Example sentences of "[noun sg] he [vb past] [not/n't] [verb] [det] " in BNC.

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1 I touched his arm , but apart from deepening his frown for a second he did n't pay any attention .
2 It 's a great pity he did n't preserve any detail , and he looked , er , like all his other papers had been left in the library of Congress until two thousand and twenty five , and then they will all become public .
3 He added : ‘ Despite his fame he did n't have any big star hang ups and he was very down to earth . ’
4 The worker accepted that at that point he did not require any more help , and terminated the contract , leaving her address .
5 He had n't heard such a beautiful sound he had n't seen such a beautiful sight .
6 Funny that — that 's what a lot of people familiar with Macintosh System say about Windows : commenting on the venture between Apple Computer Inc and Novell Inc to build the Macintosh look and feel atop DR DOS , Microsoft Corp general manager Brad Chase told the Wall Street Journal he did n't see any new software from Apple and Novell as a threat — such software ‘ is like putting lipstick on a chicken , ’ he said — ‘ but it 's still a chicken . ’
7 I listened as the young man tried to get away — telling the wino he did n't have any money .
8 To this day he did n't understand that authority .
9 Because the postman milkman he did n't take any notice until he matured .
10 Besides , being so late in the season he did not anticipate any difficulty ; although there was something else to which he had not given any thought .
11 The pilot commented that prior to initiation of the final climb on an easterly heading he had not noticed any appreciable drift , and that his misjudgement resulted in deviation from the planned track .
12 Yet when I placed the first hot pad on to the boy 's twisted left leg he seemed not to feel any pain ; I supposed the pain of the spasms had made him impervious to a lesser pain .
13 When Djilas eventually decided that a new class had emerged in communist society he did not include all administrative officials but rather the ‘ party or political bureaucracy ’ , by which he appeared to mean state functionaries who were also party members .
14 And then when they eventually complained , when other people were involved , complained , Reverend he had n't seen this chap either .
15 The reason he did not start this game was that , as Mr Wilkinson put it ‘ he did not get a kick ’ , when Leeds were beaten 4–0 , their heaviest defeat of the season , by Manchester City a week earlier .
16 He feared that another show , arranged for him through the Lefevre Gallery , at Durlacher Bros , 11 East 57th Street , New York , would also have to be delayed as by the end of the summer he had not done enough work .
17 He loves nothing more than slaving over a hot work bench to extract the last 0.5bhp needed to win his rider a world title , but as Yamaha 's GP technical co-ordinator last year he did n't get that chance .
18 At the time he did n't make any comment , though I 'm sure he thought quite a lot !
19 But when he called him into his office he did n't mention this as a reason for the change .
20 While bringing many qualities to his new post , Mr Snyder could not be said to possess great insight into the subject — in fact he did n't possess any sight at all ; the new chairman was registered as blind .
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