Example sentences of "[conj] people did [not/n't] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | it seems to me that often , especially with this committee er start at half ten we get to about half twelve and everyone starts shuffling and think of their lunch and often not so much recently , but in , in , in , over the last five years there have been issues I think it almost left you on because it was so close to lunch , er and people did n't then want to have to break for an hour , hour and a half and then come back , whereas if you start at two fifteen erm I think it 's easier to go on till half four , five seems to be to go to this psychological one o'clock barrier , seems to er upset people greatly agitation and er their argument is th th that er that in the afternoon |
| 3 | However , there is a further piece of evidence , which can be used to show how historical circumstances can produce a dramatic demystification of the monarchy , which would not be possible if people did not already possess the ideological tools for critical demystification . |
| 4 | If people did not naturally groan , grimace , or whatever , ‘ then it would be impossible to teach a child the use of the word ‘ tooth-ache ’ ’ . |
| 5 | But people did not persistently use the same media in the same way . |
| 6 | Meredith was disconcerted by his unsmiling reaction because people did n't usually stay immune to her friendly warmth . |