Example sentences of "did n't [verb] it [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A family simulating post strike conditions in an improvised shelter was asked how it thought it might cope with diarrhoea and vomiting and , understandably , did n't think it would cope very well . |
| 2 | Dozzell said : ‘ I thought about wearing it for the last few minutes , but I did n't think it would go down too well . |
| 3 | I was n't expecting you back so I did n't think it would affect you . ’ |
| 4 | I was surprised , certainly , but I did n't think it would affect me too much . ’ |
| 5 | I came here today to have a look but I did n't think it would affect me the way it has . |
| 6 | I promised Fand I 'd bring her Undry , she thought ; but even Fand said she did n't think it would do any good … and there 's no point thinking about it because I just ca n't . |
| 7 | Did n't do , did n't think it would do you any good did we ? |
| 8 | But I did n't think it would extend to massacring . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I did n't think it would matter to you any more than it did before . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I do n't know which is worse , that you do n't give a damn about respecting your commitment to her , or that you did n't think it would matter to me that you were — were trying to lure me into bed while all the time , you knew that you and she — ’ |
| 11 | I tried your mobile as well but I did n't think it would work up there in the mountains and sure enough all I got was the recording saying try again later . ’ |
| 12 | I did n't think it would work . |
| 13 | ‘ Some people told me I should have told the selectors to shove it and play for my club instead , but I thought if I kept quiet and plugged away I would get my chance — but I did n't think it would come this season , ’ Andrew said . |
| 14 | It appealed to me , but I did n't think it would appeal to Simon Bates . |
| 15 | I really did n't think it would win . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm sorry , Rosalind , ’ Peggy began in a rather shaky voice , ‘ but your letter got damaged and the policeman did n't think it ought to go in the post with a tear in it and so we came — ‘ |
| 17 | ‘ My doctor thinks it 's rheumatoid arthritis , ’ she gasped , as Juliet and Jill Herbert helped her into bed , ‘ but I did n't think it could affect your chest like this . |
| 18 | He did n't think it could happen to me or that it could be a blot on our landscape . |
| 19 | ‘ I did n't think it could look worse . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ That song had so many lyrics and different types of music in there , that I did n't think it 'd go the distance . |
| 21 | Christ , I 'd go AABB if I did n't think it 'd tank the final couplet . |
| 22 | thought he could of in the water he did n't realise it would go over his head |
| 23 | I did n't realise it would get up your nose so quickly and so far . |
| 24 | Nigel remarked gloomily that he did n't suppose it would make the programmes any better , but in a way it did . |
| 25 | It did n't appear it would go that way , however , in the first minute when Moscow should have gone ahead . |
| 26 | I did n't know it would sit up . |
| 27 | ( And those who did n't like it could leave ; many did , as Waller 's data show . ) |
| 28 | Not only were we not interested in how socialism was realized , we did n't believe it would make the slightest difference to the position of women even if it were . |
| 29 | Well last time I was in er Dublin I er went from the pub straight to the airport and someone stuck a bottle of whiskey in my pocket just as I was going through customs , I did n't believe it could happen but it happened in Ireland . |