Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [not/n't] come " in BNC.
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| 1 | The boat did n't come at any scheduled time . |
| 2 | Here D 's revocation did not come to the notice of the offeree , so the offeree 's acceptance of the offer was valid , and D is liable on the contract . ’ |
| 3 | Like some other examples of futurology , this prediction did not come true . |
| 4 | So your prediction did not come true . |
| 5 | Spemann and Mangold 's discovery of the organizer did not come as a surprise to Spemann , nor did it involve any element of luck . |
| 6 | So the hosiery industry did n't come out |
| 7 | ‘ The car did n't come to the house . ’ |
| 8 | A consistent theory of how gravity affects light did not come until 1915 , when Einstein formulated the general theory of relativity . |
| 9 | A consistent theory of how gravity affects light did not come along until Einstein proposed general relativity in 1915 . |
| 10 | His assailant did not come out of the affair unscathed . |
| 11 | ‘ One had a certain amount of training ; one knew it was coming and so in a way , fear did n't come into it very much . |
| 12 | Pity the rest of the club did n't come … |
| 13 | But the golden-red lady did not come . |
| 14 | The lady did n't come alone , and I 'm not sure whether we ought to be doing anything about it . |
| 15 | That bloke did n't come on Saturday , he come on Friday did n't he ? |
| 16 | When poor Col. Griffin was laughed at for suggesting that Baptists establish a University in England , the laughter did not come from the descendants of Matthew Arnold who saw them as psalm-singing greengrocers , but from his fellow Baptists . |
| 17 | Obligatory use of Annual Percentage Rate was introduced in 1980 , but the main regulations issued under the Act did not come into force until May 1985 . |
| 18 | The main resistance to the Parents ' Rights Group campaign did not come from the council , where the Labour group effectively factionalized themselves — and their Public Relations Department — into silence . |
| 19 | He would have been quite happy to have been employed as a production manager an or as an assistant director of which he was first class but the work did not come his way . |
| 20 | Apart from some early designs for greetings cards , the animal theme in Boyd 's work did n't come to the fore until Macmillan commissioned her to illustrate a book to accompany Spike Milligan 's verse . |
| 21 | ‘ Offers of exploding peasant work did n't come flooding in . |
| 22 | Apart from some early designs for greetings cards , the animal theme in Boyd 's work did n't come to the fore until Macmillan commissioned her to illustrate a book to accompany Spike Milligan 's verse . |
| 23 | Besides , the Zionist fever was gripping Jewry everywhere , and even if the dream did not come true for them — well , their regular donations would redeem some small plot in the Holy Land which could provide a home for other less fortunate brethren . |
| 24 | But the boy did n't come . |
| 25 | Darlington has 131 of the crime combatting schemes and some volunteers feared they could fold if the council did not come up with its share of the funding Durham County Council provides the other half . |
| 26 | that cat did n't come back and ? |
| 27 | But the question did n't come . |
| 28 | ( And believe me , with my parentage I know whereof I speak , except in my mother 's case marriage did n't come into it . |
| 29 | He told a court in Seoul , South Korea : ‘ I 'm sorry the rapture did not come , but it will one day . ’ |
| 30 | The conscience collective ‘ would necessarily lose its energy , if an emotional reaction of the community did not come to compensate its loss , and it would result in a breakdown of social solidarity ’ ( Durkheim , 1960 : 109 ) . |