Example sentences of "did n't [verb] [adv] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I did n't go there for a rest , you silly blighter , ’ said Chatterton affectionately . |
| 2 | Erm , then the erm , the insistence of the driver 's conductors was they did n't like the long periods of duty they erm , they wanted the new set up so I introduced what we call straight duties , narrowed the relief portion , so they did n't go home for a meal , they had about a half an hour off , so they were able to get their eight hour duty done in a shorter period and they 'd probably finish about two instead of half past three , four o'clock . |
| 3 | ‘ They did n't call round for a chat , for Christ 's sake . |
| 4 | ‘ I did n't come here for a boozy evening . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I did n't come here for a pen portrait . |
| 6 | ‘ Mr Nicholson , we did n't come here for a battle , ’ said Clinton . |
| 7 | so I thought you were going to cos you did n't come back for a long time . |
| 8 | He give me them , I took them for three days , right , I did n't come down for a fortnight and Russell 'll tell you that , I was high as a kite . |
| 9 | And when I took those I did n't come down for a , and that frightened me , I said to Russell I will never ever take speed because it 's if , I was er we were in the pub right on a Sunday morning and I was there but I was n't there , I was somewhere else . |
| 10 | You did n't turn up for a meeting two weeks ago . ’ |
| 11 | The old man did n't turn up for a week , and then two weeks and then three weeks and everybody was fairly in despair . |