Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] not do " in BNC.
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| 1 | As regards to homework , I just got on with it myself or did n't do it at all . ’ |
| 2 | Before discussing the effect which the judicature Acts have had in combining Law and Equity in one court , it will be convenient to note some of the branches of Law in which Equity has made important additions to the Common Law and done work which the Common Law could or did not do . |
| 3 | It hardly mattered what her own husband did or did not do when his wife languished in bed , an invalid . |
| 4 | For instance , the last chapter may have inspired you to make some very definite statements based on things your parents did or did not do in their marriage . |
| 5 | Thus the name " Shakespeare " rigidly refers to Shakespeare , irrespective of whether we happen to be talking about what Shakespeare did or wrote , or did not do or write but might have done or written , i.e. about his actual or merely possible attributes . |
| 6 | For many groups , public-pressure group activity was no sign of their power , but it was a testament to the frustrated powerlessness of those who could not get the ear of government , still less their positive action — no matter what they did or did not do . |
| 7 | How can the Minister say that those people are not living in reasonably-rated areas — or did not do so , long before the introduction of the unified business rate ? |
| 8 | Whatever he did or did not do , Earl Siward was going to make trouble in Lothian . |
| 9 | If I sat still and did not do anything then nothing else could happen that I might have to cope with . |
| 10 | Nicholson recognized later that Mud had given him his head ; he appreciated the responsibility and did not do anything too foolish ; irresponsibility came later when he was well outside of any parental influence . |
| 11 | At one level , June Braithwaite attacked Robert about the time he spent away from home and what he did and did not do for the children . |
| 12 | While writers simply reflected people 's greater knowledge of the colonies and did not do much to increase it , the churches made quite substantial efforts to keep in touch across the Atlantic . |
| 13 | The Court was not asked to consider the effects of this violation and did not do so . |
| 14 | Suppose that this agreement had never been made , and the wife had made no promise to maintain herself and did not do so . |
| 15 | Ruth 's hair was out of shape and did n't do justice to her strong bone structure so stylist Caroline Stacey , also from Keith Hall the Hairdressers , but from their Leicester salon , decided to take the weight out of the back leaving the top longer . |
| 16 | She was long-legged and rather awkward and did n't do things quickly even when she got started ! |
| 17 | His house was full of things she had only ever seen in old films with Rock Hudson and Doris Day : a vacuum cleaner , which did the work of a suckerdrone ; a gramophone , which played unwieldy round black musidiscs with added scratch and hiss as part of the music ; an electric kettle that took ages , maybe two minutes , to heat up enough water for a cup of recaff , and did n't do anything about the impurities and pollutants . |
| 18 | I mean the , they 've done it once a , and did n't do it ! |
| 19 | So his foot went down two steps , and sure enough down came the wardrobe onto his toe and did n't do any damage and then just bounced to the next step down . |
| 20 | He wanted to turn round but dared not do so . |
| 21 | The Government was tempted to seek alternative partners in the Commonwealth and Europe , but did not do so because the Americans had so much more to offer if the MacMahon restrictions could be circumvented or ameliorated . |
| 22 | The bailiffs of the town were ordered by the court to produce them , but did not do so . |
| 23 | But what Positive Images might have done , but did not do , was to generate any Left consensus on the family and relationships . |
| 24 | Added to her humiliation was the knowledge that some of her friends , who had seen the incident , could have helped her but did not do so . |
| 25 | Parliament could by legislation have provided for the revocation or variation of an injunction , but did not do so in section 39 . |
| 26 | He was told by the police to desist , but did not do so , and when arrested , used considerable force to resist . |
| 27 | I worked out of town but did n't do a lot else . |
| 28 | Every week we would have to adjust to new teachers ; it made us adaptable but did n't do much for our education . |
| 29 | Most traditional horse care books tell you that the only way to achieve this is to give him as thorough grooming every day , but I 've got more faith in the old stud groom who said that grooming put muscles on people 's arms but did n't do an awful lot for horses ' coats ! |
| 30 | Rocky played for 20 minutes but did n't do much . |