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 . |