Example sentences of "[vb past] it [not/n't] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why did it not go down ? |
| 2 | But then , if that were so , why did it not make her happy ? |
| 3 | ‘ And did it not make good sense to tell Rober' what is going on ? ’ |
| 4 | ( If government would support a veterinary school in Edinburgh , why did it not do so in London , or was it simply not asked ? ) . |
| 5 | Indeed they would have argued — and perhaps with some justice — that theirs was a more refined branch of the art : for did it not demand to a quite exceptional degree a sense of the romance of the past and a feeling for an evocative relic ? |
| 6 | Or did they choose a kind of evening do you know ? or did it not matter ? |
| 7 | In what way did it not turn out as you expect it . |
| 8 | But did it not occur to you , ’ Theda said , her breast heaving with the passion she was only just holding in check , ‘ that I have lately not been seen ? |
| 9 | ‘ But did it not occur to that massive conceit of yours that I might not want to make love to you ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Did it not say , If You Do Not See What You Require , Please Ask ? ’ |
| 11 | Not only did it not find the islands but it could n't find the way home . |
| 12 | Did it not know the truth ? |
| 13 | If Parliament had intended that , why did it not call the Act the ‘ Depraving and Corrupting Publications Act ’ ? |