Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [not/n't] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So Veronica did n't support herself , Loretta noted . |
| 2 | The secret news from Dunegal of Nithsdale , using a name that only Thorfinn would recognise , that Thorfinn did not talk of at all , at least before Groa . |
| 3 | Gloria seemed so pleased that Dot did n't like to say how constricting the coat felt round the neck . |
| 4 | If the complete Porgy reveals anything , it is that Gershwin did not go straight from one hit to another ( as we did here , from ‘ Summertime ’ to ‘ A Woman is a Sometime Thing ’ ) . |
| 5 | Moreover , the decision to establish institutes of higher education in every country except Powys did not materialize wholly in the form proposed in the outline plan . |
| 6 | The letters took ages but somehow Rebecca did n't find it so difficult this time . |
| 7 | Ari did not like Tammuz Malamute . |
| 8 | Erm David Allenby did n't talk like that . |
| 9 | Creed did n't appear to have heard . |
| 10 | Creed did n't lift his eyes from his drink . |
| 11 | But Creed did n't give Jed time to think . |
| 12 | Johnny did n't answer , but simply rolled onto his stomach and buried his head in the pillow . |
| 13 | No , Johnny did n't know why . |
| 14 | No , Johnny did n't know where . |
| 15 | Woolley did not move . |
| 16 | Lucifer did not hear him . |
| 17 | That self-confidence had been acquired from the success of The Cocktail Party : it had opened in London in May 1950 , just a few months after the New York opening , and , although the audiences began to fall off in November , Sherek did not feel it necessary to close the play until February 1951 . |
| 18 | The Sheikha again said that it was a story from the days past but Halema did not say another word . |
| 19 | But Jekub did n't grumble , and he did n't keep on asking Dorcas why he had n't got around to inventing radio yet . |
| 20 | Alas , the Kremlin did not like it . |
| 21 | Wainfleet did not want it back , the only reason he was carrying it around was that he had jotted a telephone number on the back . |
| 22 | The majority of LEAs did not accept that a clearly defined technical ability could be clearly identified at the age of eleven . |
| 23 | Blatchford did not reckon much to the artistic qualities of the old-fashioned melodrama presented on the stage , but he thought the audience ‘ were human enough for anything ’ . |
| 24 | Many believed that the United States did not need to intervene on this scale in the international economy . |
| 25 | He shared the disappointment when the United States did not join the Baghdad Pact in 1955 . |
| 26 | Bernice did n't feel like writing any more in her diary . |
| 27 | ‘ Not at all ! ’ the Doctor protested , but Bernice did n't think he sounded convincing . |
| 28 | Bernice did n't understand . |
| 29 | Bernice did n't know whether to laugh or cry , so she settled for sarcasm . |
| 30 | Bernice did n't know where the Doctor got his talent from , but if he ever got tired of fighting ultimate evil , he could make a healthy profit as an intergalactic busker . |