Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] did n't " in BNC.

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1 Walking back through the jungle I thankfully did n't come across any trap-door spiders but as dusk fell I was entranced by a cluster of trees which were suddenly lit up like Christmas trees by the thousands of glow-worms out for a night of passion .
2 But I mostly did n't know which fragments were recent and which were fossil .
3 I only did n't ring last night because I could n't find you , sir .
4 I told you , I said to him , I suddenly did n't see any point in it .
5 I just did n't want to .
6 I just did n't get it .
7 As far as I was concerned , the bits I rejected I just did n't bother with .
8 I just did n't understand , Daddy . ’
9 I just did n't want to seem rude .
10 ‘ When nobody was there , I just did n't know what to do .
11 He wrote a few letters on my behalf and I just did n't think he was for me because of what I saw at the time .
12 I just did n't put it together . ’
13 I just did n't listen . ’
14 Sometimes I 'd wear a headscarf , but mainly I just did n't go out .
15 I just did n't see why I should stop , it was too late .
16 I just did n't want to risk it .
17 We made the cut , but he was so bad-tempered he would n't speak to me , and sometimes I just did n't know what to do for the best .
18 So I just did n't bother .
19 I just did n't fancy her and that was all there was to it .
20 I just did n't know what to do . ’
21 I just did n't want to get mi boots too wet . ’
22 I just did n't know it was as much of a tribute as it was until I was told … rather abruptly !
23 I just did n't want to have people treat me like an animal . ’
24 I just did n't want to make a big mistake . ’
25 I just did n't understand it .
26 I just did n't understand it
27 I just did n't know what he 'd come up with .
28 I 'm afraid I just did n't realise the time .
29 There was obviously some sort of sexual element to it but I just did n't know what to do next and expected this man , who was about two or three years older than me , to , in some way , tell me or indicate to me and so I followed him without talking to him .
30 I just did n't know what to do — that was it .
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