Example sentences of "he did [not/n't] [adv] [vb infin] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did not particularly like children , though he liked trains . |
| 2 | He did not particularly like Franco whose view on life was rather cynical , redeemed only by the fact that he was quite willing to listen to Sandison 's halting efforts to tell his tale in Italian . |
| 3 | ‘ He did not even know Millet was absent . |
| 4 | While there seems to be no reason to doubt the account to this point in Molla Yegan 's career , a question is raised about Taskopruzade 's statement that he did not again hold office by a note of Molla Yegan 's ( the only example I have found of his signature ) appearing on a page of the dated 839/1435–6 , of Isa Bey , the son of Bayezid Pasa , containing the signatures of a number of notable scholars of the fifteenth century : the page , which has been reproduced in facsimile by Unver , seems indeed almost to have become an autograph book for leading scholars of the period . |
| 5 | But he did not simply dismiss religion on this score ; rather he kept returning to reflect upon it . |
| 6 | Nicholas 's chances of losing a war were small , because although his outlook was militaristic , he did not really like fighting . |
| 7 | R said that he did not really know F beforehand but had seen him and his brothers once before when someone had told him who F was . |
| 8 | He did not therefore undergo transplant . |
| 9 | If he did not initially envisage independence for black Africa , it is difficult to believe that he did envisage it for the départements of French Algeria . |
| 10 | Fletcher ( op. cit. ) has commented that during all the years when Bennett was studying the Scottish flora and publishing records , he did not once visit Scotland . |
| 11 | In fact , he did not personally lead forces against the Avars again . |
| 12 | It was clear from Artai 's expression that he wished to show that he did not entirely believe Burun 's protest . |
| 13 | He did not necessarily avoid decisions . |
| 14 | Although he did not specifically mention Articles Two and Three — which contain the claim — he said the constitution meant a great deal to nationalists in Northern Ireland , and it could not change in advance of an overall settlement . |
| 15 | He did not actually suggest communication between continents with the aid of geostationary satellites , but if he was taken now to a satellite ground-station he would not be numbed with astonishment . |
| 16 | He did not often score goals , but no-one who saw it will ever forget the one he hit from fully 25 yards in the floodlit friendly against Real Madrid . |
| 17 | He expected to be patronized by Lady Grubb because he came from a lower class , about which he did n't generally care tuppence , but when he saw her effect on Algy he found it more difficult than usual to be ribald about it . |
| 18 | He did n't particularly like brandy , but it was a put of his image . |
| 19 | He did n't even tell Lyn . |
| 20 | ‘ He did n't even give de Raimes time to grab a weapon . |
| 21 | He did n't even do handjobs . |
| 22 | Maybe he did n't even wear pyjamas . |
| 23 | ‘ All he told me was that he was working for the Sovbloc desk at Six , and they were looking for a deserter , but he did n't even have Blagg 's name . |
| 24 | It was so quick he did n't even have time to scream . |
| 25 | She knew that he did n't even like whisky . |
| 26 | ‘ He 's a bit of a loner , ’ Quincx replied , unsure why he did n't just tell Leila his suppositions . |
| 27 | But he he did n't half make money cos he had nothing before that . |
| 28 | Mr Hobbs said ‘ your husband ’ as if he did n't much like Richard , and for some reason this pleased me . |
| 29 | Erm , I came down and explained what the nature was , what you wanted to be done , you did n't really explain why and how important that our was , which I felt , that he said what he needing doing , he said what resources he had , and he said that , he did n't really set tasks erm , but he did ask them what they thought they should do you know . |
| 30 | He did n't really want outsiders to know why he was there . |