Example sentences of "[vb base] did [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Command did not come easily to him , He dropped his eyes . |
| 2 | The outstanding guitar technique belies the fact that Slim did n't start playing until the age of 20 . |
| 3 | Sleep did n't come easily when she was at home , or rather in the room at the hospital . |
| 4 | But sleep did n't come and round about half past three he realised it was n't going to come . |
| 5 | Elisabeth Danziger did not sleep ; sleep did not visit that late afternoon . |
| 6 | The new occupants of cabin 9 were tired , yet sleep did not come . |
| 7 | Fortunately Tess did not hear them . |
| 8 | Payment has never been demanded and it is possible that the provisions are not necessary because the liabilities they cover did not exist in the first place . |
| 9 | Cathbad did not contribute very much to the meetings , and so Lugh did not pay him very much attention . |
| 10 | Possibly lie did not want it to happen . |
| 11 | Baldwin accepted this advice , but lie did not reach Victoria Station until the evening of Saturday , 22 August , two days later . |
| 12 | But time did not touch the face of Dorian Gray . |
| 13 | My 100 metres time did n't improve at all that year , and it took me until September to better my indoor 200 metres best outdoors when I ran 21.6 seconds at Woodford Green . |
| 14 | I felt enough time had been wasted , but time did n't seem to mean anything to Brando . |
| 15 | But time did n't permit and we reluctantly headed slightly inland , through fields , along dirt tracks and past more burial chambers , walking parallel to our earlier route back to the car . |
| 16 | Those present did not know . |
| 17 | Unless of course , they stole from people I know did n't deserve it . |
| 18 | And it was how people you know did n't want to er and they would n't . |
| 19 | Posters also teach young people how to develop a sense of erm they also make life much more fun more interesting and erm this is great contrast with Harlow and an urban area like Greater London area where as the report by erm in er the report the report on observation in London you know did n't mention the fact that publicity is of course is much more much greater than the London area erm and erm er one thing I see is missing could er er the reason is we found er the film society we ca n't advertise our events very well because of the restrictive bylaws on advertising poster advertising in Harlow I wonder if something could be done about this ? |
| 20 | Well what I tried last weekend , not quite crying but I did a sort of moody sort of thing , I di I was really quiet and I just ignored everyone and I was like really like you know did n't say a word . |
| 21 | And you know did n't know enough about the different areas of work that I was interested in . |
| 22 | But they are never the four that I know did actually make it on 11 June 1940 . |
| 23 | This is important , because it shows that the initial state of the part of the universe that we inhabit did not have to be chosen with great care . |
| 24 | ‘ lean did n't give me much warning . |
| 25 | She wrote an article about evangelical Christianity , in which she complained bitterly about a particular writer , a Doctor Cumming , who she said was not merely intellectually dishonest in attempting , by slipper means , to reconcile traditional Christian belief with certain new kinds of discovery in archaeology and so on , but he was also lacking in charity and the way which he hammered everybody who did n't subscribe to his particular form of religious believe did n't seem to her to be anything to do with the true spirit of Christianity , so she was discontented with that form of Victorian religion . |
| 26 | Demand did not stretch to either Lloyds , which struggled to end 4 firmer at 359p after reports of a large line of stock being offered around the market both late on Wednesday and early yesterday , or Abbey National , off 2 at 266p . |
| 27 | Talk did n't work , because he would n't , so I learned to hold back . ’ |
| 28 | This time the aggravated totter did not try to stop it . |
| 29 | Bicker did not dismount , but leaned forward in the saddle and nodded to the river pilot . |
| 30 | Honor did n't reply , passing her mother 's cup to her . |