Example sentences of "did not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | In these circumstances perhaps , they did not reinterpret history in each passing generation : experience of the relationship did not produce contestatory reformulations of knowledge . |
| 32 | I did not date the typed copy I made — for Dana could not or would not type , and after we had finished a poem to our common satisfaction , I had to type it out while he rested on the bed — but I am fairly certain it was written soon after I met Dana in that Spanish class for foreigners , which I have noted in my 1957 Letts Diary : ‘ Wednesday , October 16 . |
| 33 | From a study of closely-dated deposits on Hadrian 's Wall , John Gillam did not date any of these vessels earlier than c . |
| 34 | On 19 May a copy of AFHQ 's " Distone Order " of 17 May that all " dissident Yugoslavs " should be evacuated to Italy was submitted to Gen McCreery who saw it but did not date his initials or order any action . |
| 35 | Irina , who did not dress up for Ludens , was wearing a simple faded old dress , frail with much washing , the sleeves rolled up well above her elbows . |
| 36 | Sandra had virtually given up her career to devote herself to the task of keeping house and raising a family , though , in that respect , the relationship did not mature as she had hoped . |
| 37 | I did not remind him that it was I who had replaced the newspaper with mended panes and the sacking with curtains . |
| 38 | He had no time to stand about in the theatre if it did not deliver . |
| 39 | Under the charter-party , payment was to be in ‘ cash ’ into a London bank by a Sunday , but the charterer 's London bank did not deliver a payment order to the owner 's bank until the Monday . |
| 40 | ‘ Because he did not deliver all the papers . |
| 41 | There was some nervousness that perhaps modular courses did not deliver a satisfactory educational experience from the viewpoint of the student . |
| 42 | The defendants paid in cash the balance of £250 but did not deliver the lorries . |
| 43 | Her work entailed taking orders and payments for hampers , but when she was asked to supply hampers to one customer she kept the money and did not deliver the hampers . |
| 44 | But the commission accepts that since the simple offence would cover deliberate foolishness which caused cost and inconvenience but which did not damage property or seek dishonest gain , the penalty should be modest and limited to a maximum of three months ' imprisonment . |
| 45 | The one good thing about the display is that it did not damage any of the glorious neo-Renaissance interiors , originally designed as a bank by A. Weihl in 1892–4 . |
| 46 | The second point that I want to make is I 'm not denying that the western relief road would bring some improvement and if the western relief road did not damage did not cause serious environmental damage , I would not be arguing against it . |
| 47 | But the laboratory 's report pointed out that the sample flask did not bear Yates 's signature , casting doubt on its authenticity . |
| 48 | Sandweg church was different from other churches on the island in that its frescos did not bear the imprint of the celebrated Elmelunde master but of some unknown artist who , it seemed , had neither painted nor supervised the painting of any other works of public art . |
| 49 | It has to be said , however , that despite passionate support from 105,000 fans in the Nou Camp , their performance did not bear the hallmark of European champions . |
| 50 | Numerically , it was an impressive record but it did not bear too much scrutiny . |
| 51 | Frequently , the scientific understanding needed for the progress he wanted to make was not available to him and the work he began did not bear fruit until after his death . |
| 52 | ‘ Those notes — they did not bear my name . |
| 53 | Laybacking had accounted for more than half his leader falls , and retreat did not bear thinking about . |
| 54 | In reality , from the study of the videotapes made of the language performance of most of the 150 people who took part , the language level actually being achieved did not bear a great similarity to the BSL as used by deaf people . |
| 55 | And if she were dead , what had happened to her before dying did not bear thinking about ( though he did think about it , all the same ) . |
| 56 | The material did not bear scrutiny . |
| 57 | What was worse , within minutes people would be walking all over her back-breaking work — it did not bear thinking of . |
| 58 | Dacourt threw him an angry glance but , slightly mollified by Benjamin 's assertion that Vulcan did not bear the guilt for Waldegrave 's death , nodded and stumped off . |
| 59 | His comparisons with the city technology colleges did not bear water . |
| 60 | However , a report prepared over five years by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute ( SIPRI ) , released in August , concluded that the USA did not bear a disproportionate share of the NATO burden . |