Example sentences of "[noun prp] did n't [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had to stop the machines because everybody was laughing see with Tara on the floor so Ann did n't even know she 'd fallen off the chair . |
| 2 | It seems , you know , because Freud did n't actually analyze just to make a generalization about things he knew about some of the people . |
| 3 | Scott did n't really care . |
| 4 | Jane Eyre did n't really look upon erm , erm herself as giving up her independence er by marrying Rochester did she ? |
| 5 | Donna did n't even bother to acknowledge his ramblings now , her mind was too occupied . |
| 6 | Ken did n't actually witness either the murder or the suicide . |
| 7 | But Ken did n't always follow his advice . |
| 8 | But Ken did n't always respect his own talent . |
| 9 | Millie did n't really understand . |
| 10 | But the Glynns did n't actually come to live next to their shop until about the time Matthew got married . |
| 11 | Chirac did n't even know where to go while Le Barre was speaking on an empty white platform with no chairs , and when it was his turn to speak he had no chance of a good clean start because he had to shake hands with Le Barre as they passed on the stairs . |
| 12 | Hence his small tokens , unexpected gifts , to me the Arpège , to David the lighter — when David did n't even smoke — to Curtis , the copper bangle . |
| 13 | Troopies did n't just sprout of their own accord . |
| 14 | Although Christopher did n't really see much of them did he ? |
| 15 | Maggie did n't even answer that one . |
| 16 | Maggie did n't quite know what to say and he nodded again . |
| 17 | Somehow a little business in Deptford did n't quite match up with his own ideas of McCloy 's origins . |
| 18 | Unfortunately Anthony usually chose college friends and Nigel did n't really take to bluestocking women . |
| 19 | ‘ Selina did n't always get what she wanted , ’ says Eileen , now in her 70s . |
| 20 | England did n't quite make it in the Rugby World Cup but we did manage to fight rival bids from the likes of Sweden , Austria and Canada to host the prestigious Hair Olympics '94 . |
| 21 | And as , as we said before , erm , many of the , erm people who lived in the poorer parts of erm the country , whether in urban or rural En erm England did n't really know about basic nutrition and and health I mean you just ate what was available but you did n't know why and so the government started this campaign to introduce you know knowledge about diet and how important it was . |
| 22 | Benny did n't really want her to come to the party , but for once Mother had been insistent . |
| 23 | Benny did n't really believe Eve about Sean having ambitions to marry into the shop , but there was something deeply unsettled all right about the way he looked at her . |
| 24 | No wonder Collias did n't really enthuse me . |
| 25 | By now this was so unusual that Karen did n't even realize I 'd come until I told her . |
| 26 | Rory did n't really know Fergus Urvill very well ; although he did sometimes visit Lochgair , he spoke differently — posher — and seemed to spend a lot of his time shooting at birds and animals with other rich people . |
| 27 | Donald did n't even break his rhythm . |
| 28 | Helen did n't even look up . |
| 29 | He never took into account that Eddie did n't really want to make a career as a racing driver — ’ |
| 30 | Marthus did n't actually foresee this erm , this leap in from technology and as a result he was basing his predictions on past trends so if past trends had continued would have been , he w , he would been correct but because erm , agriculturalists started to erm , use technology and at that time it was a very sort of low technology , but nevertheless it would , would 've production dramatically you know , you do n't think of drainage as being particularly high tech but it can increase the , the yield on a crop sort of four or five times and so si simple drainage systems would be introduced erm ro rotations were being introduced , again rotations you think of being fairly straightforward but erm prior to the agricultural revolution rotations were n't used rotations can improve the fertility of the soil and er yields as well right okay , so agriculture produces a homogenous product , by and large and er as there is n't the scope , the product differentiation , and there is n't the scope for specialisation because we 'd need a farm the size of Europe to feed the world with , w with wheat . |