Example sentences of "[adv] did not [verb] " in BNC.

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1 They naturally did not think to apply it to their own empires .
2 Judging them by the standard which he used for men , in a society where their roles were totally different , he naturally did not think much of them .
3 In many parts of the Asian elephants ' range the slaughter began with the coming of colonial man , who not only shot for sport but also cleared the forest for rubber and other crops and naturally did not want elephants to undo his good work .
4 But the noble impresarios naturally did not forget their great maestro at St. Mark 's .
5 He had not sought another interview with her , and , as the ladies naturally did not attend at the graveside , the first she had seen of him since then was when the party returned from the funeral .
6 What they perhaps did not realise at the time was that France was not prepared to compromise .
7 The scoreline perhaps did not reflect the effort which Down put in but Bangor were more clinical in finishing off their moves .
8 It was the end of the ST–18 , General Aircraft did not have the money to build another one , and perhaps did not feel inclined to , with the lukewarm interest they had experienced .
9 The debate has moved on and new elements have crept in which make devolution attractive to many people who perhaps did not feel so strongly about it or were even hostile to it in earlier days .
10 Some inhabitants of Attica perhaps did not bother much with either deme or polis politics : the country house below the cave of Pan at Vari ( the ancient deme of Anagyruus ) , whose remains were cleared and studied by the British School at Athens and published in 1973 , gives an impression of self-sufficiency — there is copious archaeological evidence for bee-keeping at the Vari villa — and peace , a long way from the speechmakers of the Pnyx .
11 He was lonely and longing for someone who perhaps did not exist .
12 The hon. Member for Dagenham ( Mr. Gould ) , in a half sentence that he perhaps did not mean to utter , let the cat out of the bag .
13 He will venture to suggest , with the greatest possible respect to Mr. Justice Blank , that his lordship perhaps did not intend his words to be understood in their widest acceptation .
14 There seems to be a struggle , which Milton perhaps did not intend , between the reader 's response to Satan as a powerful and convincing character and the way in which one should react to such a malevolent force .
15 The woman was simply his mistress , whom for some reason he did not want me to meet ; or who perhaps did not want to meet me .
16 Lily too had noticed the policeman by now and perhaps did not want to encounter him .
17 Apparently , not everyone agreed , or perhaps did not get what they considered to be their fair share , for eventually the Backless baron was transported to Australia , no doubt to become another ‘ Wild Colonial Boy ’ .
18 Santerre apparently did not go round his estates yesterday as he claimed .
19 However , they apparently did not rule out eventual increases , although these would have to be met exclusively from the company 's own funds .
20 However , they apparently did not rule out eventual increases , although these would have to be met exclusively from the company 's own funds .
21 De Gaulle apparently did not care to give ministers an opportunity to make important decisions without his supervision .
22 Gore apparently did not want his name on the cover of the book and wished for it to be published by the Canadian fascist , Arcand , so that he could not be sued .
23 He had vague memories of a brother who apparently did not exist any more .
24 The husbands apparently did not feel that they were ‘ discussing ’ politics with their wives .
25 To our surprise , we did not observe any influence of age , sex , and body mass index upon the success rate and the recurrence rate ; even the initial number of stones apparently did not influence the recurrence rate , which is in contradiction with the postdissolution experience where the recurrence was higher in patients with multiple stones than with solitary stones .
26 The crowds of buyers , who apparently did not share their view , were moving out now to the lawn where the sale was due to begin in a large marquee .
27 Whatever about the apparent failure of Desmond and his executives , is it not absolutely extraordinary that John V. O'Dwyer , of Arthur Cox , solicitor to and main board member of the Smurfit organisation , apparently did not brief Michael on the Independent 's retraction and the specific references to UPH and Desmond ?
28 Even Emil Fischer , in propounding the idea that proteins were built up by a standard linkage ( -CO-NH- ) between different amino acids , apparently did not envisage molecules containing more than 30 or so such units , corresponding to no more than 300 atoms which is much too small .
29 The surgeon apparently did not listen to his patient or respect her bodily integrity .
30 The fact that the supplies to Sibiu were simply deducted from another area 's quota apparently did not cause anyone to lose sleep .
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