Example sentences of "[verb] n't [vb infin] many " in BNC.

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1 Well over there you see we do n't get many traffic lights .
2 And while Newry did n't create many chances either they put away the one that counted after 26 minutes .
3 It did n't deter many of Hollywood 's young stars in those days of silent movies from using drugs .
4 They did n't do many subjects together and were only in the same group for French and history .
5 ‘ He did n't score many goals but he was brilliant at laying on the ball for others .
6 I got them out and me and Tony , well Tony did n't eat many , I sat there and pigged the lot
7 We did n't make many runs despite Ward 's gallantry and lost easily .
8 I 'd spent so much time on my own , sitting watching birds , or reading about them or drawing them , that I did n't make many friends , and those I had took second place to the birds .
9 they 've crashed them , they did n't make many of them .
10 I knew that response had been bad in our parish and I honestly did n't expect many young people to be there anyway .
11 It was still early so I did n't expect many customers , but I did expect more than one — me .
12 The nets , strangely , did n't produce many fish ( I reckon they were all round our boat ) and they were mostly leatherjackets .
13 We did n't get many TVs out of the video .
14 ‘ He did n't get many thanks .
15 She did n't get many letters , he thought , so I should write her one .
16 I did n't get many visits .
17 My aunt did n't get many letters from her , and those she did get were censored , but from the way Zdenka wrote , it was obvious that she was very hungry .
18 It had a pub which looked decent enough , a small village green flanked by a post office , a small supermarket and , incongruously , a hairdresser 's called ‘ Sylvia 's ’ , and while this could be the hairdressing capital of east Suffolk for all I knew , I bet Sylvia did n't get many takers from the peace camp .
19 although I did n't get many sixteen and er he was hovering there , I says well what 's happened ?
20 I 've hardly got any in cos when I left my nursery I got them all to do me one and when I left my school I got a load of them to do me one I did n't get many at the day nursery , but I got a handful .
21 He did n't know many of the people there .
22 ‘ But then I would n't ; I did n't know many of the medical team — they were Jennifer 's friends rather than mine . ’
23 ‘ I did n't know many people and this seemed like a good opportunity .
24 Erm and you 'd thi I mean , it 's also true that she did n't know many .
25 It did n't happen many times him asking me to club him .
26 They did n't sell many cakes .
27 She did n't like many of them , but she did n't want Oswin to be ashamed of her and Angela gave her scant chance to protest .
28 Charles did n't find many sympathetic characters among the cast .
29 We did n't have many chips , but that was because my mother did n't want to go to the bother of making them , nor did she like the mess that boiling , spluttering fat can make .
30 She realized as he started to load the projector that he probably did n't have many people to talk to .
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