Example sentences of "[adv] [noun prp] [noun prp] do [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 And perhaps Van Dyck does n't flatter him in quite the way , flatter 's the wrong word , sort of transmutes him in the way that he often does in his very elegant and sophisticated portraits .
2 Perhaps Benny Katz did n't want to spend the rest of his life as a viklehnik a weekly-payment collector .
3 Obviously Frank Morris does n't know much about trade union history .
4 He was a schoolteacher and a very nice man , I understand , but there was n't much opportunity for Mother to go out and have a little enjoyment and apparently Aunt Bessie did not encourage such things .
5 Obviously Mr Morton does not read the Sunday Times .
6 What they did not know — and perhaps Mr Desai did not know either — was that urine contains large amounts of melatonin — a chemical secreted by the pineal gland which is involved ( no one knows how ) in setting the body 's natural rhythms .
7 Naturally Mrs Thatcher does n't reach out a helping hand cos this this is right in her er cricket pitch .
8 Apparently Dr. Lorrimer did n't take him his early tea this morning and it looks as if he did n't come home last night .
9 So Father Barnes did n't want to believe it either .
10 Funnily enough Doris Alloway did n't ask for my name .
11 Meanwhile Linda Feeley does n't view the future — least of all Christmas — with any relish .
12 Still Mrs Hollidaye did n't mention Dot going to stay .
13 But here Mr Lawson does not seem to be quite so indifferent to the behaviour of consenting adults : he has been endeavouring to control their behaviour by altering the price at which they can borrow .
14 The Chancellor 's home at No 11 is being strengthened against attack — no doubt because even Mr Lamont does n't believe his own forecasts of economic recovery .
15 Since even Mr Kinnock does not know the secret of what he really thinks , what chance is there of anyone else finding it out ?
16 Surely Mr Stewart does n't deprecate the value of children 's television ?
17 But even Helen Huntingdon does n't seek independence in order to freely give it up again .
18 Even Mrs Gebler did n't seem too pleased .
19 2 years ago Teddy Sutton did n't know he could carve ; now his work is on display at up to £300 a time .
20 ‘ No , but then Ellie Browne did n't want to be a part of it in the first place .
21 Sadly Holroyd Smith did not reap the full reward his ideas should have brought .
22 It is not easy to understand why Canon Selwyn did not suggest , in his petition , another ground on which objection to the granting of the Royal Assent might have been based .
23 I had beaten some of the sprinters selected for the invitation 60 metres and yet Frank Dick did n't want me to run .
24 Why Mr Jones did n't book him for what could have been deemed incitement in front of Newcastle 's followers will remain a mystery along with his dropball doodle-bug .
25 I often asked Malcolm why Mr Hutton did n't get another secretary .
26 As yet Mr. Bowden does not know how much money he has raised , but expects the final total to be well over £250 .
27 Erm what about when Mrs Hardcastle does n't want to give up the jewels .
28 ‘ You may wonder why Queen Margaret does not return . ’
29 Anna 's family want to know why Hagans was n't arrested and why PC Stennett did n't find the knife hidden in his sock .
30 Certainly Mr Lamont did not perform well at the hustings ; arguably his Budget last month did not in retrospect maximise the opportunities , limited though they were .
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