Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] n't [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My Lord erm just to sweep up one or two of the other , very briefly the points my learned friend has just raised , erm I , I think it follows that our provisional position at the moment is that we think that reference is probably more satisfactory than simply going to the commission , what went , if your Lordship went to the commission and then found that they were unsatisfactory or did n't really take matters further , for one of the reasons it might very well not , is because the original complaint put to the commission was not framed in the same way as the defence and counterclaim are now framed , er there 's been a very considerable amount of refinement , both parties would no doubt wish to put submissions into the commission as to how the answer should be put or to provide information so the commission can answer them and so on and so forth and it may not be any quicker doing it that way |
| 2 | An old man , flab hoisted by plastiskin into the semblance of youthful buttocks and belly , strolled past in a scanty g-string but the game was given away by the static pads of fake muscle that did n't even twitch as he walked . |
| 3 | He was in the middle of more grief than he could deal with , yet he was piling onto it the commonplace misery of subterfuge , as if he had to protect some clandestine happiness that did n't even exist . |
| 4 | Suppressed maternalism it may be , but her passion shines through and she can recall in detail some animals , particularly dogs , that have been dead for half a century and some that did n't even belong to her . |
| 5 | The stink told me that the heaps were also depositories for organic matter that did n't even have the excuse of being fertilizer . |
| 6 | Not one of the big places , but one of the little shop-sized Chinese cafes that did n't even display an English menu . |
| 7 | Transitory , a panacea to stop the wail of the poor muddled infant : one that did n't even work for long . |
| 8 | Many feminists have become uncomfortable with this idea , but we have n't been able to find any other argument that did n't immediately pose a threat to our basic position that women must control their own bodies . |
| 9 | These planets are big enough to be regarded as , in essence , stars that did n't quite make it . |
| 10 | They put out the ‘ Flag Day ’ EP , which garnered good reviews , ‘ Sheep ’ , a single that did n't quite make the Top 50 , and then broke through with ‘ Happy Hour ’ , which got to Number Three . |
| 11 | Made some more bets that did n't quite work out , but I could still see the pattern — a good one , too . |
| 12 | Seeing the smile that did n't quite reach the tired brown eyes , Lindsey shook her head . |
| 13 | It was just on opening time , and I stood myself a drink in a City pub that did n't really want me — a woman was still vacuuming the bar . |
| 14 | It had always been a moment of pure magic to him in the theatre , the consciousness of the huge rustling animal behind him , and the hush as the house lights went down , the pause of utter stillness , silence , and then as he brought his baton down , the incredible surge of excitement as music smashed the silence , created instantly the illusion of that otherworld that did n't really exist . |
| 15 | They were eight-sided crystals set at regular intervals in the walls and ceiling , and they shed a rather unpleasant glow that did n't so much illuminate as outline the darkness . |
| 16 | In any case the old man was n't the sort to let you take a close look at anything that did n't directly concern you . ’ |
| 17 | People walking across what they thought was firm snow would fall through into fast running streams that had n't even been there before . |
| 18 | And now , Brian , you expect us to trust in your psychic powers concerning the entertainment level of a second half that had n't even started . |
| 19 | What could they do with more weapons that had n't already been done ? |
| 20 | To the places that had n't quite worked out the way the designers had planned , the places where kids drift in a city , where they make up their own version of the city . |
| 21 | And I mean he took a lot of rehousing cos he come from a a a family that had n't really cared for him . |
| 22 | The name change was necessary , it was argued , because the original name referred to a single event that had taken place over a decade previously , that it gave the wrong image , and did n't properly describe the work being done by the organisation . |
| 23 | We were in a hurry , and did n't even stop at a motel on the Friday night , driving 1,400 miles at a stretch . |
| 24 | Jane was no great cook , and did n't even enjoy it , but she had brought up a family of four , so quickly got her bearings in the kitchen , which was off the main circular room . |
| 25 | Yet she was n't afraid and did n't even bother to open her eyes to find out if she would have to get up and run with Gloria for the shelters . |
| 26 | She seemed to take no interest at all in his work and did n't even take care of him . |
| 27 | She turned and ran with her bike the way she had come , and did n't even stop to jump on again , until the-cows were out of sight round a bend ! |
| 28 | She had never regarded herself as a very organised person , and did n't even consider she had a routine ; but when George retired , realised that she did have a kind of pattern . |
| 29 | The NY-5 loved being tuned to dropped D , settled more than happily into DADGAD , and did n't even have a problem coping with a low C on the bottom string in conjunction with a heavy plastic thumbpick . |
| 30 | The inevitable question , ‘ What did you do in the hols ? ’ would be greeted with a list of the films I had seen , and the dances and point-to-points I had been to , whereas in fact I was not allowed to go to the cinema ( perhaps for financial reasons ) , had never been to a dance in my life , and did n't even know what a point-to-point was . |