Example sentences of "[noun] did [not/n't] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Official figures indicated that more than half the 2,900,000 electorate did not vote . |
| 2 | The electorate did not need to be a democratic one , and as a general rule was not ; all that was needed was an electorate consisting of the men of substance , so that the government would be responsive to their choices . |
| 3 | In 1973 the government ran a considerable campaign to instruct electors how to record their votes under the system of proportional representation , but it was thought that after the experience of two proportional representation elections in 1973 the electorate did not need to be more than reminded of what was required . |
| 4 | However , the electorate did not trust the Conservatives on full employment policy , and this feeling was confirmed by the aggressive anti-socialist tenor of the election campaign , when the rallying cry was for decontrol as quickly as possible . |
| 5 | So Veronica did n't support herself , Loretta noted . |
| 6 | The secret news from Dunegal of Nithsdale , using a name that only Thorfinn would recognise , that Thorfinn did not talk of at all , at least before Groa . |
| 7 | Since her words did n't appear to be an invitation to food , he returned his intense concentration to the man . |
| 8 | The voice always seemed to come from the shadows or from somewhere just aside from where he was looking ; and usually the words did n't make any sense , and they passed through his mind so quickly that they 'd gone before he could reach for them . |
| 9 | She had a hand pressed against the wall for support , and her hard tone and blunt words did n't fool Belinda into thinking she did n't care . |
| 10 | Polly wondered instantly , and clamped her lips together so the words did n't spill out . |
| 11 | Juliet was studying the road map and her mother 's last words did n't register . |
| 12 | Words did n't seem able to describe the confusion of her feelings for fitzAlan . |
| 13 | His words did not make sense at all . |
| 14 | For once the preciseness of the words did not irritate Aggie , and she answered gently , ‘ I 'm sorry , love , but … but she 's had to go away for a day or two . ’ |
| 15 | A random sample of new words did not go down well with passersby . |
| 16 | As for the Government 's style , Mr Heseltine suggested that much of its tough ‘ rhetoric ’ was empty , because the hostile words did not match the actions . |
| 17 | But the words did not match the actions . |
| 18 | Her soft words did not get a soft reply . |
| 19 | Although Maidstone was now beginning to display the fact that he was far from sober — his walk was a little unsteady and one or two of his words did not come out exactly right — the visit to the hatshop passed off without any untoward incident . |
| 20 | Even so , words did not come easily to either of us ; for the first time we both realized how very little we knew about each other . |
| 21 | Gloria seemed so pleased that Dot did n't like to say how constricting the coat felt round the neck . |
| 22 | When it was first recognised that the atom could be likened to a small solar system in which the electron planets orbited a nuclear sun , theorists were Puzzled as to why the electrons in their tightly curved orbits did not radiate their energy away and spiral into the nucleus as predicted by classical , that is pre-quantum , theory . |
| 23 | Accordingly , makers and dealers in ‘ bootleg ’ recordings did not commit this tort even though their activities very seriously affected the value of a contract giving a recording company the exclusive right to exploit live performances . |
| 24 | If the complete Porgy reveals anything , it is that Gershwin did not go straight from one hit to another ( as we did here , from ‘ Summertime ’ to ‘ A Woman is a Sometime Thing ’ ) . |
| 25 | I told him that the Owsla 's privileges did n't mean all that much to me in any case and that a strong rabbit could always do just as well by leaving the warren . |
| 26 | Moreover , the decision to establish institutes of higher education in every country except Powys did not materialize wholly in the form proposed in the outline plan . |
| 27 | The letters took ages but somehow Rebecca did n't find it so difficult this time . |
| 28 | In part , this is because the aerosols from the Pinatubo volcano did not reach the Arctic stratosphere in as high quantities as feared . |
| 29 | A pardon need not imply that a soldier did not desert , or show cowardice , or disobey orders . |
| 30 | And while some people might use a sunscreen abroad , over 40 per cent of those who often suffered sunburn did n't use anything when holidaying in the UK despite the recent hot summers . |