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Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] that [pers pn] did n't " in BNC.

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1	Slowly she discovered tricks of the trade such as weighting her hems so that they did n't blow up in a breeze and she gradually acquired a coterie of designers , including Catherine Walker , David Sassoon and Victor Edelstein , whom she now relies upon .
2	Robyn gripped the fountain until her knuckles whitened and spoke with a great deal of effort , concentrating on forming her words so that they did n't sound slurred .
3	Yeah , yeah was kind , it was kind of them , yes and we went all round the shops and er I thoroughly enjoyed it and in the new Co-Op as well you know , I thoroughly enjoyed it but he took me in the car so that we did n't have to hang about you see
4	On top of the books so that it did n't so unless you 've moved it ?
5	Saturday before that you did n't did you ?
6	he said you know what is it and I showed him a piece like , he said oh I he said yes , I said I 've taken the nails out that I did n't see , he said oh I 've got a metal detector here
7	on the road to Damascus and saved him , but he did , it was a tremendous surprise to the Apostle Paul that the Lord had saved him at all , he never got over it , he called himself the chief of sinners , but God 's grace , God 's mercy had been revealed to him , you and I when we get to heaven are in for a few surprises , the grace , the mercy of God is far broader and wider than our imagination , we 'll meet a lot of folk there that we did n't expect to see that leads me to a fourth proposition , not only will some be saved that we did not expect to be saved , but it 's clear that others will not be saved who expected to be saved there 's a passage in Luke thirteen , verses twenty five , let me read them again one the head of the house gets up and shuts the door you begin to stand outside and knock on the door saying Lord open up to us and then he will answer and say to you I do not know where you 're from , then you 'll begin to say we ate and drank in your presence , you taught in our streets , we know you Lord , we rubbed shoulders with you , we went to church , we experience those things , we knew the answers to the re to the questions but he will say I tell you I did not know where you are from , depart from me all you evil doers those words make it quite clear , here , there 's words of Jesus , there 's references to those who profess , to know the Lord Jesus Christ , but who do not in fact know him at all , they know bits and pieces about him , they 've seen him , you know it 's in its immediate context , they had seen him in the street , they had heard his teaching , there maybe those who had been fed by the , by the miraculous er multiplying of the loafs and the fishes , they had seen the miracle , some of them may have been healed by Jesus , they knew lots about him but they did not know him and he says I do not know you how many folk there are like this , they expect to be saved , perhaps because they go to church , perhaps because they 've got Christian parents , perhaps because they read their bible , perhaps because occasionally when they 're in trouble they prayer , they 've been confirmed , they 've been baptized , that , that they 're good , they 're honest , they 're not rogues , they would n't do a , a , a bad turn to somebody , not deliberately , they 're nice people but they , they do n't know the truth of what it says in God 's word , they do n't know the truth of Romans three and verse twenty because by the works of the Lord no flesh will be justified in his sight for through the law comes the knowledge of sin , does n't come the forgiveness of it , they do n't know the truth of Ephesians chapter two verses eight and nine for by grace you 've been saved through faith and that not of yourselves it 's the gift of God , not as a result of works that no one should boast , for we are his workmanship created in Christ Jesus for good works which God prepared before hand that we should walk in them , they do n't know the truth of er , er of Titus , chapter three and , and verse five where , where the apostle Paul says there , he saved us not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness , but according to his mercy , how tragic it is to expect to be saved , to think you 're going to heaven and in the end to find that you 're not saved and Jesus says they 'll be many like that in that day .
8	Simon had put Ben onto his lead so that he did n't run back down to the beach and cut himself on the rusty barbed wire .
9	And once Hatchard , the CID man who 'd come round to Dwyer Street on the night in question , had done his bit and told the Coroner twice that he did n't suspect foul play , then most people seemed satisfied and I could get back to enjoying my hangover .
10	She crept downstairs , holding the green enamel candlestick high above her head so that she did n't lose her footing on the narrow wooden stairs .
11	And I did s I did say through the village Harry so that we did n't er
12	Er she had a sewing machine , she used to make er sort of shirts but not suits and things like that she did n't , she repaired them .
13	He stood over her for a moment , smiling gently , then he sat on a chair so that she did n't have to look up at him .
14	The rest of her clothes were durable , and , what was more important , blended in with the rest of society so that she did n't stand out in a crowd .
15	When he introduced me to her , just before the wedding , he sort of … well , he did n't come out and say it , but he got the message over that he did n't want her to know I was gay .
16	They put Jenny [ Phil 's wife ] in a grotty old side ward so that she did n't upset any other of the patients , no one come in and tell us anything .
17	because erm , I know he had a lot , he 'd like try to buy everything in property so that he did n't actually have a lot of cash
18	little bits , little bits and I 'll buy you your tobacco Neil nothing much but little bits of something now if he were working and could give me the full sixty that is thirty for his room and thirty for his food so that I did n't have to worry about th actually paying for him but he was paying me Paul is going to pay me fifty that 's thirty pounds in , I made a rule to Paul that he is going to eat thirty pounds worth of food and there are only twenty pounds in my profit and then the other rule , a man called Alan this window cleaner he wants the room that I 'm in at the moment
19	The soldier walked ahead of me , holding his sword in his left hand so that it did n't clatter against the stairs .
20	And she used to tell me about her burying it with her father you see , the sacks of malt so that he did n't find it .
21	I mean I had the information there that you did n't .
22	At first , sailors used to sail along the coast and stay within sight of land so that they did n't get lost .
23	‘ Most of the time we were so busy rushing the posters out that we did n't have time to read them or think about what they said , ’ said Mr Mark Roblett , 27 , the elder of the two brothers whose south London company came to the aid of both parties .
24	It seemed such an ineffectual reason for insisting on going with him but Steve was so wrapped up in himself and thoughts of seeing Maria Luisa again that he did n't even ask her if it might be painful for her facing Fernando again .
25	Was he one of those people who told jokes with a perfectly straight face so that you did n't know if it was a joke or not ?
26	Fidelma should have left the room some five minutes before , but she was fiddling with the silver milk jug and sugar basin so that she did n't miss anything .
27	Well I disagree in as much as I have said that I did n't have a shotgun and ignoring that fact then that I did n't have a shotgun she certainly did not make a lunge at me .
28	Betty was so relieved to see Lydia in spirits again that she did n't care at all that it was Beuno who had wrought the transformation .