Example sentences of "[adv] he [vb past] n't [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ However , although like any attractive red-blooded man he 's had his share of romances , apparently he did n't regard any of them as long-term for he never sealed them with the ring . ’ |
| 2 | Perhaps her mother had convinced him that Shiona was incapable of such behaviour , or perhaps he had n't needed any convincing . |
| 3 | Well that 's a good idea , the thing , you see the thing is she says oh , we , I read anything , you know , buy anything , well I said well suppose you 've already got it , you know , it 's erm , and also we offered him some , some author 's names so he did n't like this , and he did n't want that , you see , so , erm , but , in one hand he 's saying buy me anything and the other hand he 's saying I do n't like this and I do n't like that |
| 4 | Now he did n't believe any system was perfect . |
| 5 | It did not solve his problem but the poor fellow had to make out his report and he had to find some element of evidence and so far he had n't got much to write down . |
| 6 | As it turned out he did n't make that phone call until the evening and they found a call-box outside a pub in one of the villages , for Great-Uncle Hilbert 's phone had been disconnected . |
| 7 | And you 're always on the wrong side of the road which does n't help Well he did n't expect that . |
| 8 | Well he did n't get much satisfaction with that for some people would n't do it . |
| 9 | Well he did n't reveal any of this new material and none of it was revealed in open court . |
| 10 | Even he did n't consider such deeds heroic ( heroes are usually frightened men who rise to the occasion ) , but saw himself as just a reckless fool whose luck would one day run out . |
| 11 | Unfortunately he had n't repeated that success and Inspector he had remained , and would do so until he left the force . |
| 12 | At least he did n't have any reverse thrust left , just a bucketful of drag . |
| 13 | They told Jesus how he was getting richer and richer as they got poorer and poorer , and how he did n't have any pity even on people who really could n't afford to pay . |
| 14 | I think maybe he did n't share some of their more extreme views . |
| 15 | They were brilliant times to live in he then me uncle Ed come on leave , from France , yeah I had a look at his rifle he used to bring all his equipment cos they did n't know if the units had moved when they got back and if they used to be lucky enough to get a leave , they used to have to bring all their equipment with them you see and he used to bring his rifle , everything on leave , and I , I always remember asking him why he had n't , if he 'd killed any Germans , why he had n't got any notches on his rifle he erm |
| 16 | That was why , why he did n't wear that . |
| 17 | I wonder if that 's why he did n't have much to say ? " |
| 18 | According to him , when Scott interviewed the rock star Bryan Adams she ‘ merely asked him why he wore scruffy jeans , why he drove an old jeep , and why he did n't spend more of his money ’ . |
| 19 | Erm , but on the other hand we had early season , you know , from Stuart and he seemed to interest in away but I do n't know why he did n't play much at the end of the season . |
| 20 | Perhaps Rourke was there as an ideas man — certainly he did n't show much enthusiasm for getting into the nitty-gritty of the day-to-day workload . |