Example sentences of "and [adv] it [vb past] not " in BNC.

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1 The stone did n't hit him and luckily it did n't come through the front window or something more serious could have happened . ’
2 And so it did n't really make sense that when she lay in bed half an hour later , with images of the evening playing themselves chaotically in her mind , her mood was rather blue and wistful .
3 But it was a bit difficult for us , and perhaps it did n't really represent our sound .
4 Yet each time that third line came round the tune seemed to gather itself up and find new energy from somewhere , and perhaps it did n't fall quite so far each time in the fourth , and Tabitha was captivated despite herself , watching the pretty man play and wondering how he would end it , how he could ever resolve the disagreement between the rush and the ebb , until she realized suddenly that he had , with a quiet , lilting little rill that ran up and then down and flicked its tail and was gone .
5 She had dealt with a case of peritonitis in 1995 , and apparently it did n't work out too well .
6 Partisanship took second place when it had an influence at all , and often it did not .
7 And then it did n't start up till then till the second one came the Joseph Jo er The second one was John it was christened .
8 and , and if you wan na come home , there 's supposed to be a bus at half past four , and our lecture finished at quarter to four , so you like , three quarters of an hour to get to the bus , right , and then it did n't turn up .
9 As I say sometimes it was it was er it worked and sometimes it did n't .
10 Steamer sometimes anchored off and sometimes it did n't anchor there was too much wind I guess the anchor did n't hold too well when it was a rough day .
11 Sometimes it took hours and sometimes it did n't .
12 And there it did n't materialize as much as an advice service as a way of working together to solve the child 's problems .
13 She sat for the evening with a strange man 's hand inside her stocking , and yet it had not occurred to her that the laws of a disorganized school trip were not the laws of nature or of justice .
14 The Villa Fiesole was a fairly big house and yet it had not taken him long to find the box .
15 I did have c a hysterectomy but er because there was a l malignant growth , so whether in you know I 'd done anything all those years and yet it did n't affect , you know it makes you wonder does n't it ?
16 She had avoided that word all summer , and yet it did n't matter .
17 They were both dressed the same , probably for the same reason , and yet it did n't seem to make any difference because all the action was in the eyes .
18 It was not , therefore , a purpose designed polymer and yet it did not have any serious competitor until hydrogels emerged as potential contact lens materials some years later .
19 And yet it did not hold any of them back .
20 The lava was therefore available and yet it did not fill , for example , Mare Imbrium until 500 Ma later .
21 The bodice hung in folds but when she pulled the belt good and tight it did n't look so bad .
22 It would be a long time before all of this changed very much — and certainly it had not by the time of the Crowther Report in 1959 ( see Chapter 8 ) .
23 Finally he remembered that he was alone in the house , and therefore it did n't matter if he had .
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