Example sentences of "did not [vb infin] [noun sg] in [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For Moscow , agreements in certain areas , such as arms control , did not preclude competition in others , especially Third World conflicts . |
| 2 | He apologized and explained , but she did not waste time in argument . |
| 3 | The CP , after some initial confusion , made it clear that , while it did not oppose conscription in principle , it was unacceptable under Chamberlain . |
| 4 | Since the telex did not take effect in England , the English courts have no jurisdiction . |
| 5 | I READ that some people ( HAS January 30 ) would have us believe that history did not take place in Hitler 's Nazi Germany . |
| 6 | These hapless people did not take flight in response to the spread of ‘ rumours of independence ’ . |
| 7 | The overbearing sophistication of conceptualism and minimalism did not guarantee success in art for anyone . |
| 8 | Mosley resigned in May 1930 , when these schemes did not find favour in government circles . |
| 9 | As Freudian ideas entered the popular discourse ( which happened but slowly in Britain ) , they strengthened the view that biology was destiny and that women who did not find satisfaction in motherhood were in some way abnormal . |
| 10 | This ‘ fourth sort of people ’ did not own land in freehold , but comprised poor husbandmen , day labourers and copyholders , with some retailers and all artificers . |
| 11 | She did n't mention training in case Connie found her presumptuous . |
| 12 | But here it must be said that John Calvin wanted a weekly communion and the only reason that Knox did n't follow suit in Scotland was the difficulty of organising such events in the rural parishes with a paucity of reformed clergy available to celebrate the sacrament . |
| 13 | I did n't shoot girl in back seat : soldier |
| 14 | Even the Queen Mum — 92 today — did n't escape criticism in America 's Ladies Home Journal as she can ‘ abruptly withdraw affection ’ . |
| 15 | As it happened I did n't like ice in whisky and this pleased Alec . |
| 16 | I found my drink was a great problem with them because ( ) at that time I drank whisky and lemonade + and I would ( ) go and ask for whisky and lemonade and I would get ( ) whisky and lemon + because you have to ask for whisky ( ) or scotch and seven up + you know + I eventually ( ) cottoned on to it + but + and they could n't get over ( ) the fact that I did n't like ice in whisky and of course ( ) they either gave me ice whether I wanted it or not or ( ) they stacked the glass up + right up to the level that ( ) you would normally have if you had ice in your drink ( ) anyway + and consequently I got ploughed + frequently + ( ) and that 's that I + I tended to stick to my drink ++ ( ) |
| 17 | ‘ Could n't you see the dog did n't have friendship in mind when he hurled himself at you ? ’ |