Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] n't [adv] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 And she knew , although they would never have dreamt of telling her , perhaps did n't even admit it to themselves , that they were afraid of her .
2 Students at London University were almost unanimous today in saying a couple going to bed together did n't necessarily mean the woman consents to sex .
3 I had n't been to the mere for a week or two so did n't really know if the bream would still be moving or not .
4 Because she obviously had n't even noticed the sudden splash of blood-red petals against the white April cumulus .
5 Large sums of money were missing from the business , and while his colleagues now realised that her father was ill — and obviously had n't deliberately intended to commit any kind of fraud — nevertheless , the money had had to be replaced as quickly as possible .
6 In the Store , the nomes had made their furniture out of matchboxes and cotton reels ; the nomes living Outside did n't even know what furniture was .
7 At least they bloody started it and they just did n't fucking jump on the bandwagon like everybody else .
8 We just did n't even bother to whitewash or to paint the ceiling again .
9 at the side of him , it 's eeeerrrr , hand on hooter and all of a sudden he goes back over again , he , he just did n't even know I were there , no signal , no nothing .
10 it just did n't just did n't suit Chris a bit .
11 I just did n't quite judge it right , so I decided to go for the hole rather than ipe the team out !
12 You just did n't quite qualify you two .
13 The trouble with being what you were was that although your judgement was impeccable , the rest of the world just did n't always know it .
14 And then , I never went to sleep but I went sleepy but not did n't actually sleep .
15 It was a straight question , and he genuinely did n't already know the answer .
16 I still did n't entirely believe my nursie .
17 I still did n't really understand when he said they were lesbians .
18 It was all very well , but she still did n't really understand why he found her so funny .
19 ‘ That pulled us out of trading losses , but it still did n't really get us into a healthy trading position , ’ Tony Harrison recalls .
20 I tried to help out by looking at the putts , but he still did n't really need me .
21 And , although she was rapidly coming to the conclusion that she had made a fool of herself all down the line , she still did n't quite know how .
22 They usually did n't even bother to deny the charge .
23 Cricket committee chairman Close did n't even get a vote and threatened to quit as the county plunged towards a new civil war .
24 His hair , frosted now with grey , was still thick with an unruliness that expensive cutting still had n't completely disciplined .
25 She still had n't completely shed the afterbirth and it was hanging down , a twisted sheet of blood and mucus , between her legs .
26 Maurice who still had n't exactly made out who he was , suddenly cared intensely about the loss .
27 It still had n't really filtered through to him until he was actually on the ground working , and he just really could n't cope with that .
28 I could n't help smiling at that ; she still had n't quite forgiven me for the fact that her remedy had n't been effective .
29 She still had n't quite lost that tone of bitterness when talking about Martin .
30 So far , although Pottz was now officially numero uno , he still had n't actually won in Hawaii .
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