Example sentences of "[conj] they [vb past] n't [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Except they did n't quite say non , one word . |
| 2 | Although they did n't actually mention it , he said , he began to realise they were looking for suggestions that rituals had taken place , that he and his wife were part of it , and that their children were victims . |
| 3 | It went down great , they enjoyed it , although they did n't quite know what to think , because we were both rockabilly . ’ |
| 4 | The people who did seem to be enjoying things ( although they did n't much like the film ) were those who , unlike Jane , were there on their own terms . |
| 5 | Can I also say that the erm the fear expressed about Woolwich , I believe to be fairly well founded Woolwich building , a Woolwich er , Building Society had been on erm , entered into a long time ago on this erm and the letter that was read out at Potter Street area committee from Woolwich indicated that they had n't yet decided whether they would proceed and er I think is I 've talked to the publican since they have promised us an answer this week er we are intending , we have spoken , Dermot 's also spoken to our managing director we are confident we will have an answer from this week and I have to tell you that I think the answer will either no , or it will be so hazy that we 'll need to take some action and make a decision . |
| 6 | She felt she had Roirbak and Malamute in a corner : it was just that they had n't yet looked over their shoulders to see the walls closing in behind them . |
| 7 | Denise reveals that they had n't actually planned another child . |
| 8 | The band themselves , whoever , were apparently none to impressed by Mellor , to the point that they did n't even bother showing up for their own party ! |
| 9 | Wood , whose films were so far away from the mainstream that they did n't even make it as C-movies , was responsible for Plan 9 From Outer Space and Glen Or Glenda , a transvestite special in which Wood appeared in several parts … male and female parts . |
| 10 | It 's interesting that gay men on Switchboard found it much easier to accept that they did n't automatically know best for lesbians than white people on Switchboard find it to accept that they might not know best for Black people . |
| 11 | However early performers and audiences construed the metaphors or the financial/numerical language , it is fairly certain that they did n't explicitly understand them in terms of Freeman 's image schemas , or as explicable in terms of their bodies . |
| 12 | They , they did have the option that they could have had complete absolute egalitarianism and made everybody into a poor peasant , but the commun but the commun the Communist Party were progressive and they s saw that how that you needed to have industrialization in order to increase the welfare of peasants which was their ultimate aim , and I mean it appears that how that they did n't actually care er what kinds of means they 'd have to achieve that , as in capitalism was justified in this longer term perspective . |
| 13 | Actually just just quickly er I just noticed on that list of your questionnaires that we got back a couple that they did n't actually know what was going on . |
| 14 | They spent so much time talking about gay things that they did n't actually have much time to do many gay things — which is why I think the really crucial thing that happened in the seventies was not the liberation of a particular sexuality but actually the liberation of a particular set of relationships through which people could enjoy sex , or not have sex , as the case may be . |
| 15 | Many students are shy , and , if they see that the librarian is busy , do n't like to explain that they did n't really understand what was being said . |
| 16 | And they knew full well that they did n't really need the three thousand apprentices but those large firms trained no no note my word , for the country 's needs , not the company 's needs ! |
| 17 | The problem with many of the parents we interviewed of primary school children was that they did n't really know what their children were doing at school a lot of the time and , because they did n't know what they were doing , they sort of feared that it , they were n't doing anything or that what they were doing was not actual work , what they remembered as work . |
| 18 | ‘ Action Health usually only deals with healthcare professionals , so they did n't really know what to do with me , ’ she laughs . |
| 19 | Mary did n't get hit , but she is adamant that her father threw the tray of cups and saucers to the floor and they did n't just fall . |
| 20 | And they did n't even switch off Max Bygraves when he sung about the need for hands . |
| 21 | The living room ceiling was hung with bunting , the kitchen smelt of roast turkey , the house was full of people who all knew each other intimately , the videos had been ordered and the sideboard was laden with drink and in fact everyone behaved just like it was a real family Christmas , except that Boy had sex with two other men in the bathroom , and they did n't even bother to lock the door because they knew that no one else there would mind , knew that they did n't have to hide what they were doing from the rest of the party . |
| 22 | Well , the you 've heard , I 've heard some people being nasty and , and they did n't say no , but it was always , not always it was occasionally done grudgingly , and , and erm in many cases of course it was done willingly , you know come in yes please do , and , and they did n't even want the penny that , that you offered them for the telephone call . |
| 23 | The port they did n't supply you with anything , my father was captain of the dredger Dredging Plant and they did n't even supply him with a hat . |
| 24 | Now that okay no problems there , second and third but look at this , he gave the first second and third and they did n't even have a handicap . |
| 25 | And they did n't really decide on what the message was going to be , erm , they just decided to start checking lines , getting words out on what the charity was going to be , they split that up quite well . |
| 26 | And they did n't really want them back at that time . |
| 27 | And they did n't really know anything about the blooming bloke you know ! |
| 28 | There were quite a few dunces , and er some did n't always get moved on and they did n't all make it into the top class , they had to stop again for another year , or period , in the class they were . |
| 29 | Well I mean if , if it was full and they did n't all get the |
| 30 | You know if everyone around and they did n't actually have their own children . |