Example sentences of "did [adv] [verb] [Wh adv] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Telegraph 's management believes that when it moved to Docklands , more than two years ago , it failed to modernise fully journalistic work practices , and did not realise how new technology could be used to reduce the number of editing jobs . |
| 2 | At the same time , he suspects , life offices did not realise how tough regulation would be . |
| 3 | Although we identified the exchange rate as one of these important variables , we did not examine how different exchange rate systems affect the adjustment process . |
| 4 | ‘ Many people did not appreciate how good Pallister was at Ayresome Park . |
| 5 | Although Freud saw ‘ civilized society perpetually threatened with disintegration ’ , apparently he did not foresee how far society would go in the liberation of instinctual drives … |
| 6 | How is it that you do n't know and in your letter to me you said this trust did not know where that money had been withdrawn at the same time Andrew director of Eastern Arts was quite happy to write to me to tell me why he was quite happy to tell the press over the phone why how is it the trust did n't know ? |
| 7 | Our ancestors did n't realise how essential salt was to their well being until they started to grow crops . |
| 8 | This meant installing new plumbing , electrics , draining and the new handpainted pale-coloured units — we did n't realise how much work needed to be done , ’ says Julie . |
| 9 | Erm yeah if you try and transcribe stuff , as I discovered doing my P HD you know , I did n't realise how much gibberish was talked and often things the meaning 's clear in the conversation but if you listen to the words or l w read the words later y'know you have n't a clue what they 're on about and yet you 're fairly sure |
| 10 | She did n't know where this conversation was leading , but gut feeling told her that she could bank on the destination 's being rather unpleasant . |
| 11 | So , quite rightly , they 've already had some support , and at that time , we did n't know how much money , you know , we were working on a different budget . |
| 12 | This chap with the leg or something who wants to see you said something about being or having been a patient , but not being here as one now , and as he 's loaded with flowers for you and I did n't know how Old Red would take it , I used the sterilizer . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I did n't realize how much work there was to do . |