Example sentences of "[vb past] n't [adv] [vb infin] [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Where 's he making it , he must have had money he did n't just buy those fields and make money and have a big house like that .
2 You did n't just pluck those adjectives out of thin air .
3 It did n't even matter that coffee would probably keep her awake — in her present state of mind she 'd never be able to sleep anyway .
4 We did n't even have any jam .
5 ‘ And he did n't even have any medals I could send her . ’
6 I was terrified , I sat there until my boyfriend came back , I did n't even have enough money for my bus fare or to make a phone call to my brother and ask him to come and pick me up .
7 ‘ They put together a group of people like Take That ! , who did n't even know each other until they formed — not that I 'm knocking them , because they 've got more front than we have — but it 's not going to work unless it 's real , ’ gripes Tony .
8 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 .
9 Well the , the bed , there were no spring beds in , that came into my life until many years after , were the old straw palliasses , which were really more hygienic to sleep on than your spring beds , because you get the lumbar trouble with a straw palliasses cos it was just hip firm , I give you an instance I used to , as I was growing older I used to fold my trousers and put them under the mattress to press my trousers so I 'd always got a nice crease in my trousers , they were so solid that er you got y you did n't even get any wrinkles in your trousers in those days .
10 I did n't particularly like that idea .
11 Bits of metal did n't normally make any noise at all .
12 She did n't normally drink any alcohol , but , if there was ever a time that she stood in need of hard liquor , this was definitely it !
13 Those of us who did n't join up until 1943 , either because we were too young or like me in a reserved occupation , did n't really stand much chance of promotion , not unless we were absolutely brilliant and not many of us were that .
14 ‘ I did n't really mean any harm .
15 But these events of war did n't really disturb Little Weirwold except for Miss Emilia Thorne who had to recast the Christmas show as each evacuee left for home .
16 When we were first warned , I did n't really pay much attention to what was being said about it — the same problem had flared up at both Jersey House and the hotel I 'd just left but in neither case had there been prolonged cause for concern .
17 ‘ You did n't really think some sort of Grandson Richard , 39 , was going to swoop down out of the sky and carry us off to Florida , did you ?
18 I did n't really want that man anyhow . ’
19 So they said , well they did n't really want another granny but they , they wanted to adopt a granddad .
20 I did n't really give much thought to coming to France , and I certainly did n't give much thought to making love with you .
21 By birth she was a lioness , born under the ruling sign of Leo and proud of it , even if she did n't really set much store by astrology .
22 We did n't really know each other .
23 I did n't really support any team until then , though my mother had bought me a Chelsea hat ‘ n scarf a few months earlier .
24 We have the finest peo band of men looking after our fire service so I have never had any doubt , I did n't really need this report to tell me , but it is nice to see it written down , to see just exactly what they 're doing .
25 ‘ I did n't really find any problems in jelling with Craig Chalmers .
26 ‘ I did n't really take much notice of him .
27 In this case , however , she did n't really have much choice , and the realisation rankled .
28 I did n't really have much idea of what was going on at all .
29 She did n't really have any choice , for she had no other contacts in Paris .
30 I was convinced that my feelings did n't matter and , anyway , I did n't really have any friends .
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