Example sentences of "[noun prp] do [not/n't] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Bernice did n't feel like writing any more in her diary . |
| 32 | ‘ Not at all ! ’ the Doctor protested , but Bernice did n't think he sounded convincing . |
| 33 | Bernice did n't understand . |
| 34 | Bernice did n't know whether to laugh or cry , so she settled for sarcasm . |
| 35 | Bernice did n't know where the Doctor got his talent from , but if he ever got tired of fighting ultimate evil , he could make a healthy profit as an intergalactic busker . |
| 36 | Bernice did n't like the sound of this . |
| 37 | Bernice did n't like the sounds . |
| 38 | Bernice did n't like this woman . |
| 39 | One journalist asked him about " The Love Life of J. Alfred Prufrock " and he replied gravely , " I 'm afraid that J. Alfred Prufrock did n't have much of a love life " . |
| 40 | However , a Kuwaiti official told reporters that the talks had collapsed " because Kuwait did not give in to Iraqi demands to write off debts and to relinquish some of its territory " . |
| 41 | The smooth-bore muskets which British soldiers used against Napoleon did not differ very substantially from those which their ancestors carried against Louis XIV . |
| 42 | The subversive implications of Lamarck 's thought — in particular the implication that a person 's character , destiny and deserts are not wholly determined by his breeding — aroused some disfavour : Napoleon did not like Lamarck . |
| 43 | Considering the effects of language on delicate sensibilities , John Mortimer — whose main concern had been to keep the Sex Pistols as far away from court as possible — pondered that the word Maidenhead did not appear to cause the inhabitants of that town any problems . |
| 44 | The occupant of the Mercedes did not stir . |
| 45 | Now that the old man knew of his weakness , Vashinov did not want the project to fail and thereby have the finger of incompetence pointed at him . |
| 46 | Molly did n't remind her that they must n't arrive too early because S. Kettering had told them not to . |
| 47 | So far as her father was concerned , Molly did n't know what to call him . |
| 48 | Rosie 's further explanation was lost in a burst of Vivaldi and Molly did n't believe her . |
| 49 | Alejandro did n't like dead mares around ; it looked bad if potential buyers dropped in . |
| 50 | Evan did n't know what they were , determined to find out , and so began one of the great sagas of self-instruction . |
| 51 | Menna was never well in his head or heart — Tawaret did not smile on his birth , and the torture he experienced at his brother 's hands pushed him forever into a lonely land inside himself … ’ |
| 52 | All at once Shiona did n't like the look in his eyes . |
| 53 | That hurt , but Shiona did not show it . |
| 54 | Their problems intensified when wing ace Martin Offiah did n't appear for the second half after picking up a leg injury . |
| 55 | Antony did n't reply . |
| 56 | Rupert Murdoch did not say that his Sky company and its associate Eurosport channel were ready yet to go head-to-head in rights fights with BBC when he announced a joint contract with them for England 's Test series in the West Indies this winter . |
| 57 | Surely Cunningham did not mean to pretend nothing had happened . |
| 58 | When Van Cheele got to London , Cunningham did not want to talk at first . |
| 59 | It was Mr Spyros P. Skouras who let it be known that if Kazan did not testify helpfully , the pictures he had just made might never appear and he would not be directing any more . |
| 60 | The EABA did not want the British fighters eliminating other nations ’ boxers , so ruled they must meet each other first before the survivor boxes against other European nations . |