Example sentences of "[noun] did n't [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Yanks did n't even bother to screen it , but we Brits lapped up the handlebar-moustachioed plotting and a-planning of David McCallum and Robert Wagner , not to mention the dastardly swagger of Nazi stereotype Anthony Valentine , who became a sex symbol . |
| 2 | But today 's demonstration did n't quite go to plan . |
| 3 | Bonanza did n't even bother to look at Jackson . |
| 4 | They had to stop the machines because everybody was laughing see with Tara on the floor so Ann did n't even know she 'd fallen off the chair . |
| 5 | Fortunately the coughing did n't really matter so far as Tinkerbell was concerned … the light is supposed to flash erratically … but the noise was rather off-putting . |
| 6 | It seems , you know , because Freud did n't actually analyze just to make a generalization about things he knew about some of the people . |
| 7 | Scott did n't really care . |
| 8 | Jane Eyre did n't really look upon erm , erm herself as giving up her independence er by marrying Rochester did she ? |
| 9 | We are concerned in fact that er the western nations did n't rather deplore earlier er Hussein 's actions against his own people using chemical weapons , and we think it 's a shame for us that we 've only come in at this point , and we must come in carefully I think . |
| 10 | Donna did n't even bother to acknowledge his ramblings now , her mind was too occupied . |
| 11 | ‘ And this , ’ Donal added in obvious amusement when Feargal 's eyes did n't once waver from his companion , ‘ is Ellie ! ’ |
| 12 | Ken did n't actually witness either the murder or the suicide . |
| 13 | But Ken did n't always follow his advice . |
| 14 | But Ken did n't always respect his own talent . |
| 15 | Millie did n't really understand . |
| 16 | But the Glynns did n't actually come to live next to their shop until about the time Matthew got married . |
| 17 | Chirac did n't even know where to go while Le Barre was speaking on an empty white platform with no chairs , and when it was his turn to speak he had no chance of a good clean start because he had to shake hands with Le Barre as they passed on the stairs . |
| 18 | The vast majority of mammals and the vast majority of birds do n't use echolocation , and it is highly probable that their common ancestor did n't either ( nor did it fly — that is another technology that has been independently evolved several times ) . |
| 19 | One version circulating at the Palace is that Her Majesty realised that Her Other Majesty did n't yet know the result when she arrived for their weekly get-together . |
| 20 | Hence his small tokens , unexpected gifts , to me the Arpège , to David the lighter — when David did n't even smoke — to Curtis , the copper bangle . |
| 21 | Her conscious mind did n't even register it , nor the weeds of blue awareness that tangled at the edge of her mind . |
| 22 | Troopies did n't just sprout of their own accord . |
| 23 | The jogging did n't really help his writing . |
| 24 | For when Erik and her husband , Trevor , from Oxford , eventually decided to tie the knot after living together for eight years , the prospect of a conventional white wedding did n't even enter their heads . |
| 25 | Commodore did n't even stop to look for survivors , so do n't worry yourself none . ’ |
| 26 | Do you think this er really goes back to the fundamental issue which the Good Committee did n't really address which was the issue of ownership of the pension funds and assets and that whilst pensioners and to an extent employers these days regard the pension fund as deferred pay and pensions payments as deferred pay , the ownership of those funds is still left erm neither still er an argument about wh wh who owns the funds and er a lot of this follows on from that . |
| 27 | Added to all this , the existing quality control contamination test did n't effectively measure the true contamination level . |
| 28 | Although Christopher did n't really see much of them did he ? |
| 29 | Maggie did n't even answer that one . |
| 30 | Maggie did n't quite know what to say and he nodded again . |