Example sentences of "did [not/n't] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We did not we think I think we thought it would be seen merely as a gesture . |
| 2 | If they did , they were assessable to Hong Kong profits tax but if they did not they escaped assessment . |
| 3 | They must possess some hidden function to compensate their obvious disadvantages , because if they did not they would have been eliminated by negative selection . |
| 4 | My father feared my mother as much as I did and wished me to please and agree with her always , for when I did not she would complain to him of my behaviour and I suspected that when this happened his new wife would complain in her turn that he paid too much attention to us and too little to her and her own children . |
| 5 | Naturally , Greenidge tried to emulate Richards which , when things went well , was fine , but when they did not it meant that , for a while , he gained a reputation for not being over-reliable ; perhaps he suffered from trying to hit the ball too hard , for there were plenty of people who felt that he would have been a better player had he not tried to ‘ bury the ball into the wall of some distant building ’ ( his own words ) at every opportunity . |
| 6 | Culture thus transcends the lives of its living exponents in any one generation : if it did not it could not survive . |
| 7 | But at all events , it must be concluded that , assuming an entry age of 14 in most cases , the average length of time in the trade for those who married was ten or eleven years , while for those who did not it was very much longer . |
| 8 | You did not it was too bloody hot . |
| 9 | And his head was spinning from walking so far ; he walked everywhere , and though he stopped to eat every day when he was on one of these journeys of his he did not I expect eat especially properly . |
| 10 | Why did not I think of it before ? |
| 11 | Did not you hear Miss Rhymer say that it was poems , my dear ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Why did not you say so then ! ’ |
| 13 | It was in Mr Dunn 's interests to return the summons with his answers , because if he did not he would never know of judgement made against him in court declaring he owed Mr Rich the sum he claimed . |
| 14 | ‘ Did not he ever show himself a loyal supporter of the late king your husband ? ’ |
| 15 | With Thursday only a day or so hence , why did not he inform us there and then that he would be unable to convey our message to the queen our mother ? |
| 16 | Why did n't yous come out ? |
| 17 | Well I did n't him coming , and Ian saw me coming . |
| 18 | Did n't ye ask her ? ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Did n't 'e tell ye he was off ? . ’ |
| 20 | When I said why did n't 'e go an' get it back 'isself , 'e said do n't ask questions . |
| 21 | Did n't 'e ever find out ? ’ the carman asked . |
| 22 | An ’ 'e did , did n't 'e , Joe ? ’ |
| 23 | And it did n't hers . |
| 24 | But I mean she did n't hers was n't fast tan one . |
| 25 | Did n't we share a bath when we were little , ride ponies together when we were bigger ? |
| 26 | Well we learned all too well , did n't we ? |
| 27 | We called on you earlier tonight , did n't we ? |
| 28 | Did n't we call earlier and you told us she was your girlfriend ? |
| 29 | At the Marquee , Phil 's father said that Ralph was using us — he just wanted us to play tonight and then it was all over , we 're finished , so why did n't we finish now ? |
| 30 | ‘ Well we all hoped , did n't we ? |