Example sentences of "they [vb past] n't [adv] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shame they did n't just lock the band up and throw away the key … |
| 2 | They did n't even wear a shirt . |
| 3 | That means they did n't even tell the D-G . |
| 4 | Well , the you 've heard , I 've heard some people being nasty and , and they did n't say no , but it was always , not always it was occasionally done grudgingly , and , and erm in many cases of course it was done willingly , you know come in yes please do , and , and they did n't even want the penny that , that you offered them for the telephone call . |
| 5 | They did n't even get a record deal . |
| 6 | How much , how much erm by a landlord cos I mean they did n't even attend the conference . |
| 7 | They did n't even like the editorial , which had been written by Packford on half a bottle of Scotch . |
| 8 | They did n't even notice the smashed front lights and the vicious new welt on the Boomerang doorframe when I slinked back to Hire-A-Heap the following day . |
| 9 | The last place they were in they did n't even have a proper bed . |
| 10 | They did n't even have a director at this point — just a star name . |
| 11 | Now that okay no problems there , second and third but look at this , he gave the first second and third and they did n't even have a handicap . |
| 12 | er sale occurred when they went through the electrical register and asked people who lived in flats whether they wanted a green cone , they did n't even have a garden , let alone a window box but nevertheless erm I the green cone extends ought to be reported on , ought to be encouraged and such like because it is the individual person who is going to recycle using their own garden in their own small way as opposed to transporting the stuff maybe to a waste tip and such like where it has to be dealt with at a an expensive way and if a the best part of the expense of dealing with waste of course is actually to transport and transport throughout the roads and if you do it in your own gardens so much the better and I , I , I should like to er and taking part in the green cone experiment er further experiments like that whereby the individual person is encouraged to do it . |
| 13 | Blimey , the Apex lads win this award even though they did n't actually release a game in 1991 ! |
| 14 | Well I mean if , if it was full and they did n't all get the |
| 15 | Even then they did n't actively manufacture the tears . |
| 16 | They did n't often have a chance to leave the pub together , but this afternoon she was determined to have a family outing , so as soon as the dinner-things were washed up , they had come for a walk to the Island Gardens . |
| 17 | The people who did seem to be enjoying things ( although they did n't much like the film ) were those who , unlike Jane , were there on their own terms . |
| 18 | Rose and Mary were for once showing a united front and refused to leave the kitchen because they did n't quite like the way the young women from the town who had come to be waitresses were poking and prying into their cupboards with their noses in the air . |
| 19 | And they knew full well that they did n't really need the three thousand apprentices but those large firms trained no no note my word , for the country 's needs , not the company 's needs ! |
| 20 | Rumours of the civil war had reached the Dwarfs but they did n't really understand the situation . |
| 21 | No , there 's no problem , I 'm just like , saying that , they sound really thick , they 're rubbish at being in a band , and it 's just all so down-hill for them from the beginning , really , they did n't really have a chance , did they . |
| 22 | They did n't really have a real reason . |
| 23 | They did n't really get a hold did they ? |
| 24 | You know they had n't even matched the same bloody type of car . |
| 25 | At which poor Jack Rogers — a former bricklayer and union leader , and the member of the executive taking the can back as he replied to the debate — innocently protested they had n't been drunk , they had n't even had a cup of tea . |
| 26 | Well you says they had n't even washed the curtains ! |