Example sentences of "[vb past] n't [verb] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You see , when we went through the asteroid storm , I did n't watch for a few seconds . |
| 2 | THEY had a homosexual , a nymphomaniac , an alcoholic and a Cockney crook — but they did n't reckon for a serial killer . |
| 3 | What we did n't know for a long time was that this book is his revenge on his parents . |
| 4 | I 'm surprised Sister did n't ask for a single room . |
| 5 | Sir Stanley 's only regret is that he did n't play for a few years more . |
| 6 | She did n't breathe for a long time . |
| 7 | She lost him then and had to search and found him eventually curled up amid the wiring in the back of the record-player where he had n't hidden for a long time , not since two dark-haired people who were into black magic had come to dinner and he had disappeared for half a day until she found his secret hole . |
| 8 | " You do n't know what your talking about , " Katherine began , experiencing a deep burning rage that she had n't felt for a long time , a rage all the more intense because she knew she could do nothing about it . |
| 9 | He made himself a mixed grill , something he had n't had for a long time , and followed it with real coffee . |
| 10 | He had n't shaved for a few days and a sickly smell clung to his clothes and hair . |
| 11 | I noticed how happy people were , which was something I had n't known for a long time . |