Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [not/n't] [vb infin] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Labour did n't work hard enough at prising off that glove ; at challenging Thatcher 's theology of individual self-sufficiency ; instead it rejected the radical compassion of international socialism for the gloss and shine of Thatcher-style politics . |
| 2 | Many people felt that the Thorneycroft/Mountbatten reorganization did not go far enough , and that Service Departments should have been abolished and a completely functional organization adopted . |
| 3 | Radio Moscow World Service quoted Gamsakhurdia as having cancelled talks with the opposition scheduled for Sept. 30 , because " the opposition did not lay down arms " . |
| 4 | Ultimately there are more things in life than canoeing ; unfortunately we had allowed things to become part of what should have been a purely personal outing in a boat ; in doing this we had ensured that our attempt did not go ahead . |
| 5 | Despite allaying concerns felt by some teachers , the adviser did not play down the accountability purpose to the exercise , nor was the self-appraisal presented as much more than providing factual information and describing their policy and practice . |
| 6 | But the recognition did n't flash along my neurons in time to activate my legs before the thing exploded in my face with a breathy puff . |
| 7 | If the court on review believes that the requisite situation spoken of in the statute did not exist then the conclusion reached by the tribunal will be a nullity . |
| 8 | Mozart was no doubt a good Catholic , but his religion did not weigh heavily upon him . |
| 9 | But his talent did not go entirely unnoticed . |
| 10 | Rain guessed what had caused such changes : the realization that her talent did not stretch very far ; the passing of a way of life which had been so thrilling ; impending old age with few friends , little money and no certainty of a roof over her head . |
| 11 | The Association did not achieve much in the way of concrete results but the reports stand up well to the passage of time . |
| 12 | My father had er , horses at that time and my uncle out at Holt , he had some horses they were talking about this one day and uncles would say well a horse did n't work nearly as hard with that road 's were nice and solid . |
| 13 | The jockey reported to a stern-faced Chester Barnes , Pipe 's assistant , that the horse did not pick up as he expected . |
| 14 | Outlaw kd lang did n't show up . |
| 15 | The Reverend 's side did not lose again , and silenced the handful of critics flushed out by that unanticipated defeat . |
| 16 | But that side did n't do so badly at all . |
| 17 | News of the black snow did not leak out until Scots journalist George Rosie reported it in the Sunday Times on 19 September . |
| 18 | The snow did n't slack off for 36 hours . |
| 19 | It is worth stressing that this study did not arise out of a leisured academic interest but out of an urgent need for material to use therapeutically with highly-disturbed young people . |
| 20 | The approach used during the study did not follow strictly any prescribed format , but nonetheless made effective use of the soft systems ideas to produce results that were well received by the Principals of the participating Colleges . |
| 21 | The daylight did not penetrate far into the room where only his desk lamp was lit . |
| 22 | I wanted him to keep it going in case football did n't work out . |
| 23 | Fortunately , it usually happened that the rejected lover did not go away , and when at last the heroine was free , there he was , waiting still . |
| 24 | It was important that the brigade did not move too far forward too soon . |
| 25 | So the hosiery industry did n't come out |
| 26 | The industry did not shriek too loudly : the strength of demand over the next few years kept everyone reasonably happy . |
| 27 | This original approach to factory industry did not last long , as the workshops were converted into one factory in the 1860s , but the firm is still in business , in more modern premises , making their famous name-tapes among other things . |
| 28 | If , however , the authority to make appointments to the board of a nationalised industry did not reside solely in Government , but in part in trade unions as the instruments of industrial democracy , the Secretary of State could no longer be held responsible for the fitness of the board to discharge its functions ; and it would no longer be meaningful for Members to ask Questions , nor possible for Government to answer them constructively . |
| 29 | Dot did n't go near . |
| 30 | Patronage did not die out with industrialization ; it lived on through the honorific offices of county clubs and national bodies . |