Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] they [verb] n't " in BNC.
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| 1 | I suddenly realised they did n't like each other ; that they were rivals . |
| 2 | As they drove along Three Springs Road , Juliet suddenly realised they did n't know Miss Rose 's address ! |
| 3 | Women suddenly discovered they did n't want to stay at the kitchen sink all day ; they wanted the fulfilment that comes from work , too . |
| 4 | ‘ I only said they did n't give their names . |
| 5 | A 1988 survey by Tony Dickson and others at Glasgow College and Strathclyde University found that IBM employees had no aversion to unions — just felt they did n't need them . |
| 6 | At which poor Jack Rogers — a former bricklayer and union leader , and the member of the executive taking the can back as he replied to the debate — innocently protested they had n't been drunk , they had n't even had a cup of tea . |
| 7 | Harvey checked with the photographer , the forensic expert , who both said they did n't need the body any more . |
| 8 | You will almost certainly come up against the person who has ordered something and then decided they do n't want it . |
| 9 | He told me how he 'd been conned three times that week by people who took ten-quid rides , then said they had n't any cash but offered to leave a watch with him while they went inside ( usually a block of flats ) to get some dosh . |