Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [pers pn] did not " in BNC.
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1 | And right where she did n't expect it in the black universe was another dark space , solid with hidden meanings , difficult to see , alien to her comprehension . |
2 | You do seem to enjoy watching nude bathers , so do n't you think it would be much better for everyone involved if you went somewhere where they did n't mind being watched ? ’ |
3 | Francis used to imitate the Abaconian speech , dropping aitches from where they belonged , slipping them in where they did not . |
4 | Albert said : ‘ They even held her train as she walked in so it did n't get wet . ’ |
5 | Nigel remarked gloomily that he did n't suppose it would make the programmes any better , but in a way it did . |
6 | ‘ He probably thought it better that you did n't know . |
7 | Ben studied his brother — the man he had always thought of as his father and saw suddenly that it did not matter what he was in reality , for Hal Shepherd had become what he believed he was . |
8 | So although I did n't like him touching me the way he had , I decided not to tell anybody . |
9 | Yes , I mean I think erm some of us were a bit disappointed perhaps that he did n't erm find erm a woman to put into his cabinet . |
10 | The only way around these attempted take-offs was to walk very slowly so that we did n't build up too much ground speed , as airline pilots would say , and stop if Dawn 's wings did open . |
11 | 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 |
12 | And I did s I did say through the village Harry so that we did n't er |
13 | These included exemptions granted to the new water companies by the DoE , so that they did not have to comply with EC rules . |
14 | Villages were razed to the ground , so that they did not disrupt the view from drawing-room windows , with the same enthusiasm with which the peasantry on the more distant corners of the estate were dispossessed of their wetland commons in the pursuit of productive farming . |
15 | In one version of the mental test the prices of items bought were printed on the answer sheet so that they did not have to be memorized : in an alternative version the prices were not printed so that it was necessary both to memorize the numbers and operate on them . |
16 | He put his head as near the bars as he could so that they did not obstruct his view . |
17 | Of course , sensible managers would know that the accounts did not include any orders issued against which invoices had not been received and would , therefore , keep their own record of these so that they did not overcommit the budget . |
18 | He wanted to eliminate people within and without the party and by killing Kirov , another major figure in the party he could eliminate those in the party whom he disliked , legitimately enough , so that they did not appear to be murdered but victims of the purges . |
19 | 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 . |
20 | At first , sailors used to sail along the coast and stay within sight of land so that they did n't get lost . |
21 | And maybe somebody would come to your door and say their wee boy or their girl was making their first communion , and they were in dire straights and could n't buy anything for them , and you would more or less have to give them your book to help them out , but you would go with them so that they did n't go over the score and get just exactly what that wain needed , you know , and just hope that they had enough money to pay you at the end of the quarter , you know . |
22 | All through the war , they raced at Newmarket see fetched it all to one meeting , so that they did n't have to travel about . |
23 | 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 . |
24 | It stopped so that they did n't miss the conversation . |
25 | 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 . |
26 | Her door was set back so that she did n't see him until he was past the cars in the centre of the courtyard . |
27 | 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 . |
28 | 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 . |
29 | Alyssia lay perfectly still under the warmth of the sun 's rays , enjoying the way the heat wrapped itself around her so that she did n't feel like moving . |
30 | She swallowed so that she did n't sound as if she was shell-shocked . |