Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [noun prp] do [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I never mentioned it because I thought perhaps Faye did n't like flowers in the house . |
| 2 | Marx , Marx did n't Marx did not anticipate leaders . |
| 3 | … She asked why Blanche did not like my book and I kindly suggested that perhaps it was the woman being scarred from a motor accident which she did n't like ( it was the book itself ) . |
| 4 | For a moment Alexei wondered why Burun did not arrest his eldest son 's questions more sharply , and then he realised with admiration how much reassurance the noble hangers-on who had swollen Burun 's retinue would draw from what they heard . |
| 5 | The inquest had taken place three years ago in Oxford , which explained why Loretta did n't remember the case : she had been in the middle of a six-week working holiday in Italy when it happened , writing a lengthy paper on women 's fiction from 1900 to 1930 . |