Example sentences of "[noun] did not [adv] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | But today 's demonstration did n't quite go to plan . |
| 2 | A public relations executive , Subba Row was a skilful diplomat accustomed to getting his own way and his methods did not always appeal to some of the county clubs or to the elder statesmen of MCC . |
| 3 | If Labour could not win at a time of economic gloom , bolstered by the most effective campaign it has ever fought , and facing a Government whose campaign did not really come to life until the last 10 days — then when could it ? |
| 4 | Unfortunately Anthony usually chose college friends and Nigel did n't really take to bluestocking women . |
| 5 | But shops showed no interest and the big soap companies did n't even reply to her letters . |
| 6 | Although the unanimity of rural enthusiasm for army policies is open to question , it is clear that the rural community did not really turn to the left in its search for a solution to its problems . |
| 7 | A sizeable proportion of the population did not even listen to the speech . |
| 8 | Althusser argues that Marx 's intervention did not merely amount to the historicization of the formal categories of the classical economists . |
| 9 | The arrival of a railway in a town did not always lead to expansion . |
| 10 | Even those who believed that poverty was largely self-inflicted did not always adhere to policies strictly consistent with this view . |
| 11 | Similarly , the Labour government 's policies on the reduction of the number of private pay beds did not always lead to enthusiastic implementation in the late 1970s . |
| 12 | I once bought a mill house from a family in Cumbria , and during my survey found that a part of the land they were selling did not legally belong to them since it was not on the original conveyance from the lord of the manor . |
| 13 | But the same level of tolerance did not always extend to her staff , who may have fallen short of her high standards or overstepped the bounds of power . |
| 14 | Stephen did n't much like to be reminded of this in public . |
| 15 | It is argued that this difference may be partially accounted for by the higher standard of living in Sri Lanka , but also that the motives and social composition of offenders in normal times were such that depressed economic conditions did not necessarily lead to substantial increases in criminal activities . |
| 16 | Things did n't quite go to plan — which has proved annoying for you , and you 're now asking for a second service ; for which you 'll pay me . ’ |
| 17 | Ahidjo did not subsequently return to Cameroun , and in the presidential election of January 1984 Biya received a ‘ yes ’ vote of over 90 per cent , which most Camerounians considered to be a genuine indication of his underlying support . |
| 18 | I am sorry to say that the hon. Gentleman did not just stoop to the gutter in terms of smearing my hon. Friend : he used a series of inaccurate figures . |
| 19 | erm I , in m I in my opinion that the Communist Party aim of increasing productivity was n't actually achieved and because of all these problems erm could that their policy of favour of erm promoting rich peasant economy did n't significantly contribute to industrialization erm I mean there was a little bit of an economic growth but that it was n't particularly significant . |
| 20 | This had been quite difficult and the Gnomes had scratched their heads a good deal , because , although people did not openly refer to it , everyone knew that Flame 's father was Fael-Inis and it had meant a lot of worrisome discussions as to whether this fact ought to be openly acknowledged , or whether it might be discourteous to draw attention to it . |
| 21 | Well for instance a lot of people did n't even bother to erm make the kitchen floor into anything reasonable , but we did , we , we got some very good , very heavy |
| 22 | She stumbled over the words , muttered and blushed , her duplicity and stupidity so abundantly clear to her that she was surprised that the charming young woman did not immediately leap to her feet , denounce her as an impostor and throw her out onto the street again . |
| 23 | What precisely he could do about it was not immediately clear since even the Mamur Zapt 's writ did not normally extend to the domestic relationship between man and wife . |
| 24 | Before 1987 legislation governing pollution control did n't fully apply to tidal waters , and discharges into the sea and many older discharges to estuaries did n't require consent at all except for substances like mercury . |
| 25 | Individual authors could write on the decline of national intelligence but public debate did not necessarily lead to action . |
| 26 | Although this Presbyterian nationalism did not normally lead to Jacobitism , we do see a brand of Scottish Whig Jacobitism during William 's reign , centring around the person of James Montgomerie of Skelmorlie . |
| 27 | But the exigencies of operatic life did not really appeal to one of his perfectionist standards . |
| 28 | The columns displaying prices of licensed dealers ' stocks in the national newspapers did not always appear to be the paid advertising they actually were . |
| 29 | Mrs Thatcher did n't even talk to me . |
| 30 | Saturday 's name change was the sixth this century , and the previous alterations did not necessarily lead to a radical renewal . |