Example sentences of "did not [verb] [pron] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I did not bring it for that purpose , ’ said Andrus hoarsely . |
| 2 | Surely he did not blame her for this ? |
| 3 | In 1629 the King dissolved Parliament , castigating its leaders as ‘ vipers ’ , and did not recall it for eleven years . |
| 4 | This man would blow up a city without five seconds ' compunction — and she did not criticise him for that — but he would insist on good whisky , eat in good restaurants , like to travel first-class . |
| 5 | but yesterday morn he was , yesterday morning he started crying did n't he , I did n't leave him for any length of time |
| 6 | They did n't want me for pastoral and I 'm not head of department . |
| 7 | But she knew that telling things the way you wanted them to be rather than the way they were did n't change anything for longer than the moment of the lie . |
| 8 | Like because their account , you know , if you write , like if I wrote a cheque out to you today , and you did n't cash it for four weeks |
| 9 | He did n't charge you for all that ? |
| 10 | They did n't get him for that one ? |
| 11 | I did n't get them for that effort . ’ |
| 12 | So you did n't get anything for that . |
| 13 | It was hard because we did n't know anything for sure . |
| 14 | I did n't recognise her for some time . |
| 15 | I was very when he said he did n't like it for sure , |
| 16 | I did n't write anything for pastoral in the report . |
| 17 | Went past the garden , they did n't find her for thirty minutes the little girl ! |
| 18 | With hair as long as mine it 's just impossible without one — I did n't have one for three weeks . |
| 19 | No , I did n't have anything for five days ! |
| 20 | I did n't see him for several days . |
| 21 | I really missed her if I did n't see her for six hours . |
| 22 | This time the defeat of his hopes did n't crush him for more than a few days . |