Example sentences of "she [vb past] n't [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because she could n't live in the flat , she did n't pay the rent , which meant arrears and no possibility of a transfer . |
| 2 | Moreover , since the speaker chose to say my uncle rather than I have an uncle and he … , we must assume she did n't feel the need to assert the information . |
| 3 | She did n't feel the prick in her arm . |
| 4 | He wrote the part so that she could always support herself in exile if she did n't speak the language . ’ |
| 5 | She did n't relish the prospect . |
| 6 | Manuela no doubt had her personal preferences and tastes , like everyone else , but she did n't make the mistake of thinking that they were of any importance in the matter . |
| 7 | She did n't make the funeral either . |
| 8 | She did n't want the conversation to end . |
| 9 | Cos she did n't want the song . |
| 10 | She did n't want the girl to marry a bullying drunk like her mother had done . |
| 11 | She did n't want the responsibility . |
| 12 | The walls of the modern house were thin , and she did n't want the sound of crying to wake Cliff . |
| 13 | She did n't want the fact that she had written to me to be discovered , and perhaps be seen by her parents as another act of disobedience , causing another row . |
| 14 | he said she did n't realise the tape was on ! |
| 15 | She did n't mention the word ‘ love ’ , because , after what he had said and seeing now in his eyes what he truly thought of her , she doubted whether she could love a man like him . |
| 16 | She did n't tell the Brownie Guider about her chat with the tramp . |
| 17 | She did n't suppose the timing could be any worse . |
| 18 | She did n't leave the balcony . |
| 19 | ‘ Remember she did n't leave the party though when Nicola was out of the room . ’ |
| 20 | She did n't offer the box . |
| 21 | After the man 's death he told Jeannie of his gift , and said he would give her a little at a time so she did n't drink the lot in one enormous spree . |
| 22 | She did n't open the door too widely and she did n't go outside , but she listened assiduously . |
| 23 | The deep grey eyes were shadowed , but she did n't miss the glitter in their depths as they skimmed her vivid party make-up and party clothes , brief ivory skirt revealing the length of her legs , the matching top moulded to proud breasts , the emerald of the silky , fringed shawl tied tightly about her waist a bright splash of colour between the two . |
| 24 | She did n't lead the sort of life where jewellery was a requisite . |
| 25 | and then Brenda ran up to explain breathlessly that she did n't think the van would go under the low bridge , as her daddy 's — which was the same size — would n't . |
| 26 | She did n't think the house was dark . |
| 27 | And when she did n't wrap the item in a bag , Phyllis was furious . |
| 28 | A variety of horses and riders demonstrate how to ride the fences but as Lucinda herself is such a joy to watch cross country , it was sad that she did n't demonstrate the jumping herself . |
| 29 | ‘ She did n't use the bolt ’ he whispered . |
| 30 | They liked her because she did n't put the book down in the middle to go and do something else , and because she read stories properly , as if she wanted to know what happened too . |