Example sentences of "it [vb past] not [adv] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Probably the single most raised criticism of PageMaker in its earlier versions was that it did not automatically flow text from column to column or page to page . |
| 2 | The animal was a grey , sturdy and broad-chested , stable under almost any conditions , and it did not even check pace as it charged through the young trees which obstructed its path . |
| 3 | The bill claimed to be ‘ putting the patient in the driving seat ’ , but it did not even allow patients to be consulted if a hospital decided to opt out of regional health authority control , he said . |
| 4 | Continuing his tour of crowned heads , Napoleon III went from Stuttgart to Weimar , where he met Franz-Joseph of Austria , but the encounter seems to have been no more than a routine courtesy call between sovereigns and the fact that it did not even take place in Vienna underlined the private nature of the meeting . |
| 5 | It did not simply cover recruitment from within the circle . |
| 6 | However , the contested takeover of Imperial by Hanson was not referred to the MMC as it did not adversely affect competition or the ‘ public interest ’ . |
| 7 | It did not originally carry passengers , since entry was gained by a ladder ! |
| 8 | In a minority situation , some form of power-sharing — even if it did not necessarily involve coalition — was inevitable . |
| 9 | It did n't exactly lend weight to my decision to realize , when I 'd finished making it , that I was standing outside a second-hand jeweller 's looking at a selection of gold rings . |
| 10 | And so it did n't really make sense that when she lay in bed half an hour later , with images of the evening playing themselves chaotically in her mind , her mood was rather blue and wistful . |
| 11 | But — it did n't quite make sense . |
| 12 | It had n't really bothered Owen , it had just been something to try . |