Example sentences of "[noun pl] did n't [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Yanks did n't even bother to screen it , but we Brits lapped up the handlebar-moustachioed plotting and a-planning of David McCallum and Robert Wagner , not to mention the dastardly swagger of Nazi stereotype Anthony Valentine , who became a sex symbol . |
| 2 | We are concerned in fact that er the western nations did n't rather deplore earlier er Hussein 's actions against his own people using chemical weapons , and we think it 's a shame for us that we 've only come in at this point , and we must come in carefully I think . |
| 3 | ‘ And this , ’ Donal added in obvious amusement when Feargal 's eyes did n't once waver from his companion , ‘ is Ellie ! ’ |
| 4 | I mean a lot of it depends on , or perhaps his par well if his parents did n't really bother about him |
| 5 | But shops showed no interest and the big soap companies did n't even reply to her letters . |
| 6 | When Vietnam and Watergate were over things simmered down in society and the urgency sort of fell out of film making ; the directors did n't quite know where they were , they had no targets . |
| 7 | I was pleased we were talking about girls because I felt this was a subject where Andy 's two extra years did n't really count ; I was effectively the same age as him , and maybe I even knew more than he did because I mixed with girls every day and he only really knew his sister Clare . |
| 8 | ‘ The balls did n't often come quite so far . |
| 9 | Officials did n't even want them to appear on the track as they stage-managed another two-hour show for the audience at home . |
| 10 | Admittedly the confusion was n't entirely the fault of the SOC , the mood of the delegates did n't particularly help but the situation was something like this . |
| 11 | But things did n't always go smoothly . |
| 12 | But things did n't quite go as expected during filming outside the Daily Mirror building in Holborn , London … |
| 13 | Things did n't quite go to plan — which has proved annoying for you , and you 're now asking for a second service ; for which you 'll pay me . ’ |
| 14 | A good working dog — at least one is essential for any stock farmer but the Hauxwells did n't always have much luck in finding the right one . |
| 15 | The girl playing marbles did n't even look up as the travellers left . |
| 16 | Local officers did n't immediately associate him with violent crime . |
| 17 | The thoughts jumbling and whirling in her head , she came to the conclusion that the details did n't really matter . |
| 18 | Another , at both A and B , was that very little genuine help was given with problems ; the question and answer sheets were not marked , for example , and tutorials did n't always provide the key to understanding what the work was about : |
| 19 | ‘ Not surprisingly , many athletes did n't even start and more than half retired during the swim and canoe sections , ’ said Graham . |
| 20 | To let herself out of the back she 'd either have to clamber over the seats or squeeze out of a window , and because of the shape of the doors the windows did n't even open all the way . |
| 21 | His young girls did n't really give him erections . |
| 22 | Locals did n't always call it Riverside ; it was often referred to as Yonder , from the large village on its doorstep . |
| 23 | Sources say Unix System Labs did n't exactly want to sue the university , but basically has no choice and regards this as a test case . |
| 24 | Work ended abruptly after a few years — the builders did n't even bother to take their ladder away . |
| 25 | Well I mo moved because promotion was in the line for me , I was in the Royal Marine Police in island depot in Plymouth and er I 'd been put on plain clothes work and I 'd been doing acting sergeant you know when the sergeant was off sick and all that business and er I 'd put , been put in for this to move because we had a two bedroom bungalow but the twins were getting big and I realized that we 'd have to have another bedroom you know , very soon and er , this seemed an opportunity to get a house and also in Plymouth , that Plymouth was a naval town , you see , there was still those days there was still kind of a , a lower deck of sons , what they call lower deckers , in other words you know people in the lower deck of the navy , their sons did n't really have much , ever have much chance of getting into places like Dartmouth College or Cramwell to do as cadets , well the headmaster at Regent Street School had said to me that Keith was very keen on flying , he was aeroplane mad you see , and , he wanted to go in the Royal Air Force , well he said to me he said oh no put him in the Navy and as a chief art as an artificer , so I said oh no , I said if he goes in the Navy or the service I want him to go in the front door not like me the back door , I had ambition for him |
| 26 | Headmasters did n't even have to bother with that . |
| 27 | Burglaries did n't only happen in London . |
| 28 | The programmes did n't even start until Saturday morning on October 26th , around the very same time that fly-half Rob Andrew was clinching England 's 9–6 victory over Scotland in the first semi-final . |
| 29 | I would talk about the call to the WTN office in Beirut saying that John was OK , and tell them that Sontag 's sighting of Brian showed that silence from the kidnappers did n't necessarily mean that a hostage was dead . |
| 30 | It was a job he seemed to be going after with a vengeance , despite the fact that the sizzling summer temperatures did n't exactly encourage the use of much firewood , and the lodge had not had a winter season for nearly ten years . |