Example sentences of "[Wh pn] did n't [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A few heads turned towards him — passers-by who did n't yet know what had happened in the park . |
| 2 | Perhaps he had been surprised to be greeted by an adult who did n't either admonish or cross-examine him . |
| 3 | It was seldom , of course , that he met people who did n't already know . |
| 4 | There was ZTT 's Frankie Goes To Hollywood , and Propaganda ; Paul Morley promoted them on the assumption that pop was run by flabby-faced cowards who did n't even know how to do their own job — in other words , it took an aesthete to know and score a hit . |
| 5 | Dumb , stupid kids who did n't even like their mothers much . |
| 6 | The place which now bears its name is in quite another part of town and is run by men who did n't even know Madame . |
| 7 | Bina who never dreamed — Bina whose moods they all dismissed as ‘ adolescence ’ — Bina who they 'd trained not to let on what she really felt , who did n't even know what she did feel — that same Bina had a dream each night , and she wrote down every single word of it so that it would tell her how to be different , be real , really be . |
| 8 | ‘ They put together a group of people like Take That ! , who did n't even know each other until they formed — not that I 'm knocking them , because they 've got more front than we have — but it 's not going to work unless it 's real , ’ gripes Tony . |
| 9 | And here he was , stuck with a minor policeman who did n't even have the authority to use the exclusive fast-moving middle lane of the road that was available to important officials . |
| 10 | I suspected that Gillian was getting rid of Wyatt as a way of breaking with her father ( who did n't even come to the wedding , incidentally ) and pointing out to her Mum what she ought to have done years before . |
| 11 | We shared the beans out among the sick and the Poor from our canton , who did n't even have a plot of land of their own . |
| 12 | And then there was the attempt not to issue a questionnaire to every household but to reserve the questionnaires in the Town Hall for four week days Saturdays to will honour the people who did n't actually have Friday who were at home perhaps walk in to the City Centre you might be able to pick one of these up and then there was the problem distrib in distributing the questionnaire because despite of the assurance given to the consultants they were nevertheless distributed amongst the numerous St Albans and believe you me even those likely people who did go to the press do sometimes for every that we having suddenly fully congressed to see whether perhaps there might be a consultation questionnaire lurking within it . |
| 13 | Several crutches , though , and quite a few people who did n't apparently have anything wrong with them , helpers or nurses , he supposed . |
| 14 | I served for two years , 18 months of which where in Egypt , during the so called Middle East Crisis , where it was not unusual to be sniped at , almost daily , by an unseen enemy who did n't always miss . |
| 15 | In the eyes of such politicians , industrial managers were not seen as the creators of the nation 's wealth , and the providers of job opportunities for the people , but as despoilers of the environment ; obsolete men , peddling obsolete views , who did n't really fit in with the new social scheme of things . |
| 16 | Much , much better to have the sincere words of a family friend than some vicar who did n't really know Donald . |
| 17 | I 'm sure that Jack himself ( who did n't really exploit its potential ) would defer to the earlier use of the model by Jet Harris , who recorded with it as early as April 1962 , a few weeks after he had left The Shadows . |
| 18 | A variety of reasons were proffered for the long delay in setting the seal on a deal but drummer Gary Murdoch maintains that ‘ we 've had a string of managers who did n't really know their job ’ . |
| 19 | A good and kind man , whose reputation was only believed by the people who did n't really know him . |
| 20 | Dear Mrs Woodward … she was a neighbour who did n't really need to send presents at all but she liked the girls and had n't any children of her own . |
| 21 | For both of them , their work was to be a spokesman for God , taking His message to people who did n't really acknowledge Him in their lives . |
| 22 | But when it came down to it , it was the people who did n't really know Lancashire who found Walter Machin impressive . |
| 23 | Even Roddy Collins , their bustling Dublin striker , was right out of touch and was replaced late on by Glenn Hunter who did n't really have time to get into his stride properly . |
| 24 | He spoke of one boy ‘ who did n't really have a lot going for him ’ who managed to qualify to compete in regional athletics events . |
| 25 | I think there were some people there who did n't really know , but they maybe went because they 'd got to a funeral . |
| 26 | Behind the myth of the big drinkers like Hughie Gallacher and Jim Baxter , are the people who did n't quite make it to the realm of myth , the lonely bores , the manic depressives , the failed fullbacks and the defeated unfortunates who had to retire early and find a job in the real world . |
| 27 | A record number of students took A-levels this year , but cuts in funding for popular university subjects such as arts and social sciences means some who did n't quite get the required grades may not get in . |
| 28 | A record number of students took A-levels this year , but cuts in funding for popular university subjects such as arts and social sciences means some who did n't quite get the required grades may not get in . |
| 29 | The A-level students who did n't quite make it . |
| 30 | None of them did , even the one or two who did n't continually make fun of him and tease him and play jokes on him . |