Example sentences of "[coord] did [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 They hardly saw each other & did not leave space for each other !
2 But it certainly never bothered me , or did n't make any difference to one 's work .
3 Inanna had inherited from her mother a particular form of behaviour to use when she was anxious or did n't want to do something .
4 If they felt they could not follow the diet or did n't want to be committed I asked them to please return all the papers , and about seventy of them did just that .
5 They were too embarrassed or did n't want to make a mountain out of a molehill .
6 He pretended he did n't know me or did n't want to .
7 Too proud , or did n't want the responsibility .
8 This was in front of the cameras , and I thought , ‘ You two-faced bitch ’ , because if I ever tried to talk to her she 'd either be sarcastic or looked through you , looked away or did n't want to know .
9 And he would n't , or did n't want to marry her ? ’
10 Would my honourable friend be able to explain why it was that in the run up to negotiations with respect to the question of increase in the number of seats er , the German government made it quite clear that they were not interested or did n't want to have the additional number of seats and then subsequently , for reasons that have never been fully explained , we then found that er they had an additional eighteen .
11 ‘ No … ! ’ she tried to say against that forceful mouth , but he either did n't hear , or did n't want to hear .
12 But she did n't believe her or did n't want to know .
13 He probably agreed not to go into it like , you know , or did n't want to go into it .
14 As regards to homework , I just got on with it myself or did n't do it at all . ’
15 Fraser did n't notice or did n't care .
16 Mick disapproved of Memet as strongly as did the rest of her family , but Memet either did n't know or did n't care .
17 or did n't think they were
18 I have seen a couple of determined ones peck the leg off their defeated adversary , but most were unable , or did n't think of it , and got caught by the rats during the night .
19 What I was saying was , just that like , they had all these pieces of furniture in there , it was supposed to be a suite , but my mum , my mum got round and tell you every single piece that was a different colour or the wrong shape , or did n't fit on the pedestal properly , or this and that , and she had the whole lot changed at least three times .
20 Er the research found that there were three hundred or so students who registered with the health service but did n't re-register or did n't leave .
21 He either failed or did n't take his finals ; I could n't make out which . ’
22 or did n't heap its trays with fruit and meat
23 Noreen did n't know whether the older woman did n't want to continue , or did n't know how to .
24 Anyone who 'd paid money for their dog , or did n't know where it had been , should take it to the god in Lāmri to be blessed and cured : and if anyone had been bitten recently , or had been in contact with the rabid dog , they too should see that god .
25 He knew that I had some experience , but I think he was trying to make me relax and , perhaps , find out just how much I did or did n't know .
26 The Captain had no illusions about being able to guess what Demontis knew or did n't know .
27 Or did n't know . ’
28 er we both met him to try and make a plea to him to try and change his views and it 's fair to say that he does n't know or did n't know what was going on in his own backyard and John Patten I feel is the same as is the rest of the M P's in the Oxfordshire area .
29 The facts behind this bizarre legal suit are hard to untangle : Sean did or did n't have an affair with Woods , now 44 , while they were making The Boost .
30 Jan Turner says that he helped organise an evererst marathon a few years ago and one sad thing about that was the local runners could not afford the right equipment or did n't have the money to tarin … so he 's here to help them
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