Example sentences of "something that did " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nutty cried out , stung by adults ' crass thinking , wanting one thing , saying another , saying you had to when you did n't want to , and you could n't when you did want , saying you were no good when you were , and good when it was something that did n't matter , like a pootling poem or something . |
| 2 | The crowd always wanted the challenger to win , something that did not happen too often , because I remember the timing of the rounds appeared to be fixed to the advantage of the resident boxer . |
| 3 | Both the vet and the keeper came to the same conclusion — that Sam had eaten something that did n't agree with him , as he had n't eaten much of his food from the day before . |
| 4 | During his session with the unfortunate staff at Caterer and Hotel Keeper he was always wheezing with laughter at something that did not really seem to warrant it . |
| 5 | That 's something that did n't happen when I came home after a long day at work . |
| 6 | In order to talk about something that did not have to do with fondling and stroking she spoke of the garments . |
| 7 | At some point you 're gon na have something happen that you would n't want repeated , something that did n't work out . |
| 8 | Something that did n't involve dangerous musicians and mad acrobats . |
| 9 | There was a Mitchell at Hickham during the attack , so why dress it up as something that did n't exist ? |
| 10 | The case against ITV had initially to be made against something that did not yet exist . |
| 11 | But there was something that did n't fit . |
| 12 | If you had to give a phoney address , could n't you at least have picked something that did n't have a remote basis in reality ? |
| 13 | Something to account for her needing to get into the Workshops , but something that did not give away the Beastline people 's plans to attack Tara ? |
| 14 | Something about it disturbed him — not the obvious facts of its shock and tragedy — but some discordant element , something that did n't ring true . |
| 15 | There was something that did n't fit . |
| 16 | What her reception would be she feared to imagine , and as she drew near to the Mohaka River bridge she became filled with apprehension because , now that she came to think of it , she realised she was poking her nose into something that did not even remotely concern her . |
| 17 | Its actions belied Bush 's declaration on Nov. 15 that he preferred to hold this course than to do something that did not work . |
| 18 | ‘ Privacy is a luxury you forsook when you took something that did n't belong to you . |
| 19 | Jean Robinson said it was unfair to advertise unless there really was a post available because people would waste time and energy applying for something that did n't exist . |