Example sentences of "[vb past] n't [vb infin] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bob took the point ; Morris did n't think the Western was funny . |
| 2 | But just as quickly she remembered herself , barely thirteen , standing up in class and saying she did n't think the Catholic Church was fair and the nun , red in the face , asking who did she think she was to question the Pope 's teaching . |
| 3 | I did n't think the old stuff was that bad . |
| 4 | I also told Sam that I did n't think the main Benskin 's board would approve the switch to management . ’ |
| 5 | When Queenie talks about the increased expenditure on recreation from nineteen eighty to now , that 's quite right , there has been a huge increase in spending , and that 's because the Labour Council was committed to improving recreation facilities in the City , and it did n't continue the appalling record that the Conservative administration had had before of virtually no recreational facilities , it invested in recreation facilities — you listed them yourself — and of course those facilities have to be paid for and on when we have stood for election we 've always made it clear that we want to provide quality services , but of course that they have to be paid for , and so the second point that you then made was that , you know , our budget 's gone up beyond belief , well I mean this year it 's being cut by two million pounds , last year it was a standstill budget , and erm that has been done at a time when in fact Central Government has been transferring responsibilities from Central Government onto Local Government without increasing , indeed at the same time decreasing the amount of Central Government grant that 's gone to local councils . |
| 6 | Needless to say , these events did n't silence the persistent drumming , though they did sometimes drown it out . |
| 7 | Erm , but I did n't prime the previous speaker who spoke so nicely er , about N C V O even though we do seem to be in a mutual admiration society . |
| 8 | Even if his explanation was true , it did n't excuse the other counts against him . |
| 9 | If that was true , it occurred to her that he had n't really believed what she had told him tonight , but whether he did nor not , it did n't alter the central fact that they were never going to be lovers . |
| 10 | A final demand from the Gas Board and a threat from Glasgow Public Libraries if I did n't return The Maltese Falcon and pay my seventeen-and-six fine they 'd permanently withdraw my ticket and cut my left hand off . |
| 11 | I indicated to the Bishop when I agreed to take the canonry that he did n't possess the personal qualities I require in my subordinates . |
| 12 | As Christmas and birthdays brought more Gortex , my confidence grew and developed into mild snootiness about people who did n't wear the right things on the hill . |
| 13 | However , this Harlequin did n't wear the customary mask . |
| 14 | Erm er I was concerned when my Noble Friend said that he 'd looked up Hallsbury but that it did n't contain the right words , er er I rather wonder whether he looked up so to speak the right version or the last version . |
| 15 | But after the shower she did n't pass the usual scanner test . |
| 16 | got a very low test statistic either in terms of kie or F right so we have n't reached but the model is still a poor model because we do n't have erm er stable parameters , right , so you would actually reject this model as it stands , alright , because it did n't pass the diagnostic test statistics but there is no point generating parameters w if they , if they are not constant and you 're gon na say elastic demand is one point four six or really it it 's ranged between minus three plus , plus six over the sample , so you put estimate means so it must have constant parameters . |
| 17 | This looked fine and fair on the wall map down at the Town or County Hall but did n't reflect the real world where convenience of travel is n't always based on distance . |
| 18 | So the last time we had a break was er , well , actually , we did n't do the useful formulae , did we , last time ? |
| 19 | We we were brought up to believe that if you did n't do the right thing you would be punished . |
| 20 | But I did n't do the other jobs you accused me of , Pearce . |
| 21 | We did n't do the easy , excursion route , of course ( a 20km trail ) . |
| 22 | ‘ I did n't do the silly little bimbo any harm . ’ |
| 23 | It was n't just some inevitable reserve because of the age difference , and it was n't just that she was an intensely private person whose public persona did n't tell the whole story . |
| 24 | She was marvellous but I did n't tell the fat bastard that . |
| 25 | ‘ You did n't send the exterminatus message , Jaq . |
| 26 | Erm I did n't spot the tentative benefit , I do n't think you actually got that bit as far as what was gon na be in it because when erm Steve came up with the why so long I think that , that took you off the track a bit . |
| 27 | ‘ Gary is enjoying his time off and said he did n't miss the gruelling work that the lads did in training . ’ |
| 28 | Chesarynth did n't miss the impersonal attentions of the technician and the nurse , but the magic box stayed firmly where it was in the suite in the house on the ‘ dark ’ side of the moon . |
| 29 | To expect SARFU to squeeze first-world profits from the new third-world South Africans , when the 1991 World Cup did n't achieve the expected profits — even from first-world venues — would , in my long held view , not only be unrealistic but immoral . |
| 30 | And the other thing is were you running from the hard drive or from that floppy ? cos I did n't want the tape-recorder travelling . |