Example sentences of "did n't " in BNC.
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| 1 | It did n't say ‘ something helpful ’ or ‘ enriching ’ or even ‘ extremely valuable ’ . |
| 2 | He reverts to the point with the analyst : ‘ Supposing I did n't have what a child objectively should be entitled to … ’ . |
| 3 | It is a contender : a colleague of Ackroyd 's on The Times announced that it was a ‘ sure contender ’ for the Booker Prize of 1987 ( which it did n't receive ) . |
| 4 | Because Sandy was embarked on a marriage and a career pointing him in a more conventional direction than mine , planning the sort of life that looked to me to have more obviously evolved from the background I 'd put behind me , it did n't seem to me that he would have had the wherewithal — ‘ morally ’ , as I would have been quick to say then — to help me through my predicament or , if he did , that it was possible for me with my values , to solicit his assistance . |
| 5 | STUDYING the West Coast of Scotland from the yacht Britannia , the Queen is said to have remarked , not long ago , that the people there did n't seem to have much of a life . |
| 6 | Then overnight they redraft them because they did n't really matter in the first place . |
| 7 | Well , it was n't about anything , except did she have it off or did n't she ? |
| 8 | Did she or did n't she . |
| 9 | The English millionaire folded his singed tents and stole away the insurance money , which did n't belong to him since I had nationalized the paper well before the fire was out . |
| 10 | And I did n't hear the bullet leaving the rifle . |
| 11 | Did you find it easy to take direction from someone whom you did n't know ? |
| 12 | And singing is part of that too — I did n't sing before I went into training even though I am musical and play both the piano and the flute . |
| 13 | When I went to drama school it was all very new to me so I did n't have any real comparisons to make — which is a good thing . |
| 14 | I tried an abortive term at Durham University Drama Department and that made me realise even more that I wanted the real thing ; by then I had , in any case , worked the AIM stint and I did n't need theory ; I wanted practice . |
| 15 | Originally I wanted to be a doctor like my father , but it was soon clear I did n't have the intelligence for that — that 's to say I was n't any good at mathematics and physics and that sort of thing . |
| 16 | You did n't do that exercise in drama school ? |
| 17 | The teachers gave me a rough time for a couple of years because my student and acting image did n't fit . |
| 18 | After all we knew that subsidy did n't exist to subsidise empty seats but rather the necessary and new ideas that were wanted at the time . |
| 19 | But I had very little idea of anything at the time and I did n't do very much acting . |
| 20 | He did n't notice . |
| 21 | He was quite frank about the whole thing , told us H. had given him a fiver to turn up , asked Madge if she wanted to go through with it , which of course she did n't . |
| 22 | I did n't . |
| 23 | I did n't see the point , I said . |
| 24 | You did n't what ? he said . |
| 25 | You did n't what ? |
| 26 | Face white , jaws shaking : You did n't what ? |
| 27 | I told you , I said to him , I suddenly did n't see any point in it . |
| 28 | You did n't want to win their lousy prize , did you ? |
| 29 | It did n't stop me going on , but it stopped him . |
| 30 | I did n't dump them straight away , you know , I said . |