Example sentences of "[noun prp] do not [vb infin] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Are you certain Dana did n't drop a hint about my dress ? ’ she asked . |
| 2 | The most dissapointing thing about the game was the fact that O'Leary did n't get a game he would have got some reception . |
| 3 | Jeff did n't have a chance to answer . |
| 4 | say to th this chap you know but we just happened to mention in passing to Jeanette and she really jumped and said oh Pat did n't smoke a lot . |
| 5 | Well David did n't sleep a lot and got thinner and thinner . |
| 6 | Except Flack did n't have a technique . |
| 7 | Becky did n't get a book after all . |
| 8 | But Stein did not use a check in his pianos , neither did Sebastien Lengerer of Kufstein in a piano of 1793 , nor did Johann David Schiedmayer of Erlangen in a piano of 1794 , nor did Johann Schmidt of Salzburg in a piano of 1794 . |
| 9 | Is he aware that , when the dioxin-contaminated milk was transferred in the summer from Bolsover to Severn-Trent for disposal , Severn-Trent did not have a licence ? |
| 10 | His last remark to me was that if there was any jiggery-pokery about candles he would n't be at all surprised if Jefferson did n't have a hand in it . |
| 11 | If Balbinder did n't get a place at Cedars this year she would become even more anxious about his progress . |
| 12 | Gaveston did n't turn a hair as Corbett and Ranulf were announced . |
| 13 | Currently the United States does not have a droit de suite , a law that mandates that artists receive a percentage of the price of a work each time it changes hands . |
| 14 | ‘ Prince Edward does not have a butler , ’ was the reply . |
| 15 | ‘ Jean does n't give a damn about that sort of thing , ’ he growled , ‘ and nor do I. ’ |
| 16 | Byfleet does n't have a premiere football team does n't mean to say |
| 17 | Since England do not use a sweeper he has to come in at right-back , a position which tends to emphasise his limitations going forward . |
| 18 | It was concluded that North Korean strategy was ‘ synonymous with Soviet strategy ’ and that if North Korea did not push a guerrilla campaign further , it was because this did not assist the Soviet Union . |
| 19 | And yesterday Mick did n't have a clue who walked off with his pride and joy . |
| 20 | Tessa did not take a taxi . |
| 21 | In the context of the May 1990 preliminary talks between the African National Congress ( ANC ) and the government [ see p. 37440 ] , two other notable encounters between the nationalist movement and the white establishment occurred in the same month : ( i ) on May 23 the ANC met liberal representatives of the business community in Johannesburg , during which ANC deputy president Nelson Mandela , in what was seen as an attempt to reassure investors , declared that the ANC did not have a blueprint for nationalization ; at the conclusion of the conference , with the former chairman of the company Anglo American , Gavin Relly , he emphasized the need to abolish institutionalized inequalities and to redistribute resources equally ; and ( ii ) on May 24 fighters from the ANC 's armed wing and members of the ANC national executive committee ( NEC ) met with retired and serving officers of the South African Defence Force ( SADF ) , military conscripts and , among others , members of the End Conscription Campaign at a conference in Lusaka , the Zambian capital ; these discussions included the structure and role of a post-apartheid defence force . |
| 22 | Adorno did not write a history of music , nor did he describe his picture of the music-historical field in any great detail . |
| 23 | Cornelius did not possess a machine that could predict the future , but he felt certain he knew just how this tale was going to end . |
| 24 | For the rest of the journey Maria prattled on about Bradford , but Ruth did not hear a word . |
| 25 | Heath did not indicate a time scale for unification , but appears to have seen it materialising even sooner than Wilson . |
| 26 | Rincewind did n't get a chance to see it properly . |
| 27 | Milcom Moloch did n't boast a taxi service . |
| 28 | Léonie did not trust a house with two staircases . |
| 29 | As far as I can see , England does n't welcome a prodigal son like me . ’ |
| 30 | Similarly , the leftist politician , Meir Pa'il does not foresee a return in the sense intended in UN Resolution 194 : ‘ Clearly , the mere establishment of a Palestinian state in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip would not provide a concrete solution for the problem of the Palestine refugees in Lebanon and perhaps not even for those in the Gaza Strip … |