me and would be off to see what he wanted to do . |
| 14 | And how dared he try to bolster up his male ego at her expense when he had made it so plain he did n't care a damn for her as a person ? |
| 15 | You must have known how bad I was feeling , but you did n't care a jot , ’ Lissa protested . |
| 16 | She smiled , and did n't care a bit then that when it came to leading Travis up the garden path , she was doing a little garden path trail-blazing herself . |
| 17 | Fernando Serra had n't and did n't care a hairy monkey for her ! |
| 18 | She did n't care a hoot , for goodness ' sake , that he had an ‘ engagement ’ that evening . |
| 19 | Julia did n't care a sod about that kid , she 'd let her to scream on , stand in the middle of the garden screaming , indoors screaming and she said to me I have no feelings for her whatsoever but she took the bloody money every week and this is what 's so wrong , nobody knows how she er was as that child , only people like us who would hear |
| 20 | And so this woman , she did n't preach a sermon , but she does give her a testament , she goes back and she gets the folk in the village , and she says , come see someone , meet someone , let me introduce you to someone who has told me everything that I have ever done ! |
| 21 | When Dad returned he did n't speak a word to either of us . |
| 22 | She did n't speak a single word to me all the way back here , and she 's in foul form downstairs at the moment . |
| 23 | Wright , consistently in trouble this season , has insisted to Graham that he did n't throw a punch , but the Arsenal manager said:Graham said last night : ‘ I have now spoken to Ian and he insists he did not throw a punch . |
| 24 | say to th this chap you know but we just happened to mention in passing to Jeanette and she really jumped and said oh Pat did n't smoke a lot . |
| 25 | He was very brave about the whole thing , crawling up to his feet and telling me it did n't hurt a bit . |
| 26 | ‘ Do n't make a fuss , I did n't hurt a bit , ’ said Granny Morkie , cheerfully , as she examined his leg . |
| 27 | ‘ Are you certain Dana did n't drop a hint about my dress ? ’ she asked . |
| 28 | Davies did n't drop a shot as she carded six birdies and an eagle in her round , after starting the day six strokes behind the French golfer . |
| 29 | He did n't wear a white jacket like hospital doctors but a heavy greatcoat with the collar turned up and boots dampened with slush . |
| 30 | I did n't wear a short skirt for ages after that . |