Example sentences of "[noun sg] did n't [verb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We understand why Labour did n't win the election . |
| 2 | Well thank you Chairman , I have to go back to last Wednesday afternoon , when I had a telephone call from a reporter from the Eastern Daily Press asking me to make a statement on the press release by Suffolk County Council stating that the Bungay bypass has been abandoned well Chairman I have to say that I was somewhat erm put out , because I did I disappoint I think because they , the Highway Department did n't have the courtesy to inform me first , and you can well imagine how I felt er having received this news . |
| 3 | The Education Department did n't like the situation ; they did not co-operate with advice or materials as they had done in the past , and in fact the island 's Director of Education accused Mrs M of ‘ acting illegally ’ . |
| 4 | The narrow boat did n't boast a telephone . |
| 5 | The headlines were smaller this time and Bayly 's religion did n't merit a mention in the Press . |
| 6 | If all that money we gave to Band Aid did n't do the trick , it must be because there are just too many of them . |
| 7 | Dot did n't like the smell of old clothes nor of brick dust and escaping gas but she rarely wailed . |
| 8 | Dot did n't like the glass . |
| 9 | Normally he would have had little patience with the attitudes of the Fromes , but the morning after such a bereavement did n't seem the time to argue the social or political toss with them . |
| 10 | I can well believe it , it 's a wonder your typewriter did n't get a hernia . |
| 11 | By this time , some are up to 14″ — but because the original outlay on stock did n't break the bank , Ken can offer them remarkably reasonably-priced . |
| 12 | On that occasion the judge did n't feel the weight of media coverage had prejudiced the fairness of the trial . |
| 13 | Topaz did n't have a chance to reply because Timothy Amsterdam had walked up to them and was staring at the marquis in blank amazement . |
| 14 | Come to that , the Queen did n't have a ticket . |
| 15 | The Hall did n't sound the sort of place — well , the sort of place that might be cheap . |
| 16 | and the County Council did n't raise no objection . |
| 17 | The local council did n't have a dog warden either , an no one else seemed able to help me . |
| 18 | Jessamy 's mood did n't reflect the change in the weather . |
| 19 | When Alice had been smaller she 'd been surprised to find that every other home did n't have a room devoted only to precious stones … |
| 20 | Anyway , granny did n't survive the war — her heart gave out one night and there was a big family funeral to which I did not go , having conveniently arranged to be on duty that day . |
| 21 | This is really the key to getting the economy stabilised but the Chancellor did n't have the courage of his convictions to do it . |
| 22 | It was rather disappointing to grow up and find out that the sun did n't give a monkey 's testicle whether it came out or not , but was in fact a non-sentient mass of gases radiating heat and light to earth , except in Scotland . |
| 23 | The rules are quite clear and the Watford lad did n't make a meal of the challenge , ’ said Cox . |
| 24 | Er public opinion did n't welcome the overthrow of of the Shah , it was immediately horrified and everyone gathered together to er try and bring about a re- establishment of the Shah . |
| 25 | The porter who had accompanied the procession was called before the Board , and in explanation said that the driver of the cart did n't know the way , nor did he himself . |
| 26 | By the teethmarks in Heather 's T-shirt we knew Penny had pulled her back from the stairs — Heather 's body did n't have a mark on it . |
| 27 | If the projectionist did n't like the film it did n't get shown , or only part of it . |
| 28 | The air was mild , and the rain did n't trouble a Scotsman . |
| 29 | The outside did n't match the inside and I wanted them all to kind of get together . |
| 30 | The worst thing the old politburocracy did to the Czechs and Slovaks was to require them to ‘ live lies ’ because the truth did n't fit the pseudo-history which was supposed to legitimize Brezhnev 's satraps . |