Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun prp] [vb past] n't [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Old Mother Walsh did n't always mean what she said to be taken literally . |
| 2 | David Carlson did n't really like his daughter staying for hours at the Davis 's . |
| 3 | Jane Eyre did n't really look upon erm , erm herself as giving up her independence er by marrying Rochester did she ? |
| 4 | Princess Diana took the top position of children 's favourite royals , and the Corgis polled tenth overall , while Prince Philip did n't even get a mention . |
| 5 | Mr Stevens did n't even loosen his tie . |
| 6 | The same applies to monetary targets , now just a melange of notes and coins ; and to nominal GDP , which Mr Major did n't even mention . |
| 7 | Uncle Walter had n't really wanted to part with it . |
| 8 | Mrs Lomax did n't exactly shrink back , but she seemed nervous as she glanced over the instruments . |
| 9 | Mrs Thatcher did n't even talk to me . |
| 10 | Mrs Cullam did n't even look at him and when he asked her at what time her husband had come home on Friday night she said laconically , ‘ Quarter past eleven . ’ |
| 11 | Brian Johnson and Mike Grindley did n't even know each other when they were part of the seven thousand strong workforce at GCHQ … now they regularly share breakfast … and a long campaign since they were sacked . |
| 12 | Rushie picked up a few lira and an Armani suit but it 's probably fair to say our golden boy from St Asaph did n't exactly win the freedom of Turin . |
| 13 | We should be trying to enhance cooperative arrangements of referral and support between health and social work departments and private homes , and Mike O'Reilly did n't actually say that they had that problem but he said that their clients had been referred by GPs or by the psychogeriatric service . |
| 14 | Guy Sterne did n't just avoid seeing his family , he did n't like talking about them either . |
| 15 | Commander Abigail did n't even like the area : it caused him shame and guilt to consider it , he tried not to think about it . |
| 16 | Both knew that the other knew that Steve and Maria Luisa had n't just met for the first time . |
| 17 | The clocks were ticking strangely fortissimo and Fru Møller did n't even notice . |