Example sentences of "[adv] did n't [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pliny 's account naturally did n't go into the details of the mechanics of the eruption , but his account is so illuminating that it is quite clear what happened , and similar eruptions , blasting large volumes of pumiceous ash into the air are still called Plinian eruptions . |
| 2 | ‘ It 's hard to believe we cut the first sod here only 15 months ago , ’ smiles John , who naturally did n't go into a project like this blind-folded . |
| 3 | Spencer naturally did n't want a training aircraft so they came away having bought the Mk XIV , this was January 1979 . |
| 4 | The truth was that the unfortunate boy had somehow pried his way into an area that was private , an area that naturally did n't concern anyone else . |
| 5 | In fact , we were supposed to be doing something with Eric and John , but Eric could n't make it , or perhaps did n't want to . |
| 6 | The doubt is that he perhaps did n't take into consideration of the women who are available . |
| 7 | ‘ He was in real danger , although he perhaps did n't appreciate it , ’ said a spokesman for Tyne Tees coastguard . |
| 8 | No they used to come home on the Thursday , we 'd perhaps did n't kill them till Monday . |
| 9 | As though he was a man who lived life to the full , and basically did n't care overmuch for what anyone else thought about him . |
| 10 | Er their mistake was that they chose a company which was down market and basically did n't go into er depth of that company . |
| 11 | Piers Morrison was a dangerous stranger , one who made no effort to treat her with respect , far less subservience , and who had kissed her on the spur of the moment , then instantly regretted it because he basically did n't like her . |
| 12 | Even saying it aloud did n't help . |
| 13 | Of course , this alone did n't meet the cost of the hats or the debt owing , but she said if we could find a buyer for such as this it would , in a way , alleviate some of the debt … ’ |
| 14 | But that alone did n't daunt my spirit , so I set off on the second day with a little more trepidation but just as much determination to learn to sail . |
| 15 | But they all did n't come at one time , they were always had new ones coming again . |
| 16 | ‘ I only did n't ring last night because I could n't find you , sir . |
| 17 | It only did n't happen that way once to a friend of mine . |
| 18 | So the man needed a way of showing how wealthy he was , and he did that by having a large house , by having lots of servants , and also by dressing his wife , I mean by having a wife who did n't have to work , who could stay at home , and wore clothes to show this , so you get the beginning of incredibly impractical clothes which showed that the woman obviously did n't do any work , because it was completely impossible to do any . |
| 19 | The bodice is quite small , but it 's actually not as , you read about eighteen inch waists , I mean this is nowhere near an eighteen inch waist , and although she would have worn corsets , she obviously did n't wear , you can see there , so much corseting that she could n't move , and that she could n't bend down if she had to . |
| 20 | Then you obviously did n't go to public school like I did . |
| 21 | He obviously did n't stop . |
| 22 | ‘ They obviously did n't want me , so I wo n't apply , ’ he said . |
| 23 | She obviously did n't want them . |
| 24 | The Captain fairly obviously did n't want it , but restricted himself to a wry grin . |
| 25 | I knew he 'd used firearms in the past and because he was on the run from prison he obviously did n't want to be rearrested . |
| 26 | She knew how badly one sister had treated you ; she quite obviously did n't want to see you become associated with the other … ’ |
| 27 | Ever since he had been at high school he 'd found some enjoyment and relief by getting back at them in ways they obviously did n't expect . |
| 28 | but erm I , I mean I , they obviously did n't say oh no that 'll be a rotten idea , so |
| 29 | ‘ You obviously did n't realize I was separated from my husband ? ’ |
| 30 | I do n't think they s th th they obviously did n't see it in , in quite the terms that |